Edmund Bloxam
Mists of Mars
The Wild West, reimagined as the Martian landscape, where law is defined by whoever has the biggest weapons, be they guns, ships, or things …
Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories
'The Listener'First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...…
Scientists Do Science in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. VII)
'The Cyberene' by Rog PhillipsSomewhere in the far future a diabolical brain plotted the enslavement of mankind. But to do that a history ha…
The Furthest Reaches of Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. VIII)
'Wanderlust' by Alan E. NourseBefore the great journey comes the hope, the dream, the familial disappointment...and the truth. ‘The Sense of…
The Almighty Dollar in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. VI)
'$1000 a Plate' by Jack McKenty - When science meets tourism, surely only the Almighty Dollar can win out...'Guaranteed - Forever!' by Frank…
Marvels of Machinery in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. X)
Thirteen science fiction short stories. - Summary by The Reader
A Colony of Girls
A determinedly tight knit family of sisters comes to unexpected tribulation after a ship arrives containing romantic complication and hidden…
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos During the Years 1858, 1859 and 1860
Details of an expedition across Southeast Asia. Includes discussions of peoples, customs journies, buildings and biological observations. - …
Essays Before a Sonata
Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Although the sonata is not explicitly referenced in this…
Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisure
25 tales of ghosts, spirits, fate, horror, murder, doomed love, manipulation and other mysterious happenings. - Summary by Edmund Bloxam
More Scientists Do Science in Space (Ed Reads Sci-fi, vol. XI)
‘The Great Gray Plague’ by Raymond F. JonesThere is no enemy so hard to fight as a dull gray fog. It's not solid enough to beat, too indefin…
First Love And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life (Version 2)
'First Love'Think of the most beautiful picture you've ever seen...'An Andalusian Duel'Two men, destined to die over a woman. But what does …
The Art of Music - Volume 03: Modern Music
A survey of music from the late nineteenth century ('modern' at the time), including references to style, comments on traditionalism and nat…