Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction ed. Brian Stableford (Dover Publications, January 18, 2017, 978-0-486-80837-6, $14.95, 352pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 27 stories of early SF, from the UK UK, and France. Stableford’s introduction discusses the different development of the early form in the three countries; an appendix provides a chronology of important longer works of scientific romance from 1830 to 1914. Authors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jerome K. Jerome, and H.G. Wells.
Details taken from Table of Contents.
- iii · Introduction · Brian Stableford · in
- 1 · The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1839
- 9 · A Heavenward Voyage · S. Henry Berthoud; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The World Above the World ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2011
translated from the French (“Voyage au Ciel”, La Presse, 1841).
- 20 · The Artist of the Beautiful · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review June 1844
- 43 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 57 · The End of the World · Eugène Mouton; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Supreme Progress ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2011
translated from the French (“La Fin du Monde” as by Mérinos, Nouvelles et Fantaisies Humoristiques, 1872).
- 66 · A Paradoxical Ode (After Shelley) · James Clerk Maxwell · pm The Life of James Clerk Maxwell by Lewis Campbell & William Garnett, Macmillan, 1882
- 69 · The Ablest Man in the World · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun May 1879
- 87 · Josuah Electricmann · Ernest d’Hervilly; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Man with the Blue Face ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2015
translated from the French (“Josuah Electricmann”, Petit Parisien, 1882).
- 92 · The Child of the Phalanstery · Grant Allen · ss Belgravia August 1884, as by J. Arbuthnot Wilson
- 108 · The Salvation of Nature · John Davidson · nv The Great Men by John Davidson, 1891
- 123 · Tornadres · J.-H. Rosny; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Mysterious Force and Other Anomalous Phenomena by J.-H. Rosny & Aîné, tr. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2010, as “The Cataclysm”
translated from the French (“Le cataclysme”, Revue Indépendante, February 1888).
- 138 · Professor Bakermann’s Microbe · Charles Epheyre; translated by Brian Stableford · nv The Supreme Progress ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2011
translated from the French (“Le Microbe de Professor Bakermann”, Revue Bleue, January 1890).
- 156 · In the Year Ten Thousand · Edgar Fawcett · pl The Arena February 1890
- 164 · The Revolt of the Machines · Émile Goudeau; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Revolt of the Machines ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2014
translated from the French (“La Révolte des Machines”, Livre Populaire, 1891).
- 172 · For the Akhoond · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 18 1888
- 180 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine August 1892
- 187 · June 1993 · Julian Hawthorne · ss The Cosmopolitan February 1893
- 198 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 205 · The Conqueror of Death · Camille Debans; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Conqueror of Death ed. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2013
translated from the French (“Le vainqueur de la mort. Chronique des siècles à venir”, La Science Illustrée, November 25, 1895 - November 30, 1895).
- 220 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897
- 231 · A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898
- 243 · The Memory Cell · Walter Besant · ss A Five Years’ Tryst by Walter Besant, Methuen, 1902
- 255 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903
- 269 · The Gorilloid · Edmond Haraucourt; translated by Brian Stableford · nv Illusions of Immortality by Edmond Haraucourt, tr. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2012
translated from the French (“La Gorillöide”, Le Journal, January 1904).
- 290 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907
- 303 · The Singular Fate of Bouvancourt · Maurice Renard; translated by Brian Stableford · ss A Man Among the Microbes by Maurice Renard, tr. Brian Stableford, Black Coat Press, 2010
translated from the French (“La Singular Destinée de Bouvancourt”, Le Voyage Immobile Suivi d’Autres Histoires Singulières, 1909).
- 317 · The Horror of the Heights · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913
- 333 · A Chronology of the Most Important Longer Works of Scientific Romance Published Between 1830 and August 1914 · Brian Stableford · bi
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