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At the Earth's Core

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published: 1922-07-01. 50,169 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

David Innes and his inventor friend drill into the Earth’s crust, uncovering Pellucidar, a savage inner world lit by an eternal sun. Dinosaurs, primitive tribes, and winged Mahars threaten their survival. As David battles for freedom and love, he faces a thrilling quest to conquer this untamed realm. Will he triumph?

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The Warlord of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published: 1913-12-01. 57,613 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

John Carter, Mars' mightiest warrior, embarks on a relentless quest to rescue his beloved princess from a sinister fortress. Across icy polar wastes and treacherous skies, he battles monstrous beasts, cunning assassins, and a fanatical enemy wielding forbidden power. Loyalty and valor drive him through a labyrinth of danger to unite a fractured world. Will love conquer all, or will Mars claim its

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The Gods of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published: 1913-01-01. 83,216 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

John Carter returns to Mars, thrust into a savage world of warring gods and ancient secrets. Battling ferocious plant-men and ruthless pirates in the Valley Dor, he uncovers a sinister cult threatening the planet’s soul. With a loyal friend and a fierce princess by his side, Carter faces epic duels and cosmic conspiracies to defy divine tyranny. Will he triumph or fall to Martian madness?

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A Princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Published: 1917-01-01. 67,685 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

Transported to the red deserts of Mars, a Civil War veteran battles fierce green warriors and unearthly beasts to save a captivating princess. Amid crumbling ruins and alien skies, he navigates deadly intrigues and forbidden love in a barbaric world of honor and betrayal. Will his courage conquer a planet’s perils or doom them both? A thrilling saga of adventure awaits!

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With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D.

by Rudyard Kipling

Published: 1905-01-01. 13,459 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a future ruled by sky lanes and humming airships, a mail crew battles storm fronts, mechanical failures, and strict aerial law to complete a vital run across the globe. Their night flight reveals a world knit together by restless machines and daring pilots, where discipline, courage, and flawless teamwork keep civilization aloft in the dark.

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The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies

by Edward S. Ellis

Published: 1868-01-01. 30,204 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

An ingenious boy unveils a towering steam-driven man that hauls his wagon across the prairie. With a flinty scout and a few reckless partners, he outruns buffalo herds, bandits, and vengeful foes, threading iron sinews through ambushes and storms. Whirring pistons make the frontier a racetrack as courage and cunning decide who claims the West.

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Makers

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2009-10-27. 185,185 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a near-future world driven by innovation and technology, inventors push the boundaries of creation, sparking breakthroughs, rivalries, and unexpected consequences. Ambition, creativity, and ethical dilemmas collide as new ideas reshape society and challenge what it means to build, profit, and survive.

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Super Man and the Bug Out

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2001-10-01. 10,947 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A daring adventure unfolds as a young hero faces unexpected threats in a high-tech world. With wit, courage, and quick thinking, he navigates danger, uncovers secrets, and discovers the power—and responsibility—of extraordinary abilities in a modern landscape of intrigue.

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Home Again, Home Again

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 1999-01-01. 13,303 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A heartfelt story of return and rediscovery follows a character navigating the challenges of homecoming. Amid personal growth, unexpected connections, and the search for belonging, it explores family, identity, and the meaning of “home” in a changing world.

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Return to Pleasure Island

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2000-08-01. 11,217 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

This story follows a group of children who revisit an amusement park or “Pleasure Island”, a place filled with wonder, technology, and peril.

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Eastern Standard Tribe

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2004-03-01. 53,217 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a future split by time-zone tribes, a sharp consultant for the Eastern Standard Tribe spies in London, trading secrets to outwit rivals. Betrayed by his lover and colleague, he’s framed as mad and confined in an asylum. This witty sci-fi satire probes loyalty, identity, and tech’s divisive chaos, exposing the clash of tribal bonds and personal desires.

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Shadow of the Mothaship

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2000-01-01. 11,117 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

The story follows a spacefaring adventure in which humans encounter remnants of a vast, ancient alien civilization.

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Craphound

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 1998-03-01. 9,724 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

In a near-future world, a scruffy collector and his alien pal hunt garage sales for quirky treasures like old cowboy trunks. Their thrilling bids spark cash and tension, as human nostalgia clashes with alien detachment. This witty sci-fi tale explores junk-hunting’s thrill and the ache of lost memories, probing what makes objects priceless in a universe of odd desires.

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A Place So Foreign

by Cory Doctorow

Published: 2000-01-01. 20,972 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A young boy in 1970s America is whisked to a futuristic world of time travel and alien tech when his inventor father vanishes. Navigating a dazzling, disorienting society, he uncovers secrets tying his family to cosmic conspiracies. This vibrant sci-fi tale blends wonder, rebellion, and the quest for belonging

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Revolt of the Outworlds

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1954-12-01. 18,379 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

Far from the comfortable Inner Worlds, the mining colonies seethe under corporate rule. When a decorated pilot is sent to crush a budding rebellion, he uncovers a conspiracy pitting Earth’s profiteers against a frontier fighting to breathe. Hunted by his own command and shadowed by pirate fleets, he must choose—ignite a war that could free the outworlds or burn them all.

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Recruit for Andromeda

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1953-07-01. 32,796 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A restless young man is singled out by a shadowy interstellar service and hurled into rigorous training, mind-bending tests, and missions on worlds where gravity, time, and loyalty feel different. As he learns to read alien motives and survive political traps, a deeper secret about his origin emerges—forcing a choice between the planet that shaped him and the wider destiny that claims him.

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Quest of the Golden Ape

by Stephen Marlowe

Published: 1957-03-01. 33,953 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A man from Earth is haunted by dreams of a radiant woman and a jungle world ruled by cruel sorcery. Drawn across dimensions, he awakens to a lost heritage and a perilous hunt for a mythical golden ape whose secret can topple tyrants. With rebels, telepaths, and blade duels in alien temples, he must claim his destiny—or watch two worlds fall.

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The War in the Air

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1908-01-01. 97,639 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A bicycle mechanic is swept into a global conflict when fleets of airships and flying machines unleash a new kind of warfare. From burning cities to ruined empires, he witnesses civilization collapse almost overnight, as human ingenuity in the sky becomes the engine of terror, chaos, and a perilous, uncertain future for everyone left alive.

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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1904-01-01. 76,061 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

Two eccentric scientists brew a nutrient that makes life grow without limit. Soon hens, weeds, rats—and children—swell to monstrous size, turning farms into jungles and towns into battlegrounds. As frightened authorities move to crush the “giants,” a new generation refuses to shrink back. A darkly comic fable of invention, fear, and the price of progress when growth becomes destiny.

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The Sleeper Awakes

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1910-01-01. 76,943 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction

A man falls into a trance and wakes two centuries later to find his fortune has made him owner of the world—and a prisoner of the men who rule in his name. Drawn into a glittering, mechanized city of airships and moving roads, he becomes a symbol for the poor and a pawn for a would-be dictator. As crowds rise and skies burn, he must choose between spectacle, power, and justice.

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