The Archive · A decade in science fiction

1920s

The pulp era proper. Amazing Stories launches; science fiction gets its name.

231 titles 142 authors

Defining themes

Fantasy Juvenile Adventure Horror Hard SF Lost World Social SF Space Opera

Its notable voices

Edgar Rice Burroughs H. P. Lovecraft Ray Cummings Robert E. Howard Ruth Plumly Thompson Edmond Hamilton Various Victor Appleton

The collection

The Thing from the Lake

Cover of The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram

The Thing from the Lake

Eleanor M. Ingram · 1921

3 hr 46 min read

Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from the Air

Cover of Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from the Air by Victor Appleton

Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from the Air

Victor Appleton · 1921

3 hr 9 min read

AdventureJuvenile

Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland

Cover of Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland by Howard Roger Garis

Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland

Howard Roger Garis · 1921

2 hr 27 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Bird's nest, a fantasy in one act

Cover of Bird's nest, a fantasy in one act by Tracy D. Mygatt

Bird's nest, a fantasy in one act

Tracy D. Mygatt · 1922

Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child

Cover of Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child by Harold Gaze

Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child

Harold Gaze · 1922

2 hr 22 min read

Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley

Cover of Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley by Lord Dunsany

Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley

Lord Dunsany · 1922

4 hr 11 min read

El paraiso de las mujeres

Cover of El paraiso de las mujeres by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

El paraiso de las mujeres

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · 1922

Social SFUtopia

Ihmisten kapina

Cover of Ihmisten kapina by Lauri Haarla

Ihmisten kapina

Lauri Haarla · 1922

2 hr 6 min read

DystopiaSocial SF

In the Morning of Time

Cover of In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

In the Morning of Time

Sir Charles G. D. Roberts · 1922

4 hr 30 min read

AdventureLost World

It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know

Cover of It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know by Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson

It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know

Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson · 1922

1 hr 52 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Cover of Kabumpo in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1922

3 hr 20 min read

La mirinda historio de Petro Schlemihl

Cover of La mirinda historio de Petro Schlemihl by Adelbert von Chamisso

La mirinda historio de Petro Schlemihl

Adelbert von Chamisso · 1922

1 hr 21 min read

Cover of Lady into Fox by David Garnett

David Garnett · 1922

1 hr 15 min read

Cover of Little Tom by Václav Tille

Václav Tille · 1922

1 hr 56 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Cover of Magic London by Netta Syrett

Netta Syrett · 1922

3 hr 12 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Cover of Nieuw Utopia by Bernard Alexander Canter

Bernard Alexander Canter · 1922

2 hr 40 min read

Social SFUtopia

Cover of Piccaninnies by Isabel M. Peacocke

Isabel M. Peacocke · 1922

FantasyJuvenile

Plays of Near & Far

Cover of Plays of Near & Far by Lord Dunsany

Plays of Near & Far

Lord Dunsany · 1922

2 hr 36 min read

Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse

Cover of Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse by David Cory

Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse

David Cory · 1922

1 hr 57 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Rootabaga Stories

Cover of Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg

Rootabaga Stories

Carl Sandburg · 1922

FantasyJuvenile

Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet

Cover of Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet by William Bowen

Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet

William Bowen · 1922

4 hr 11 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Tales of the Unexpected

Cover of Tales of the Unexpected by H. G. Wells

Tales of the Unexpected

H. G. Wells · 1922

4 hr 55 min read

Hard SFSocial SF

The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan

Cover of The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan by Edwin P. Norwood

The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan

Edwin P. Norwood · 1922

2 hr 46 min read

FantasyJuvenile

The Chessmen of Mars

Cover of The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1922

AdventureSpace Opera

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