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Science Fiction by the Rivals of H. G. Wells

Alan K. Russell

First published 1979
Publisher Castle Books
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xii+508


"31 Complete Stories with Original Illustrations" --front jacket "Thirty Stories and a Complete Novel" (as subtitle) "Reprint of works originally published in London magazines 1895-1906" --WorldCat library record {{OCLC|6046695}}

  • On copyright page:
    • "(c) Copyright 1979 by Castle Books, A division of Book Sales, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey"
    • "April 1979"
    • "(c) Alan K. Russell 1979"
  • No ISBN or price on book or jacket.
  • "31 Complete Stories with Original Illustrations" on jacket front.
  • C$12.50 list price for this title in Canada (currency and publisher not stated) is noted in one Toronto bookstore advertisement: "The Book Barn ... Science Fiction, Astrology and Occult Week", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1979-12-01 pG19. (US list price not found January 2020 in automated search of 1979/80 newspapers.)

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Purple Death W. L. Alden Short Story
11 The Thames Valley Catastrophe Grant Allen Short Story
25 A Star Fell L. J. Beeston Short Story
35 The Last Stand of the Decapods Frank T. Bullen Short Story
47 The Monster of Lake LaMetrie Wardon Allan Curtis Short Story
59 The Microbe of Death Rudolph De Cordova Short Story
73 The Wheels of Dr. Ginochio Gyves Ellsworth Douglass & Edwin Pallander Short Story
85 The Raid of Le Vengeur George Griffith Short Story
99 From Pole to Pole George Griffith Novelette
115 A Visit to the Moon George Griffith Short Story
131 The World of the War God George Griffith Short Story
145 A Glimpse of the Sinless Star George Griffith Short Story
158 The World of the Crystal Cities George Griffith Short Story
170 In Saturn's Realm George Griffith Short Story
182 Homeward Bound George Griffith Short Story
189 The Lost Continent C. J. Cutcliffe-Hyne Novel
197 The Last Days of Earth: Being the Story of the Launching of the "Red Sphere" George C. Wallis Short Story
329 The Lizard C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne Short Story
339 London's Danger C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne Short Story
349 The Lady Automaton E. E. Kellett Short Story
365 The Shadow and the Flash Jack London Short Story
377 The Black Shadow Owen Oliver Short Story
387 The Man Who Meddled with Eternity E. Tickner-Edwards Short Story
407 The Green Spider Arthur Sarsfield Ward Short Story
417 The Master of the Octopus Edward Olin Weeks Short Story
427 The Dust of Death Fred M. White Short Story
439 The Four Days' Night Fred M. White Short Story
455 The Four White Days Fred M. White Short Story
469 The Great White Moth Fred M. White Short Story
481 The Invisible Force Fred M. White Short Story
495 The Purple Terror Fred M. White Short Story
vii A Golden Era of Science Fiction and Fantasy Alan K. Russell Essay