Armchair fiction presents deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. W. Elwyn Backus’ great novel, “The Waning of a World” is a classic of interplanetary space travel. Could there be intelligent life on Mars? Maybe…just maybe...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “Vampires of the Andes” by Henry Carew is the 31st installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  “Silence and beware!  The vampires will soon awaken!”  The day Don Carlos della Priégo and Josetta Hernandez were wed, they recived a startling gift that would change the rest of their lives.  As they were about to set off into...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Valley of Eyes Unseen” by Gilbert Collins is the 34th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Beyond the caravan trails that wind through the most treacherous desolation of Northern China, and past the mountain ranges that formed a vast frozen sea of snowy waves, lay the valley home of an ancient race, hidden from the world...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. Veteran science fiction author Arthur J. Burk’s “Survival” is the lead off tale in this double novel. Was the last of mankind rushing blindly toward its destruction? The second tale in this great double novel is “Double Identity” penned by one of the better science fiction authors of the 20th Century, Raymond Z. Gallun. While humans enjoyed all that life on Earth had to offer, the creatures of the moon were struggling to survive...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Strange Story of William Hyde” by Patrick and Terence Casey is the 35th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Where orchids grow the color of bright blood and the stones sing with the screams of unborn souls—where no white man had ever stepped before—lay the spectacular metropolis of Jallan Batoe...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations.  The leadoff novel is “Strange Mission” by sci-fi and fantasy veteran Howard Browne.  Arthur Pendran was like most average joes: young, able and ready to join the war efforts. The only problem was his colorblindness that had prevented any doctor from clearing him for active duty.  The second novel is Paul Ernst’s exciting tale, “The Raid on the Termites.”  Into the tiny corridors of crawling death...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The leadoff novel is “Space-Liner X-87” by heralded science fiction author, Ray Cummings. There was a murder mystery on board X-87! Under the guise of a mathematics clerk, special agent Fred Penelle boarded the X-87 with the mission of uncovering an interplanetary plot. The second novel is Amazing Stories veteran Earl L. Bell’s “The Moon of Doom.” The end was nigh! The change had begun simply, with nothing more than the sun rising three minutes later than usual...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The leadoff novel is “The Secret of Elena’s Tomb” by Karl Tanzler von Cosel. This is a novelized true story of death and rejuvenation. And readers beware, this frightfully delicious tale of love, obsession, and science gone mad is morbidly true and not for the faint of heart.  The second novel is Amazing Stories regular Leroy Yerxa’s “Witch of Blackfen Moor.” Summoned just before midnight, Doctor Thaddius Quantry raced to the looming fortress of Blackfen manor, which stood in the desolation of the moors as an unwavering beacon in the darkness. As he neared the manor, an agonized scream broke through the eerie stillness of the moor.

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Sea Girl” by Ray Cummings is the 32nd installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Earth’s lifeblood was disappearing—fast!  Dr. Plantet was one of those genius scientists who was always creating and discovering new fantastical things. Mankind depended on him when things went...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Sea Demons” by Victor Rousseau is the 38th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Captain Masterman was a stalwart, seasoned British naval officer.  He had been well respected within the ranks of his fellow naval peers—that is until he went missing at sea...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. Frank Belknap Long’s “Planet without Love” is the first tale in this double novel. It was a planet where sex and love were crimes of the first magnitude. How long can a girl suppress the romantic desires that are natural to a beautiful and healthy female?  The second tale in this double novel is Frank M. Robinson’s “The Dead End Kids of Space.” It would one day be called, “The Great Interplanetary Heist!” Peter Johnson was a brilliant scientist who was just starting to make his mark...

Armchair Fiction presents R. H. Roman's "The Moon Conquerors," written in 1929 for Hugo Gernsback's Science Wonder Quarterly magazine. Illustrated by Frank R. Paul, it comes complete with a dozen spectacular illustrations. “The Moon Conquerors” is a superb tale of science-fantasy...

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections, complete with original illustrations. "Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Hostess of Horror and Fantasy” features the work of a master craftsman of fantastic fiction. Mary Counselman was a mainstay at Weird Tales...

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections, complete with original illustrations. “Masters of Horror, Vol. Four: Arthur J. Burks, the Wizard of Weird Tales” contains fourteen superb tales of horror by another great Weird Tales alumnus...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Light in the Sky” by Herbert Clock and Eric Boetzel is the 41st installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Invaded by the Spanish, Tizoc and his people were forced to flee.  With his people’s numbers so few, there was no hope of fighting back.  Their home, as they once knew it, was destroyed...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The House on Stilts” by R. H. Hazard is the 42nd installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  Jack Smith was a real go-get-‘em reporter and loved the work he did for his newspaper.  His latest assignment was covering the escapades of a big shot criminal named Varney.  Jack knew the story would be a front-page splash if...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel is “Faster Than Light” written by a great author from the golden age of science fiction, Harl Vincent. This exciting space opera tale is the sequel to Vincent’s “Venus Liberated.” After high adventures on Venus, Ralph and Margaret Prescott had settled into a mundane life on Earth. This double novel combo’s second tale is Amazing Stories editor Raymond A. Palmer’s “The Test Tube Girl.” As World War II came to a close, humanity had yet to realize that its demise was already set in stone....

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Enchanted Stone” by Charles Lewis Hind is the 37th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  With a slight twist on the usual Lost World/Lost Race themes, this late Victorian adventure-romance is jam-packed with fantasy.  Within these pages, you will find a strange and weird tale told through the apprehensive journalist...