TALES FROM BEYOND THE STARS (HB)

Long before humans ventured into space, people invented stories about what might lie on the worlds beyond our planet and speculated about the future and what it might bring. This collection features retellings by award-winning writer Adam Roberts of seven classic SF stories – including tales of space exploration, time travellers and alien invaders - for young readers. Contains reworked stories by H G Wells, Voltaire, Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Philip Francis Nowlan, as well as background context and information. Illustrated throughout.