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Description The Gods of PegΔna, Lord Dunsanyβs first published book, is a strange and wondrous creation. In it he creates the pantheon of gods who rule over the titular world. The prose alternates between being biblical, high-minded, and childish, with the gods frustrating their human subjects through their single-minded and often completely inscrutable actions. When theyβre not busy being mysterious, theyβre busy taking revenge on each other. Itβs possible these short tales were written to
Description At the time of the release of this ebook edition of The Big Time, it remains the only Hugo Awardβwinning work in the public domain. That makes it a very special treasure indeed! The Big Time tells the tale of a group of servicemembers who work in facilities isolated from regular space-time. Theyβre involved in a war conducted by two shadowy groups that spans time itself, with all of humanity as pawns on an ever-changing historical battlefield. It explores a fascinating range of
Description Algis Budrysβ science fiction writing career is long and storied. This collection of his early stories published in science fiction pulp magazines is a window into his imagination and style.
Description Arthur Machen was a Welsh man of letters who wrote his most famous work in the late 1890s and early 1900s. While his body of work is wide, heβs perhaps best known for his supernaturally-flavored proto-horror short stories. The Great God Panβperhaps his most famous workβalong with βThe Inmost Lightβ and The White People deeply influenced later writers like H. P. Lovecraft. Stephen King has gone so far as to call The Great God Pan βmaybe the best [horror story] in the English
Description The Duel is one of Chekhovβs longest works, skirting the edge between novel and novella. Like many of Chekhovβs works, it was first published as a serial. Laevsky is a womanizing drunkard, a slave to lifeβs vices. His wantonness clashes with the moralistic zoologist Von Koren, who grows to despise Laevsky. Their mutual enmity culminates in a duelβthough neither they, nor their friends, really want it to happen.
Description A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurβs Court is one of Mark Twainβs most enduring novels. During a stay at a modern-day English castle, the narrator meets a mysterious stranger. The stranger, Hank Morgan, is an engineer from Connecticut, and proceeds to weave a satirical, biting, and hilarious tale of how he traveled back in time to find himself in the court of the legendary King Arthur. There he uses his modern-day knowledge to convince the locals that heβs a powerful magician. As