By: George C. Wallis

“Death is as certain out there as here.”

By: George C. Wallis

“I could not endure the Red Sphere except as we shall endure it — travelling.”

By: George C. Wallis

They stood before a sphere of bright red metal.

By: George C. Wallis

“Any further fall of temperature will close the drama of this planet.”

By: Francis Stevens

“Island or no island, Anita was a lady, too!”

By: Francis Stevens

“I named the island Anita.”

By: Francis Stevens

“It was all busted and split open by the lightning.”

By: Francis Stevens

What had scared Nelson Smith so much that he had swum to get away?

By: Francis Stevens

“We cleared from Frisco with a cargo of silkateen petticoats.”

By: Gordon Dahlquist

Who — in 1913 — could conceive a capital of Europe being so depopulated, so beset?

By: Bruce Sterling

Afterword to our 2012 edition of Rudyard Kipling’s sci-fi novel.

By: Mark Kingwell

Introduction to our 2013 edition of Muriel Jaeger’s sci-fi novel.

By: Gary Panter

Introduction to our 2013 edition of Cicely Hamilton’s sci-fi novel.

By: Annalee Newitz

Introduction to our 2013 edition of E.V. Odle’s sci-fi novel.

By: Astra Taylor

Introduction to our 2013 edition of J.D. Beresford’s sci-fi novel.