The Scarlet Plague – Jack London
Sixty years after a plague killed most of the world’s population, the last man who remembers pre-collapse civilization tries to tell the story of the plague times to his savage grandkids.
Sixty years after a plague killed most of the world’s population, the last man who remembers pre-collapse civilization tries to tell the story of the plague times to his savage grandkids.
Cover art for Jules Verne’s “Fitzroy” edition translations, printed by Ace Books in the 1960s-70s.
A collection of fourteen early science fiction stories, all written by female authors, originally published between 1873 and 1930.
Early pulp SF tale features invisible man-eating monsters from the bottom of the sea, World War I submarine warfare, and a mad scientist named MacBeard.
Entertaining romp where feisty Norse merchant-prince Ragnarr takes on the empire of Crete, because a Cretan prince stole his girlfriend. Lots of sword-battles and sea-fights.
Returning to John Carter of Mars. The continuation and conclusion of the previous novel: more intrigues with the White and Black Martians, a planet to win and a princess to save.
John Carter returns, thanks to cliffhangers and popularity. Once again, he has to save his beloved Dejah Thoris, along with the rest of Mars, and must overcome many foes to do so.
The grandfather of epic planetary romances and sword-and-planet; Virginian John Carter appears on Mars, where he makes war and peace, falls in love, and saves the day.