SCI-FI & FANTASY COLLECTION – Tales of Illusion & Supernatural (Illustrated)

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead.

Table of Contents:

Ms. Found in a Bottle

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

A Descent into the Maelstrom

The Balloon-Hoax

Mesmeric Revelation

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

Some Words with a Mummy

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

The Power of Words

Mellonta Tauta

Mystification

The Premature Burial

The Oblong Box

The Spectacles

The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether

The Sphinx

Von Kempelen and His Discovery

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

The Colloquy of Monos and Una

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story.