The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: Anthologies



The Complete Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, 1829-48 (Illustrated Collectors Edition), edited by A. R. Roumanis and Mark Rich, introduction by Mark Rich. Vancouver: Engage Books / SF Classic, 2012.

Historical Reviews
Biography
To Science (A Poem)
Introduction: Poe’s Speculative Futures
SHORTER WORKS
Ms. Found in a Bottle
The Conversation of Eiros And Charmion
The Island of the Fay +
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
Astounding News! (The Balloon-Hoax)
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Mesmeric Revelation
The Power of Words
The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case
Some Words With a Mummy
A Prediction +
Mellonta Tauta
Von Kempelen and His Discovery
LONGER WORKS
The Unparalleled Adventures of Hans Phaall
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket +
 Eureka: A Prose Poem (Excerpts)
APPENDIX:
Report on Poe’s Lecture on “The Universe”
OBITUARY
The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Harold Beaver. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1976.


Introduction
A Note on the Text
Bibliography
MS. Found in a Bottle
The Unparelleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
A Descent into the Maelström *
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
The Balloon-Hoax
Mesmeric Revelation
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade *
Some Words with a Mummy
The Power of Words
The System of Dr Tarr and Prof. Fether *
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe
Mellonta Tauta
Von Kempelen and His Discovery
Commentary
Appendix 1748–1848: Select Chronology of post-Newtonian Science in the Century preceding Eureka

+, * = Story that does not appear in the other anthology


Beyond Deduction and Induction: Towards Perfect Truth According to Edgar Allan Poe

Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century—An Anthology
[contents & links], compiled by H. Bruce Franklin

Dr. Materialismus (quotes & synopsis)
by Frederic Jesup Stimson

George Cary Eggleston on Science Fiction & Jules Verne (1874)

Dreamed Life by Mark Twain

The Science Fiction of Mark Twain (Contents)
ed. David Ketterer

Edward Page Mitchell (1852-1927), Science Fiction Pioneer: Time Travel, Hegel, and More

Science Fiction & Utopia Research Resources: A Selective Work in Progress

Exotica, Curiosa, Crankery, Hoaxes, Cultural & Intellectual Arcana:
Selected Web Guide & Bibliography

American Philosophy Study Guide

Offsite:

Mellonta Tauta

Eureka—A Prose Poem

Edgar Allan Poe's Eureka: I Have Found It!
by David Grantz

Poe's Magnum Opus, Eureka: A Prose Poem
by John Astin

EDGAR ALLAN POE and his cosmology

Reading: “Selections from Eureka”
(The Poe Museum, YouTube)



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