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This edition is written in font size 16. 12 Years a Slave: Extra Large Print is also available in bold and font size 24.Now a major motion picture, this remarkable memoir details Solomon Northup's...

Micromegas was first published in 1752 and is one of Voltaire's best-known works. The story tells of two giant extraterrestrials who travel across the solar system, eventually reaching the Earth...

The Dream of Scipio by Cicero is perhaps the earliest science fiction tale ever written. Written over two thousand years ago, this trail-blazing story tells of a man's voyage to the heavens, his...

Perhaps the first science fiction tale written in the English language, The Man in the Moone, written by Francis Godwin, was an influential work first published in 1638. In this version, edited for...

The Man in the Moone is perhaps the oldest work of science fiction in the English language, and tells of a man's visit to the lunar surface where he discovers a Utopian paradise. Other early science...

Francis Bacon's New Atlantis could be considered the earliest science fiction tale in the English language. Other early science fiction stories in this collection include: -- The Dream of Scipio by...

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, also known as The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, was written around the tenth century AD, and tells of an extraterrestrial girl found in a bamboo field. This story is the...

The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall was first published in June 1835. The tale tells of Hans Pfaall's journey to the Moon by hot air balloon, and gives an account of how he survived...

Lucian of Samosata's True History, written almost two thousand years ago, is one of the earliest science fiction tales ever written, and tells of a man's fantastic adventures including a trip to the...

Urashima Taro is perhaps the earliest time travel tale ever written. This story dating from the eighth century, tells of a fisherman who ventures on a trip beneath the sea to the palace of the Dragon...