SF Supernova

The Archive · A decade in science fiction

1940s

The Golden Age begins. Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke establish the foundations of modern science fiction.

481 titles 167 authors

Defining themes

Space OperaAdventureHard SFFirst ContactSocial SFMilitary SFPost-ApocalypticColonization

Its notable voices

Nelson S. BondGeorge O. SmithRay CummingsLeigh BrackettRay BradburyBasil WellsHenry HasseHenry Kuttner

The collection

Steel Giants of Chaos
Cover of Steel Giants of Chaos by James R. Adams
Steel Giants of Chaos
James R. Adams · 1945
49 min read
First ContactSpace Opera
The Great Green Blight
Cover of The Great Green Blight by Robert Emmett McDowell
The Great Green Blight
Robert Emmett McDowell · 1945
1 hr 45 min read
Post-ApocalypticSpace Opera
The Happy Castaway
Cover of The Happy Castaway by Robert Emmett McDowell
The Happy Castaway
Robert Emmett McDowell · 1945
20 min read
AdventureSpace Opera
The Last Monster
Cover of The Last Monster by Gardner F. Fox
The Last Monster
Gardner F. Fox · 1945
41 min read
AdventureSpace Opera
The Silver Plague
Cover of The Silver Plague by Albert dePina
The Silver Plague
Albert dePina · 1945
49 min read
Post-ApocalypticSpace Opera
The Ultimate World
Cover of The Ultimate World by Bryce Walton
The Ultimate World
Bryce Walton · 1945
20 min read
DystopiaUtopia
The Vanishing Venusians
Cover of The Vanishing Venusians by Leigh Brackett
The Vanishing Venusians
Leigh Brackett · 1945
46 min read
AdventureColonization
The fixer
Cover of The fixer by George O. Smith
The fixer
George O. Smith · 1945
59 min read
Social SFSpace Opera
Trouble Times Two
Cover of Trouble Times Two by George O. Smith
Trouble Times Two
George O. Smith · 1945
42 min read
Hard SFSocial SF
Vandals of the Void
Cover of Vandals of the Void by Robert Wilson
Vandals of the Void
Robert Wilson · 1945
57 min read
First ContactPost-Apocalyptic
Venusian Invader
Cover of Venusian Invader by Larry Sternig
Venusian Invader
Larry Sternig · 1945
23 min read
AdventureSpace Opera
Vocation
Cover of Vocation by George O. Smith
Vocation
George O. Smith · 1945
37 min read
Social SFSpace Opera
When the birds fly south
Cover of When the birds fly south by Stanton A. Coblentz
When the birds fly south
Stanton A. Coblentz · 1945
3 hr 40 min read
AdventureLost World
Alien
Cover of Alien by George O. Smith
Alien
George O. Smith · 1946
19 min read
First Contact
Blind Time
Cover of Blind Time by George O. Smith
Blind Time
George O. Smith · 1946
27 min read
Hard SF
Breath of Beelzebub
Cover of Breath of Beelzebub by Larry Sternig
Breath of Beelzebub
Larry Sternig · 1946
18 min read
Space Opera
Comet's Burial
Cover of Comet's Burial by Raymond Z. Gallun
Comet's Burial
Raymond Z. Gallun · 1946
29 min read
Space Opera
Crisis on Titan
Cover of Crisis on Titan by James R. Adams
Crisis on Titan
James R. Adams · 1946
15 min read
First ContactSpace Opera
Defense Mech
Cover of Defense Mech by Ray Bradbury
Defense Mech
Ray Bradbury · 1946
23 min read
Psychic PowersSpace Opera
Dread-Flame of M'Tonak
Cover of Dread-Flame of M'Tonak by Henry Hasse
Dread-Flame of M'Tonak
Henry Hasse · 1946
1 hr 25 min read
Space Opera
Electron Eat Electron
Cover of Electron Eat Electron by Noel M. Loomis
Electron Eat Electron
Noel M. Loomis · 1946
24 min read
Military SFPost-Apocalyptic
Engines of the Gods
Cover of Engines of the Gods by Gardner F. Fox
Engines of the Gods
Gardner F. Fox · 1946
1 hr 21 min read
ColonizationSpace Opera
Enter the Nebula
Cover of Enter the Nebula by Carl Jacobi
Enter the Nebula
Carl Jacobi · 1946
42 min read
Space Opera
Example
Cover of Example by Tom Pace
Example
Tom Pace · 1946
10 min read
Space Opera

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