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Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century

H. Bruce Franklin

First published 1966
Publisher Oxford University Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Ursula Suess
Pages xiii+402
Price $6.50

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  • "Copyright (c) 1966" and LCCN on copyright page.
  • $6.50 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket design by Ursula Suess" on back flap.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Nathaniel Hawthorne and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
24 The Birthmark Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
41 The Artist of the Beautiful Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
65 Rappaccini's Daughter Nathaniel Hawthorne Novelette
93 Edgar Allan Poe and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
104 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
114 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
124 Mellonta Tauta Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
141 Automata H. Bruce Franklin Essay
144 Herman Melville and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
151 The Bell-Tower Herman Melville Short Story
166 Man as Machine H. Bruce Franklin Essay
168 Dr. Materialismus Frederic Jesup Stimson Short Story
187 Marvelous Inventions H. Bruce Franklin Essay
189 The Atoms of Chladni J. D. Whelpley Novelette
218 Medicine Men H. Bruce Franklin Essay
221 Was He Dead? Silas W. Mitchell Novelette
248 Into the Psyche H. Bruce Franklin Essay
251 Thomas Wentworth Higginson and his Dreamer H. Bruce Franklin Essay
253 The Monarch of Dreams Thomas Wentworth Higginson Short Story
268 Ambrose Bierce and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
271 A Psychological Shipwreck Ambrose Bierce Short Story
276 Edward Bellamy and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
283 To Whom This May Come Edward Bellamy Short Story
299 Space Travel H. Bruce Franklin Essay
302 The Blindman's World Edward Bellamy Short Story
319 Fitz-James O'Brien and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
328 The Diamond Lens Fitz-James O'Brien Novelette
352 Dimensional Speculation as Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
354 Four-Dimensional Space Anonymous Essay
356 Mysterious Disappearances Ambrose Bierce Short Story
363 From Four-Dimensional Space Arthur E. Bostwick Essay
364 Time Travel H. Bruce Franklin Essay
366 Beyond the Past H. Bruce Franklin Essay
368 Christmas 200,000 B.C. Stanley Waterloo Short Story
374 Mark Twain and Science Fiction H. Bruce Franklin Essay
381 From the "London Times" of 1904 Mark Twain Short Story
391 The Perfect Future H. Bruce Franklin Essay
394 In the Year Ten Thousand William Harben Short Story
ix Introduction (Future Perfect) H. Bruce Franklin Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century Cover 1968 Oxford University Press Trade Paperback Anthology GB241 xiii+402