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Mark Twain

Lifespan
1835 – 1910
Nationality
American
Active
1889 – 1916
Works held
13

Mark Twain (1835–1910), the pen name of Samuel L. Clemens, is one of the central figures of American literature, the author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He also made important early contributions to science fiction: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a foundational time-travel satire, and stories like 'The Great Dark' explore dream-worlds and cosmic scale. His wit and skepticism run through the American speculative tradition.

The works

  1. 1916
    Cover of The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance
  2. 1909
    Cover of Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
  3. 1889
    Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 1. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 1. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 2. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 3. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 7. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 7. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8. Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9.

Wrote across

1880s1900s1910s

Recurring themes

Social SFTime TravelFantasy

Kindred authors shared themes

Cory DoctorowEdmond HamiltonF. AnsteyFritz LeiberH. G. WellsJames BlishMarion Zimmer BradleyPhilip K. Dick

Contemporaries writing in the same era

L. Frank BaumEdgar Rice BurroughsH. G. WellsE. NesbitJules VerneLord DunsanyAlgernon BlackwoodJack LondonLuis SenarensVictor Appleton

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