Sjömansbiblioteket

With more than a whiff of ‘Jurassic Park’ about it, ‘Aepyornis Island’ is a short story that follows the adventures of a biologist, Butcher. Butcher has been tasked to explore the ...

A man is awoken in his grave by the sound of trumpets on judgment day. As the first souls come before God and Archangel Gabriel for the last judgment, the man soon discovers that j ...

From the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells, comes a tale of a near-death experience. In H.G. Wells' short story 'Under the Knife', the narrator undergoes an operation during ...

Written by the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells, 'Men Like Gods' is a science fiction, dystopian novel that transports readers to another world - an advanced version of Eart ...

A sequel ‘The Wolf Hunters’, ‘The Gold Hunters’ re-joins Wabigoon and Mukoki as they chase down their friend Roderick, who is on his way home following their previous adventures. R ...

Imagine you wake up hundreds of years into the future. The world has been turned into an industrial hellscape, ruled over by the authoritarian White Council. And to your horror, yo ...

A young traveller sets out to make his fortune and discovers the idyllic distant land of Erewhon. Its people welcome him with open arms, but this apparent utopia soon reveals its d ...

Back when Louisa May Alcott was an aspiring author she took to the art of writing short stories – much like her character Jo March in ´Little Women’.A thrilling and chilling story, ...

På Valborgsmässoafton år 1018, föds, på Sicilien, fyra systrar med magiska krafter. Tre blir goda, en blir ond. För att skydda magin och hela mänskligheten från mörker och ondska, ...

Den episka kärlekssagan fortsätter Året är 1779 och äntligen har Claire och Jamie återförenats med sin dotter Brianna, hennes man Roger och deras familj. Den annalkande amerikanska ...

One of the earliest sci-fi novels in English literature 'The Mummy!' is futuristic and entertaining; a must read not only for sci-fi enthusiasts but those who love 19th century lit ...

Spiralling down and down, finally reaching rock bottom. What is there possibly left to live for? Nothing!<br><br> 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' is a short story by Dostoevsky, ex ...

It is 2137. Two centuries ago, there was a war to end all wars. The Old World died and the New One was born. Everything is ordered and perfect. Just do not visit Europe!<br><br>Whe ...

I norr har Lucan länge planerat att återskapa Terazurs forna imperium, men när det visar sig att hans lönnmördare döljer livsavgörande hemligheter tvingas han tänka om. Victor är h ...

Pallantors vita murar håller på att tappa sin kraft, och därmed riskerar staden att förlora sitt skydd mot fördunklarna som ödelagt otaliga domäner. Pallantors akademi, där Julia, ...

Trollkarlen Cornizendo har blivit kallad av jordguden Marduk för konsultation. Lite märkligt, för det vanliga är annars att det är trollkarlen som åkallar gudarna. Inte tvärtom.När ...

The gripping final instalment in the popular RoboLove trilogy.Silver, former combat robot turned rebel, is tasked by his leader with a highly sensitive mission – to protect Patrici ...

There’s been a long-standing argument in literary circles, surrounding Shakespeare’s sonnets. The works are dedicated to ‘Mr W.H.’ and academics have debated as to who this elusive ...

‘The Sea Lady’ is ‘The Little Mermaid’ for grownups. Set in Folkestone, the story focuses on a mermaid who comes ashore, with the intent of seducing Harry Chatteris. Living under t ...

Siblings Robert and Laura McIntyre have fallen on hard times following the death of their mother and their father’s subsequent descent into alcoholism, which is bankrupting the fam ...

Professor Challenger is back - this time with some haunting encounters to handle.Challenger's friend Edward Malone, a journalist, begins to investigate spiritualist meetings for hi ...

‘The Jesuits’ Church in G‘ (1844) was written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired ...

Councillor Krespel is an eccentric violin maker who lives with the mysterious Antonia. Considered to have the most beautiful singing voice the town has ever heard; she has only sun ...

‘The power to destroy, was continually increasing. There was no increase whatever in the ability to escape’. H.G. Wells creates a hauntingly prophetic narrative of the upcoming ato ...

When Nu, a caveman from 100,000 years ago, is transported via a magic spell to the present, this can only mean one thing – adventure!He falls in love with a girl who is the reincar ...