Worlds of wonder and awe await you in The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics, a century spanning collection of speculative of extravaganzas that show both the light and dark sides of science fiction. Featuring work by the best and brightest writers of science fiction in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the nineteen tales collected in this volume imaginatively extrapolate ideas and concepts that have become staples of the literature: extraterrestrial invasion, artificial life, time travel, ingenious experiments with unpredictable consequences, exploration of alien worlds, and marvelous inventions and their uses.
 
In addition to the full-length novel "At the Earth's Core," by Edgar Rice Burroughs, this book includes contributions by H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, A. Merritt, Franz Kafka, W.C. Morrow, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, and others. The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics is your vehicle for exploring scientific illuminations from the past that reflect futures yet to come.