BLACK CAT PRESS

Science Fiction and Fantasy Classsics

The Moon-Maker. An atomic-powered spaceship is on a mission to divert an asteroid from an impending collision with earth in this exciting, funny, prescient, scientifically impeccable classic from 1916. Includes the prequel, The Man Who Rocked the Earth, with the first-ever accurate description of an atomic bomb blast. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde's only novel is an exercise in symbolic biography in its story of a man who remains young and handsome while he commits every degradation imaginable...all the while the portrait hidden in his attic reflects his every sin. With 16 illustrations by Ron Miller. The Diamond Lens. Fitz-James O'Brien's little classic (less than 40 pages) is one of the earliest American science fiction stories. It tells of a scientist so obsessed with his research that he stops at nothing---deception, theft and even murder---to achieve his ends. He ultimately succeeds, but at a price even he never anticipated. Originally published in 1858. Saddle-stitched booklet. Typee. Herman Melville's first novel is a study of primal innocence as a deserter from a whaling ship finds himself in a Polynesian Eden with the beautiful island princess, Fayaway. But while her people may live in innocence, they are still ferocious cannibals... A Voyage to Arcturus. David Lindsay's classic 1920 novel has been acclaimed as the greatest underground novel of the 20th century.

Green Mansions. When Abel, a stranger from Europe, visits the deep Amazonian jungle, he discovers Rima, the mysterious "Bird Girl". W.H. Hudson's novel is justly famed for the poetic, mystical and other-worldly feelings it evokes in its description of the rainforest and its denizens---and the mysterious girl who seems to embody its spirit. Originally published in 1904. Christina Rossetti's enigmatic poem,The Goblin Market, has stirred debate since its first publication nearly 150 years ago. Is it an innocent tale of fantasy for children, with a wholly uplifting moral? Or is it one of the most lushly erotic works of literature ever created? This special edition is lavishly illustrated in full color by Ron Miller, Hugo Award-Winning author-illustrator of The Grand Tour and The Art of Chesley Bonestell. Eve's Diary. Written shortly after the death of his beloved wife, this little book is one of Mark Twain's greatest masterpieces...at one and the same time one of his funniest, gentlest and most romantic tales...and one of the greatest love stories ever written. Includes the original illustrations. Mass market paperback The Blue Lagoon Omnibus. Henry DeVere Stacpoole's classic trilogy of innocence, love, adventure and discovery in the lost Edens of the South Seas. Also includes "The Three Laws and the Golden Rule" by Morgan Robertson, which may have been one of Stacpoole's inspirations. Illustrated by Ron Miller.

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