Masterpieces of Science Fiction

Masterpieces of Science Fiction is an excellent historical introduction to the field, including stories from the two centuries ending in about 1940. It includes a long historical and critical essay by Moskowitz. (See also Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction.)

This appears to be a facsimile edition of the original, 1966, World Publishing Co. edition.

Table of Contents

• Introduction by Sam Moskowitz
• "Voyage to the Moon" by Cyrano de Bergerac
• "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• "Hans Phaall" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Notes on Hans Phaall" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Richard Adams Locke" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "The Wondersmith" by Fitz-James O'Brien
• "Eternal Adam" by Jules verne
• "The Brick Moon" by Edward Everett Hale
• "Lost in a Comet's Tail; or, Frank Reade, Jr,'s Strange Adventure with His New Air Ship" by Luis P. Senarens
• "The Country of the Blind" by H. G. Wells
• "The Place of Pain" by M. P. Shiel
• "The Los Amigos Fiasco" by A. Conan Doyle
• "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• "The People of the Pit" by A. Merritt
• "System" By Josef and Karel Capek
• "Extra Sensory Perfection" by Hugo Gernsback
• "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft
• "Humanity on Venus" by Olaf Stapledon
• "Jungle Journey" by Philip Wylie
• "The Lotus Eaters" by Stanley G. Weinbaum