The Foundations of Fiction - Dystopian: The stories that created one of the most popular genres in fiction

Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.

Success undoubtedly builds success and in literary terms we can more politely say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and the surest way to reach a hungry readership is to build on the fortune and flair of your literary colleagues.

We all fear the world will end badly. Even worse that we might be caught up in it. In this volume our authors summon up stories which illustrate and flavour our thinking and imaginings on just how a society would reach that precipice, how it would ultimately be.

01 - Foundations of Fiction - Dystopian - An Introduction

2 - A Dream of Armageddon by H G Wells

3 - The Park of Kings by Alexander Kuprin

4 - Into the Sun by Robert Duncan Milne

5 - The Cloud-Men by Owen Oliver

6 - The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov

7 - The End of the World by Simon Newcomb

8 - The World's Last Cataclysm by Robert Duncan Milne

9 - Within An Ace of the End of the World by Robert Barr

10 - Christmas Formula by Stella Benson

11 - The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W Chambers