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The landmark alternate history novel by "one of the best American writers" (Ray Bradbury). In the world of this novel, said to be an inspiration for Philip K.

Two classic science fiction stories about a California family fleeing a nuclear holocaust, written in an era when a dystopian future seemed inevitable.

The summer season on Cape Cod is over-now it's time for the real fun to begin. Dominick is always just passing through.

The Art & Craft of the Short Story explores every key element of short fiction, including story structure and form; creative and believable characters; how to begin and where to end; and the ge

This classic mind-shattering tale, which "ranks high among the horror stories of the English language," plunges into the darkness of the Cthulhu mythos (Time).

This frighteningly prophetic tale from the progenitor of modern science fiction remains as powerful today as when it was written-more than a century ago.

There's a heavy price to pay for the manipulation of nature in this novel from the revered author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.

The groundbreaking novella that gave rise to science fiction's original space hero, Buck Rogers.

A gifted gambler fights to survive on a hostile planet in this classic novel from the creator of science fiction antihero the Stainless Steel Rat. The gravity is twice that of Earth.

Hugo Award Finalist: A mystery at the heart of a desert planet and its ruling class must be solved in this thrilling tale from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.

Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story from a Grand Master of Science Fiction.

The true story behind the classic TV show: A father's delightful account of raising eight free-spirited children in 1970s America.

New writings on our fear of-and fascination with-the "other" from Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and more.Alien is a powerful and flexible word.

A "spellbinding account" of Wall Street deregulation in the 1980s, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post series (The New York Times Book Review).

A New York Times-bestselling author's "superbly reported" account of the dismantling of the world's largest corporation (The Washington Post).