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Two Ways of Putting It
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Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Short Science Fiction Collection 042
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
A to Zed Collection Vol. 001
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A collection of pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, that have as its subject a word beginning with a specific letter of the English alphab…
Short Science Fiction Collection 041
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Chapter 07
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Lester Del Rey
In Badge of Infamy
Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, shu…
Short Science Fiction Collection 044
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Part II - Chapter IX
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Wilkie Collins
In My Lady's Money
Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
In Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
Short Science Fiction Collection 029
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Science Fiction Collection 040
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Chapter 07
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Lester del Rey and Lester Del Rey
In The Sky Is Falling
After dying in a terrible accident at a building site, Dave Hanson finds himself being brought back to life in a world where magic is real, …
Preface
Read by Patrick Randall
William Langland
In The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)
William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…
Introduction
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
In The Colors of Space
Bart Steele, Space Academy graduate, is on his way home to his father's business - he runs a fleet of spaceships for interstellar travel. Th…
31 - Chapter 31
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Paul Creswick
In Robin Hood
"Well, Robin, on what folly do you employ yourself? Do you cut sticks for our fire o' mornings?" Thus spoke Master Hugh Fitzooth, …
Book 2, Chapter 5
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Robert Grant
In Unleavened Bread
A businessman's selfish wife forces her way into upper society. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapter 1
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Ray Cummings
In Beyond the Vanishing Point
When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and stream…
preface part 1
Read by KevinS
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
In Kopal-Kundala
A story of love and innocence, by one of India's most loved novelist/ poets of the 20th century, the mentor of Rabindrath Tagore. (Summary b…
Selected excerpts by Jonathan Edwards
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Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Introductory Note
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Carl Sandburg
In The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919
Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS
Preface
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Betsy Balcombe and Elizabeth Balcombe Abell
In Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena
In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the…