Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849 Anthology

After extensively researching forgotten journals and magazines of the early 19th century I was able to locate groundbreaking science fiction short stories in the English language. In doing so, I uncovered what is possibly the first science fiction story by a female (and it is not from Mary Shelley). There is also the first steampunk short story, which has not been republished since 1844.

Oh, and the first voyage to the moon in a balloon, republished for the first time since 1820 that further tells of a "darkness machine" and a lunarian named Zuloc. Other sci-stories include the first robotic insect and an electricity gun. As expected, the founding fathers of the short sci-fi story are present including Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Read these fantastic stories today!

So what are these classic and early short science fiction stories uncovered from old magazines and journals of the first half of the 19th century? Check out this list of forgotten classics. Yes, with some work you can probably find most of them online, is that really worth your time? You will also not get the author photos, story backgrounds and annotations (Book only) of these great science fiction stories found in Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849.

• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar – Edgar Allan Poe

• The Aerial Burglar – Percival Leigh

• A Visit to the Lunar Sphere – Captain Frederick Marryat

• Glimpses of Other Worlds – Thomas Charles Morgan

• Hilda Silfverling, A Fantasy – Lydia Maria Child

• Rappaccini’s Daughter – Nathaniel Hawthorne

• The Rival Mechanicians – Lydia Maria Child

• A Descent Into the Maelstrom – Edgar Allan Poe

• The Artist of the Beautiful – Nathaniel Hawthorne

• The Iron Shroud – William Mudford

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