Francis: 3998 books

Using the ambiguous pseudonym Francis Stevens, Gertrude Barrows Bennett emerged as the first major female writer to make a mark in the genre of science fiction and fantasy. The fascinating tale "Friend Island" imagines a time in the not-so-distant future when women have achieved dominance in every realm of society, from political power to family life.

Are you a busy person? What a stupid question, of course you are. But, are you a busy person that still needs mental stimulation, i.e. reading? However, who has time to sit down and read a novel these days? Amirite? Don't you wish there was a book you could just dip into and out of, whenever you felt...

Atlantis has been the source of legends that have fascinated readers from, at least, the time of Plato to almost modern times.  This work contains the complete text of the most interesting of these stories: The New Atlantis, by Sir Francis Bacon Brendan’s Fabulous Voyage, by John, Third Marquess...

Can we live better? 7 classic utopias is a collection of the most famous classical works on the topic of an ideal society.For thousands of years human beings have dreamt of perfect worlds, worlds free of conflict, hunger and unhappiness. But can these worlds ever exist in reality?Many thinkers and...

An American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. Buck Rogers Creator's Greatest Novels! Move over Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. The Airlords of Han (1928) It was no accident that Buck Rogers became an almost instantaneous...

Philip Francis Nowlan (1888 – February 1, 1940) was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. Nowlan’s novella “Armageddon—2419 A.D.” tells about America in the 25th century, conquered by Hans in 2109 AD and only now beginning to rebel. Sometime after...

Anthony Rogers is a 20th century man transported to the 25th century after a mine cave-in left him in a state of suspended animation. Upon emerging, Rogers discovers that America has been crushed by the Han, a Mongolian people possessing advanced technology. Rogers joins the Americans in the new struggle...

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton's 19th travelogue is simply fascinating. In disguise and (I'm assuming he's accurate in this) at great risk to himself, Burton made a pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca. His intimate observations of customs, daily life, and travel in a foreign land are the sort that...

In 1863 a delegation came to the White House to complain about President Lincoln?s conduct of the Civil War. The beleaguered president listened patiently and replied: ?Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara...

Francis Ponge boldly proclaims his poetic goal in Mute Objects of Expression: "To accept the challenge that objects offer to language." These objects—less chosen than received spontaneously—are perceived with inimitable Pongean humor and rendered into glimmering still lifes. He gives...

A Shakespeare Miscellany This volume, number 9 in the Shakespeare series published by AfterMath, provides some supporting information not readily available and not included in any of the the other volumes in this important series.  Note that some of the authors cannot even agree on the spelling...

Magic is real, and hungry--trapped in ancient texts and artifacts. Only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Join Detective Sal Brooks, newest recruit to a black-ops magic hunting team backed by the Vatican, as she travels the world to keep the supernatural in check. Just remember:...

Tension rises in Bookburners, the urban fantasy episodic series that mixes bad-ass horror with in-your-face attitude. Someone has betrayed Sal, turned her over to the not-so-tender ministrations of Team Two's Balloon and Stretch. Death seems certain . . . but the Hand has more tricks up its...

Asanti and Liam sneak invites to a magical conference in Russia, and find the bad coffee and cheap cups the least of their problems. While Asanti struggles with her feelings towards the Society and its mission, everybody else struggles to stay alive. This episode brought to you by Brian Francis...