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In The Romance of the Forest

Read by Terry Hergesheimer

Ann Radcliffe

A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …

The Blazing World

Read by Sarah Terry

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess Of Newcastle and Margaret Lucas Cavendish

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a …

Lucian's True History

Read by Terry Kroenung

Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata

One of the earliest works of science-fiction (nearly 2,000 years old). It has space travel (including war in space), lunar civilization, and…

The Best Laid Plans

Read by Terry Fallis

Terry Fallis

"The Best Laid Plans" is a satirical novel of Canadian politics written by Terry Fallis. It recounts the unlikely and amusing alli…

A Princess of Mars (Version 4)

Read by Terry Kroenung

Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Confederate soldier travels to Mars and is embroiled in its politics and wars, becoming a great swordsman and hero. - Summary by Terry Kro…

His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story

Read by Terry Kroenung

Simon Newcomb

A millionaire genius invents a flying armored suit, a la Iron Man. - Summary by Terry Kroenung

'Uncle' Lias

In Humorous Poems

Read by Terry Murtha

Ignatius Brennan

This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundi…

Queen of the Black Coast

In Short Science Fiction Collection 084

Read by Terry Kroenung

Robert E. Howard

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Jester Condemned to Death

In Short Poetry Collection 224

Read by Terry Kroenung

Horace Smith

This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2022.

The Return Home

In Peter and Wendy (Version 2)

Read by Cindy Terry

J. M. Barrie

"Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and Peter and Wendy are the stage play and novel (respectively) which tell the well-known s…