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 Opera Adventure Hard SF First Contact Social SF Military SF Post-Apocalyptic Colonization

Its notable voices

Nelson S. Bond George O. Smith Ray Cummings Leigh Brackett Ray Bradbury Basil Wells Henry Hasse Henry Kuttner

The collection

Cover of "Shadrach" by Nelson S. Bond

Nelson S. Bond · 1941

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of 4-1/2B, Eros by Malcolm Jameson

Malcolm Jameson · 1941

ColonizationSpace Opera

A Green Cloud Came

Cover of A Green Cloud Came by Robert W. Lowndes

A Green Cloud Came

Robert W. Lowndes · 1941

Post-ApocalypticSocial SF

A Planet for Your Thoughts

Cover of A Planet for Your Thoughts by James Norman

A Planet for Your Thoughts

James Norman · 1941

First ContactSocial SF

A World is Born

Cover of A World is Born by Leigh Brackett

A World is Born

Leigh Brackett · 1941

ColonizationSpace Opera

Cover of Cosmic Tragedy by Thomas S. Gardiner

Thomas S. Gardiner · 1941

Cover of Dark Reality by Robert Moore Williams

Robert Moore Williams · 1941

Dead Man's Planet

Cover of Dead Man's Planet by R. R. Winterbotham

Dead Man's Planet

R. R. Winterbotham · 1941

Derelicts of Uranus

Cover of Derelicts of Uranus by J. Harvey Haggard

Derelicts of Uranus

J. Harvey Haggard · 1941

Cover of Dragon moon by Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner · 1941

FantasyLost World

Earth's Maginot Line

Cover of Earth's Maginot Line by Roy Paetzke

Earth's Maginot Line

Roy Paetzke · 1941

Military SFSpace Opera

Forbidden flight

Cover of Forbidden flight by Chester Cohen

Forbidden flight

Chester Cohen · 1941

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Genesis! by R. R. Winterbotham

R. R. Winterbotham · 1941

ColonizationFirst Contact

Headhunters of Nuamerica

Cover of Headhunters of Nuamerica by Stanton A. Coblentz

Headhunters of Nuamerica

Stanton A. Coblentz · 1941

AdventurePost-Apocalyptic

Healing Rays in Space

Cover of Healing Rays in Space by J. Harvey Haggard

Healing Rays in Space

J. Harvey Haggard · 1941

Honeymoon in bedlam

Cover of Honeymoon in bedlam by Nelson S. Bond

Honeymoon in bedlam

Nelson S. Bond · 1941

HorrorSpace Opera

Cover of Ice Planet by Carl Selwyn

Carl Selwyn · 1941

Hard SFSpace Opera

Cover of Into the Sun by John L. Chapman

John L. Chapman · 1941

Hard SFSpace Opera

Into the fourth dimension

Cover of Into the fourth dimension by Ray Cummings

Into the fourth dimension

Ray Cummings · 1941

2 hr 27 min read

AdventureHard SF

Invaders of the Forbidden Moon

Cover of Invaders of the Forbidden Moon by Raymond Z. Gallun

Invaders of the Forbidden Moon

Raymond Z. Gallun · 1941

1 hr 5 min read

AdventureSpace Opera

Lie on the Beam

Cover of Lie on the Beam by John Victor Peterson

Lie on the Beam

John Victor Peterson · 1941

Military SFSpace Opera

Cover of Lunar Station by Harl Vincent

Harl Vincent · 1941

Hard SFSpace Opera

Message from Venus

Cover of Message from Venus by R. R. Winterbotham

Message from Venus

R. R. Winterbotham · 1941

ColonizationFirst Contact

Monster of the Asteroid

Cover of Monster of the Asteroid by Ray Cummings

Monster of the Asteroid

Ray Cummings · 1941

AdventureSpace Opera

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