The Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with elements of science fiction, by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut's fourth novel, first published in 1963, in which the author examines key issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often using black humor.
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), a British geneticist, evolutionary biologist, and science popularizer, wrote "My Friend Mr. Leakey" in 1937 – a collection of five humorous, fantastic stories for children (and adults).
Today, Eddard Stark is the Prince of the North and the ruler of Winterfell. But fifteen years ago, as a young man, he placed his sword in the service of Robert Baratheon.
After finding the alchemical manuscript Ashmole 762, accomplished historian and mediocre witch Diana Bishop embarks on a journey through time with her newly married vampire husband Matthew Clairmont.
It is a classic children's SF novel in the manner of Verne's Mysterious Island, a little compositionally disorganized, full of slogans, but readable...