Road to Science Fiction

Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein, samples the science fiction from a wide variety of authors that paved the way for the Golden Age.

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Science: The New Accelerator Chapter 4 The New Accelerator-by H. G. Wells Chapter 5 The Literary Dissent Chapter 6 The Machine Stops-by E. M. Forster Chapter 7 Islands in the Sky, Or Romance Triumphant Chapter 8 FromUnder the Moons of Mars-by Edgar Rice Burroughs Chapter 9 More Things Under Heaven and Earth Chapter 10 The Moon Pool-by A. Merritt Chapter 11 The Call of the Fantastic Chapter 12 The Red One-by Jack London Chapter 13 The Horror Out of Providence Chapter 14 Dagon-by H. P. Lovecraft Chapter 15 The Science-Fiction Magazine Begins Its Amazing Career Chapter 16 The Tissue-Culture King-by Julian Huxley Chapter 17 Pedestrian Words, Soaring Concepts Chapter 18 The Revolt of the Pedestrians-by David H. Keller, M. D. Chapter 19 The Philosopher of Time and Space Chapter 20 FromLast and First Men-by Olaf Stapledon Chapter 21 Ford's in His Flivver Chapter 22 FromBrave New World-by Aldous Huxley Chapter 23 The Alien from Milwaukee Chapter 24 A Martian Odyssey-by Stanley G. Weinbaum Chapter 25 Who Went There Chapter 26 Twilight-by John W. Campbell Chapter 27 The Idea Machine Chapter 28 Proxima Centauri-by Murray Leinster Chapter 29 The World-Wrecker on Mars Chapter 30 What's It Like Out There? -by Edmond Hamilton Chapter 31 The Legion of Science Fiction Chapter 32 With Folded Hands-by Jack Williamson Chapter 33 Mission of Levity Chapter 34 Hyperpilosity-by L. Sprague de Camp Chapter 35 The Alchemists Gather Chapter 36 The Faithful-by Lester del Rey Chapter 37 The Fairy Tales of Science Chapter 38 Black Destroyer-by A. E. van Vogt Chapter 39 The Stars Appear Chapter 40 Nightfall-by Isaac Asimov Chapter 41 The Man Who Sold the Genre Chapter 42 Requiem-by Robert A. Heinlein Chapter 43 A chronology of Science Fiction Chapter 44 About the Editor