
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction
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This is a book for anyone who wants to ask themselves about the future of a world in which power, concentrated in the hands of an ever-narrower circle of people, attempts to destroy or marginalize everything that is different.
The motif that Nesvadba has already used in a science fiction context, the FALSIFICATION OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND, in "The Showdown with Doctor Dong" serves as a starting point for questioning the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.
The Doom of the World is the first part of Flammarion's vision of the distant future. Through scientific assumptions and philosophical reflections, he depicts the gradual weakening of the Earth and the first signs of the end of human civilization.
A scientific documentary novel about the discovery of radium, which tells the story of Marie and Pierre Curie, the medical revolution, but also the dark side – speculation, the fight for monopoly and the tragic consequences of radioactivity on people.
A fantasy novel that tells the origin story of the powerful wizard Elminster Aumar, a key character in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe.
A fascinating novel by Jack London about Professor Darrell Standing who, faced with the torments of prison, finds a way to free his spirit and travel through the past, reliving numerous forgotten lives.