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Stong-willed, reckless and fiercely independent, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to be a 'Person', to work, love and, above all, to live. Walkin...

H.G. Wells' great novel of the dangers of science describes a man cast out from society by his own terrifying discovery. The Invisible Man tells t...

The Time Machine remains one of the cornerstones of science-fiction literature and has proved hugely influential. A Victorian scientist develops a ...

'As we saw it first it was the wildest and most desolate of scenes. We were in an enormous amphitheatre, a vast circular plain, the floor of the gi...

'No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences great...

H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts. Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on...

Review The founding father and presiding genius of UK science fiction--The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction The greatest science fiction writer of...

Book Description This sweeping tale of magic, revolution and the struggle for freedom concludes the genre-defying Shadow Histories duology tha...

'A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world ...

Review Wild, witty, and profound. . . a cosmic storm of talent -- Victor LaValle A hallucinatory wonder of a debut' -- Walter Mosley An enchanti...

Product Description A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning authorTo the cool of the Simla hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with his wife and ...

Product Description No British periodical or weekly magazine has a richer and more distinguished archive than the New Statesman, which has long b...

Agatha Raisin's neighbouring village of Ancombe is usually the epitome of quiet rural charm, but the arrival of a new mineral-water company - which...

Product Description WINNER OF THE 1973 BOOKER PRIZE'We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us... but what if we a...