Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century

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Introduction: The First Century of Science Fiction - essay by Isaac Asimov The Sandman - novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816) The Mortal Immortal - short story by Mary Shelley A Descent Into the Maelstrom - short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of A Descent Into the Maelström) Rappaccini's Daughter - novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Clock That Went Backwards - short story by Edward Page Mitchell Into the Sun - short story by Robert Duncan Milne A Tale of Negative Gravity - novelette by Frank R. Stockton The Horla, or Modern Ghosts - novelette by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Le Horla 1887) The Shapes - novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (trans. of Les Xipéhuz) To Whom This May Come - short story by Edward Bellamy The Great Keinplatz Experiment - short story by Arthur Conan Doyle In the Abyss - short story by H. G. Wells The Thames Valley Catastrophe - short story by Grant Allen The Lizard - short story by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne A Thousand Deaths - short story by Jack London

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Isaac Asimov

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Martin H. Greenberg

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Charles G. Waugh

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E. T. A. Hoffmann

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Mary Shelley

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Edward Page Mitchell

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Robert Duncan Milne

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Frank R. Stockton

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Guy de Maupassant

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J.-H. Rosny, aîné

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Edward Bellamy

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Arthur Conan Doyle

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H. G. Wells

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Grant Allen

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C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

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Jack London

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