Science Fiction Stories

by Blishen, Edward; Littlewood, Karin

• ISBN13: 9780753456774
• ISBN10: 075345677X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-14
• Publisher: Kingfisher

Summary

From Isaac Asimov to H.G. Wells, this anthology contains 20 imaginative stories from the pioneers of science fiction as well as the best of today's popular sci fi. Illustrations.

Author Biography

Edward Blishen won the Carnegie Medal with Leon Garfield for the God Beneath the Sea (1970). For Kingfisher he has compiled several collections in the Treasury of Stories series and Children's Classics to Read Aloud.

Table of Contents

THE BOY, THE DOG, AND THE SPACESHIP	7	(13)
Nicholas Fisk
INVISIBLE IN LONDON	20	(6)
H.G. Wells (from The Invisible Man)
THE DRAGON OF PENDOR	26	(9)
Ursula Le Gumn (from The Wizard of Earthsea)
BOBO'S STAR	35	(22)
Glenn Chandler
THE YELLOW HANDS	57	(10)
T.H. White (from The Master)
THE SPECIMEN	67	(16)
Tim Stout
OF POLYMUF STOCK	83	(21)
John Christopher
HURLED INTO SPACE	104	(7)
Jules Verne (from Round the Moon)
GOODBYE TO THE MOON	111	(11)
Monica Hughes (from Crisis on Conshelf Ten)
THE SHOT FROM THE MOON	122	(15)
Arthur C. Clarke (from Islands in the Sky)
THE FUN THEY HAD	137	(4)
Isaac Asimov
A FIGHT BETWEEN LIZARDS AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH	141	(7)
Jules Verne (from Voyage to the Center of the Earth)
THE LAST MAN ALIVE	148	(7)
M.P. Shiel (from The Purple Cloud)
HOW WE WERE TRACKED BY A TRIPOD	155	(14)
John Christopher (from The White Mountains)
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS-an extract	169	(9)
H.G. Wells
HOMECOMING	178	(17)
Stephen David
ALL SUMMER IN A DAY	195	(8)
Ray Bradbury
GRENVILLE'S PLANET	203	(17)
Michael Shaara
THE FEAR SHOUTER	220	(9)
Jay Williams
THE WIND FROM THE SUN	229
Arthur C. Clarke