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

Do you believe in fairies?

Cover of Do you believe in fairies? by Leonora de Lima Andrews

Do you believe in fairies?

Leonora de Lima Andrews · 1924

Cover of Grampa in Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1924

2 hr 44 min read

Here and beyond

Cover of Here and beyond by Edith Wharton

Here and beyond

Edith Wharton · 1924

3 hr 40 min read

Heu-Heu, or The monster

Cover of Heu-Heu, or The monster by H. Rider Haggard

Heu-Heu, or The monster

H. Rider Haggard · 1924

4 hr 41 min read

AdventureLost World

Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy Tale

Cover of Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy Tale by Julian Hawthorne

Rumpty-Dudget's Tower: A Fairy Tale

Julian Hawthorne · 1924

FantasyJuvenile

Tarzan and the Ant Men

Cover of Tarzan and the Ant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan and the Ant Men

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1924

4 hr 45 min read

AdventureLost World

The Dream Coach

Cover of The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish Dillwyn Parrish

The Dream Coach

Anne Parrish Dillwyn Parrish · 1924

1 hr 32 min read

FantasyJuvenile

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Cover of The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany · 1924

3 hr 43 min read

The dream: A novel

Cover of The dream: A novel by H. G. Wells

The dream: A novel

H. G. Wells · 1924

Social SFUtopia

The fairy babies

Cover of The fairy babies by Laura Rountree Smith

The fairy babies

Laura Rountree Smith · 1924

1 hr 48 min read

FantasyJuvenile

Tuhatvuotinen valtakunta

Cover of Tuhatvuotinen valtakunta by Heikki Välisalmi Upton Sinclair

Tuhatvuotinen valtakunta

Heikki Välisalmi Upton Sinclair · 1924

1 hr 47 min read

Social SFUtopia

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin · 1924

4 hr 18 min read

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of We by Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin · 1924

4 hr 18 min read

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of Jonah by Robert Nathan

Robert Nathan · 1925

2 hr 9 min read

Le Diable au Sahara

Cover of Le Diable au Sahara by Pierre Mille

Le Diable au Sahara

Pierre Mille · 1925

2 hr 18 min read

AdventureFantasy

Cover of Metropolis by Thea von Harbou

Thea von Harbou · 1925

DystopiaSocial SF

Cover of Radio V-rays by Jan Dirk

Jan Dirk · 1925

AdventureHard SF

The Lost King of Oz

Cover of The Lost King of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson

The Lost King of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1925

2 hr 54 min read

FantasyJuvenile

The Radio Beasts

Cover of The Radio Beasts by Ralph Milne Farley

The Radio Beasts

Ralph Milne Farley · 1925

4 hr 10 min read

AdventureSpace Opera

Cover of The cave girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1925

4 hr 41 min read

AdventureLost World

The eternal savage

Cover of The eternal savage by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The eternal savage

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1925

4 hr 1 min read

AdventureLost World

Cover of The festival by H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft · 1925

The twelve adventurers, and other stories

Cover of The twelve adventurers, and other stories by Charlotte Brontë

The twelve adventurers, and other stories

Charlotte Brontë · 1925

3 hr 16 min read

AdventureFantasy

Cover of Timotheus by Bonamy Dobrée

Bonamy Dobrée · 1925

Social SFUtopia

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