Science fiction and fantasy books transport readers to extraordinary realms of imagination and possibility. Science fiction delves into the realms of scientific advancements, futuristic technologies, and the impact they have on society. It explores the wonders of space exploration, artificial intelligence, time travel, and alternate realities. These stories often challenge our perceptions of reality and probe the ethical and moral implications of scientific progress.
On the other hand, fantasy books embrace magic, mythical creatures, and enchanted realms. They invite us into worlds where dragons soar, witches cast spells, and heroes embark on epic quests. These tales offer an escape from the confines of our mundane existence, inviting us to believe in the extraordinary and embrace the limitless power of imagination. Both science fiction and fantasy books captivate readers by pushing the boundaries of what is possible and igniting our sense of wonder. They offer thrilling adventures, thought-provoking concepts, and unforgettable characters, captivating readers of all ages and leaving them longing for more.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
A Journey to the centre of the Earth by Jules Verne 1905
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 1870
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 1865
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 1920
A Houseboat on the Styx by John K Banks 1902
The Source's of Gulliver's Travels by Max Pol
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1869
Micromegas by Voltaire 1752
THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAAL by Edgar Allen Poe
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
Erewhon by Samuel Butler 1917 (Erewhon is an anagram of "nowhere")
Erewhon revisited twenty years later by Samuel Butler 1910
A Voyage to the Moon by George Tucker 1827
Flatland - a Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott 1884
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Morris Jastrow 1920
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe 1838
"One scene in this book visits a whaling ship lost at sea, taking with it all but 4 crewmen. Out of food, the men drew lots to see who would be eaten, the unfortunate decision landing on a young cabin boy named Richard Parker (and here it gets really weird)....46 years later there was an actual disaster at sea involving the Mignonette wherein the men drew lots and decided to eat their cabin boy...a boy named Richard Parker."
Atlantis - the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly 1882
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy 1917 (the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up 113 years later. He finds himself in the same location but in a totally changed [Socialistic] world)
The Great Keinplatz Experiment by Arthur Conan Doyle 1913
The Final War by Louis Tracy 1896
The Odyssey, Books 1-8, 1905
The Odyssey, Books 9-16, 1905
The Odyssey, Books 17-24, 1905
The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac 1915
Beowulf, by WJ Sedgefield 1910
The Mahabharata 1884
The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1871 (the main character discovers a highly evolved subterranean civilization)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1917
The Land of Oz by Frank L Baum 1904
Dorothy and the wizard in Oz by Frank L Baum 1908
The Red One by Jack London 1919 (a story involving extraterrestrials)
The Iron Heel by Jack London 1907 (set in the future from that author's point of view)
King Arthur and his Knights by MR Warren 1905
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William Langland 1917
A Wonder Book of Old Romance (William and the werewolf, King Robert of Sicily, Sir Cleges and the cherries, The fair unknown, King Horn, The seven wise masters, Sir Degoré and the broken sword etc) by FJ Darton 1907
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin 1906
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 1920
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 1 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 3 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 4 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 7 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 8 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 9 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 10 by George MacDonald 1871
Phantastes - a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald 1920
The Well at the World's End by William Morris, Volume 1, 1903
The Well at the World's End by William Morris, Volume 2, 1903
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings by William Morris 1892
The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been also called the Land of living men or the Acre of the undying by William Morris 1891
News from Nowhere by William Morris 1897
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris 1900
The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris 1897 (perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural)
The Sundering Flood by William Morris 1898
The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany 1916
The Chronicles of Rodriguez by Lord Dunsany 1922
The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany 1908
Tales of Three hemispheres by Lord Dunsany 1918
Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany 1916
The Last Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany 1916
A Dreamer's Tales, and other Stories
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison 1922
Doctor Huguet by I Donnelly 1891
Gods and their Makers by Laurence Housman 1897
The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman 1898
The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis by Clemence Housman 1905
The Home of the Seven Devils by Horace Newte 1913
The Old English Baron a Gothic story. Also The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Tales and fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson 1905
Devil Stories - an Anthology, by MJ Rudwin 1921
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen 1894
The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett 1888
The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France 1914 (full of metaphysical mockery on the one hand and a portrayal of Satan as seeker of mysteries on the other.)
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by L Hearn 1904
The Romance of the Milky Way and other studies & stories by L Hearn 1905
Doctor Grimshawe's secret by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1883
The Snow-image and other Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1876
Fairy Tales and Romances by Anthony Hamilton 1849
Eric Brighteyes by H R Haggard 1891
Stella Fregelius, a Tale of Three Destinies by H R Haggard 1903
Foggerty's Fairy, and other Tales by WS Gilbert 1890
The Monomaniac: Or, Shirley Hall Asylum by William Gilbert 1864
The Magic Mirror by William Gilbert 1866
Fables and Fabulists, ancient and modern by Thomas Newbigging 1895
Avatar, Jettatura, The Water pavilion by Theophile Gautier 1902 (Avatar has to do with identity exchange, Jettatura is about the Evil Eye)
Martin Pippin in the apple orchard by E Farjeon 1922
Weird Tales by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann 1885
Walter Besant's Works 1894 (The Doubts of Dives, The Demoniac, The doll's house-and after)
Melomaniacs by James Huneker 1902
Selected tales of Mystery by Edgar Allen Poe 1909
Auriol: The Elixir of Life by William Harrison Ainsworth 1898
Told after supper by Jerome K Jerome 1891
The chronicles of Clovernook by Douglas Jerrold 1846
The Heroes by Charles Kinsley 1856
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes by Rudyard Kipling
The Lord of the Dark Red Star by Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903
The Romance of the Fountain by Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1905
Hauntings & Fantastic stories by Vernon Lee 1906
Before Adam by Jack London 1907
On the other hand, fantasy books embrace magic, mythical creatures, and enchanted realms. They invite us into worlds where dragons soar, witches cast spells, and heroes embark on epic quests. These tales offer an escape from the confines of our mundane existence, inviting us to believe in the extraordinary and embrace the limitless power of imagination. Both science fiction and fantasy books captivate readers by pushing the boundaries of what is possible and igniting our sense of wonder. They offer thrilling adventures, thought-provoking concepts, and unforgettable characters, captivating readers of all ages and leaving them longing for more.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
A Journey to the centre of the Earth by Jules Verne 1905
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 1870
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 1865
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 1920
A Houseboat on the Styx by John K Banks 1902
The Source's of Gulliver's Travels by Max Pol
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1869
Micromegas by Voltaire 1752
THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAAL by Edgar Allen Poe
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
Erewhon by Samuel Butler 1917 (Erewhon is an anagram of "nowhere")
Erewhon revisited twenty years later by Samuel Butler 1910
A Voyage to the Moon by George Tucker 1827
Flatland - a Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott 1884
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Morris Jastrow 1920
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe 1838
"One scene in this book visits a whaling ship lost at sea, taking with it all but 4 crewmen. Out of food, the men drew lots to see who would be eaten, the unfortunate decision landing on a young cabin boy named Richard Parker (and here it gets really weird)....46 years later there was an actual disaster at sea involving the Mignonette wherein the men drew lots and decided to eat their cabin boy...a boy named Richard Parker."
Atlantis - the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly 1882
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy 1917 (the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up 113 years later. He finds himself in the same location but in a totally changed [Socialistic] world)
The Great Keinplatz Experiment by Arthur Conan Doyle 1913
The Final War by Louis Tracy 1896
The Odyssey, Books 1-8, 1905
The Odyssey, Books 9-16, 1905
The Odyssey, Books 17-24, 1905
The Magic Skin by Honore de Balzac 1915
Beowulf, by WJ Sedgefield 1910
The Mahabharata 1884
The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1871 (the main character discovers a highly evolved subterranean civilization)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1917
The Land of Oz by Frank L Baum 1904
Dorothy and the wizard in Oz by Frank L Baum 1908
The Red One by Jack London 1919 (a story involving extraterrestrials)
The Iron Heel by Jack London 1907 (set in the future from that author's point of view)
King Arthur and his Knights by MR Warren 1905
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William Langland 1917
A Wonder Book of Old Romance (William and the werewolf, King Robert of Sicily, Sir Cleges and the cherries, The fair unknown, King Horn, The seven wise masters, Sir Degoré and the broken sword etc) by FJ Darton 1907
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin 1906
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 1920
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 1 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 3 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 4 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 7 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 8 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 9 by George MacDonald 1871
Works of Fancy and Imagination, Volume 10 by George MacDonald 1871
Phantastes - a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald 1920
The Well at the World's End by William Morris, Volume 1, 1903
The Well at the World's End by William Morris, Volume 2, 1903
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings by William Morris 1892
The Story of the Glittering Plain which has been also called the Land of living men or the Acre of the undying by William Morris 1891
News from Nowhere by William Morris 1897
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris 1900
The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris 1897 (perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural)
The Sundering Flood by William Morris 1898
The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany 1916
The Chronicles of Rodriguez by Lord Dunsany 1922
The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany 1908
Tales of Three hemispheres by Lord Dunsany 1918
Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany 1916
The Last Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany 1916
A Dreamer's Tales, and other Stories
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison 1922
Doctor Huguet by I Donnelly 1891
Gods and their Makers by Laurence Housman 1897
The Field of Clover by Laurence Housman 1898
The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis by Clemence Housman 1905
The Home of the Seven Devils by Horace Newte 1913
The Old English Baron a Gothic story. Also The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Tales and fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson 1905
Devil Stories - an Anthology, by MJ Rudwin 1921
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen 1894
The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Garnett 1888
The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France 1914 (full of metaphysical mockery on the one hand and a portrayal of Satan as seeker of mysteries on the other.)
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by L Hearn 1904
The Romance of the Milky Way and other studies & stories by L Hearn 1905
Doctor Grimshawe's secret by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1883
The Snow-image and other Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1876
Fairy Tales and Romances by Anthony Hamilton 1849
Eric Brighteyes by H R Haggard 1891
Stella Fregelius, a Tale of Three Destinies by H R Haggard 1903
Foggerty's Fairy, and other Tales by WS Gilbert 1890
The Monomaniac: Or, Shirley Hall Asylum by William Gilbert 1864
The Magic Mirror by William Gilbert 1866
Fables and Fabulists, ancient and modern by Thomas Newbigging 1895
Avatar, Jettatura, The Water pavilion by Theophile Gautier 1902 (Avatar has to do with identity exchange, Jettatura is about the Evil Eye)
Martin Pippin in the apple orchard by E Farjeon 1922
Weird Tales by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann 1885
Walter Besant's Works 1894 (The Doubts of Dives, The Demoniac, The doll's house-and after)
Melomaniacs by James Huneker 1902
Selected tales of Mystery by Edgar Allen Poe 1909
Auriol: The Elixir of Life by William Harrison Ainsworth 1898
Told after supper by Jerome K Jerome 1891
The chronicles of Clovernook by Douglas Jerrold 1846
The Heroes by Charles Kinsley 1856
The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes by Rudyard Kipling
The Lord of the Dark Red Star by Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1903
The Romance of the Fountain by Eugene Lee-Hamilton 1905
Hauntings & Fantastic stories by Vernon Lee 1906
Before Adam by Jack London 1907