Sci-Fi Tales
Voyage takes place in a world that almost existed but never was. John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt on 22 November 1963 in Dallas. From his wheelchair in 1969, the former president sets NASA a new, daunting challenge: "... to continue the building of our great ships, and fly them onwards to Mars." xx/xx/xx 1 Voyage by Steven Baxter - Part 1 Of 5 xx/xx/xx 2 Voyage by Steven Baxter - Part 2 Of 5 xx/xx/xx 3 Voyage by Steven Baxter - Part 3 Of 5 xx/xx/xx 4 Voyage by Steven Baxter - Part 4 Of 5 xx/xx/xx 5 Voyage by Steven Baxter - Part 5 Of 5
HP Lovecraft describes 'The Willows' as the best horror story ever.
"They first became properly visible, these huge figures, just within the tops of the bushes --
immense, bronze-colored, moving, and wholly independent of the swaying of the branches.
I saw them plainly and noted, now I came to examine them more calmly, that they were
very much larger than human, and indeed that something in their appearance proclaimed
them to be not human at all. Certainly they were not merely the moving tracery of the
branches against the moonlight. They shifted independently. They rose upwards in a
continuous stream from earth to sky, vanishing utterly as soon as they reached the dark of
the sky. They were interlaced one with another, making a great column, and I saw their limbs
and huge bodies melting in and out of each other, forming this serpentine line that bent and
swayed and twisted spirally with the contortions of the wind-tossed trees. They were nude, fluid
shapes, passing up the bushes, within the leaves almost - rising up in a living column into the heavens.
Their faces I never could see. Unceasingly they poured upwards, swaying in great bending curves, with
a hue of dull bronze upon their skins. . . . For the longer I looked the more certain I became that these
figures were real and living, though perhaps not according to the standards that the camera and the
biologist would insist upon."
xx/xx/xx 6 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood - part 1 of 4
xx/xx/xx 7 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood - part 2 of 4
xx/xx/xx 8 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood - part 3 of 4
xx/xx/xx 9 The Willows by Algernon Blackwood - part 4 of 4
xx/xx/xx 10 "Science Fiction" by Robert Ferguson
The White Spider is the Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger by
Heinrich Harrer. It is a gripping and true story of the history of this
dangerous north face. It contains an account of the first ascent, and the
later editions contain additional ascent information. The title of the book
is derived from a spider-shaped ice field high on the north face of the
mountain, towering above the town of Grindelwald, Switzerland.
xx/xx/xx 11 The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - part 1 of 5
xx/xx/xx 12 The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - part 2 of 5
xx/xx/xx 13 The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - part 3 of 5
xx/xx/xx 14 The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - part 4 of 5
xx/xx/xx 15 The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer - part 5 of 5
xx/xx/xx 16 Tron by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird
xx/xx/xx 17 The Immortal Young Ladies of Avignon by Ian Dougal
xx/xx/xx 18 Understand by Ted Chiang - part 1 of 4
A layer of ice; it feels rough against my face, but not cold. I've got
nothing to hold on to; my gloves just keep sliding off it. I can see
people on top, running around, but they can't do anything. I'm
trying to pound the ice with my fists, but my arms move in slow
motion, and my lungs must have burst, and my head's going fuzzy,
and I feel like I'm dissolving--
I wake up, screaming. My heart's going like a jackhammer. Christ.
I pull off my blankets and sit on the edge of the bed.
I couldn't remember that before. Before I only remembered falling
through the ice; the doctor said my mind had suppressed the rest.
Now I remember it, and it's the worst nightmare I've ever had.
xx/xx/xx 19 Understand by Ted Chiang - part 2 of 4
xx/xx/xx 20 Understand by Ted Chiang - part 3 of 4
xx/xx/xx 21 Understand by Ted Chiang - part 4 of 4
Twisted Image is James Follett's futuristic murder mystery.
Two police officers discover the body of a local businessman's
wife in the boot of his Rolls-Royce, stolen from outside
his shop in the new town centre. It should be an open
and shut case - only the new town centre won't be built
for another five years...
xx/xx/xx 22 The Twisted Image by James Follett
xx/xx/xx 23 The House at World's End by Stephen Sheridan
xx/xx/xx 24 A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke - part 1 of 3
xx/xx/xx 25 A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke - part 2 of 3
xx/xx/xx 26 A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke - part 3 of 3
A man is put to sleep in a cryonics lab and awakens in 2025,
where he is tended to by two robots.
xx/xx/xx 27 AD 2025 - Part 1 Of 2 - Mission Methuselah
xx/xx/xx 28 AD 2025 - Part 2 Of 2 - A New Xanadu
xx/xx/xx 29 The Immigrant by Allen Brown - 1 of 4 - Brave New World
xx/xx/xx 30 The Immigrant by Allen Brown - 2 of 4 - I Am Curious Black
xx/xx/xx 31 The Immigrant by Allen Brown - 3 of 4 - The Mediator
xx/xx/xx 32 The Immigrant by Allen Brown - 4 of 4 - French Without
xx/xx/xx 33 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 01 - Buried Treasures
xx/xx/xx 34 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 02 - The Dragon's Wrath
xx/xx/xx 35 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 03 - The Stone's Lament
xx/xx/xx 36 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 04 - The Extinction Event
xx/xx/xx 37 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 05 - The Skymines of Kathos
xx/xx/xx 38 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 06 - The Secret of Cassandra
xx/xx/xx 39 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 07 - The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy
xx/xx/xx 40 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 08 - The Plague Herds of Excelis
xx/xx/xx 41 Professor Bernice Summerfield - ep 09 - Green-eyed Monsters
xx/xx/xx 42 Aesop's Astronauts by Tony Mulholland - part 1 of 2
xx/xx/xx 43 Aesop's Astronauts by Tony Mulholland - part 2 of 2
xx/xx/xx 44 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman part 1 of 5
xx/xx/xx 45 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman part 2 of 5
xx/xx/xx 47 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman part 3 of 5
xx/xx/xx 48 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman part 4 of 5
xx/xx/xx 49 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman part 5 of 5
xx/xx/xx 50 The Blade of the Poisoner adapted by Wally K. Daly part 1 of 4
xx/xx/xx 51 The Blade of the Poisoner adapted by Wally K. Daly part 2 of 4
xx/xx/xx 52 The Blade of the Poisoner adapted by Wally K. Daly part 3 of 4
xx/xx/xx 53 The Blade of the Poisoner adapted by Wally K. Daly part 4 of 4
xx/xx/xx 54 The Black Hole