Credits

Credits
by Blake Wilfong

All stories in Free Sci-Fi Classics not authored by me, Blake Wilfong, are selected from the public domain. These are:

"In a Thousand Years" by Hans Christian Andersen, 1853
"The Los Amigos Fiasco" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892
"With the Night Mail" by Rudyard Kipling, 1905
"The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, 1920
"A Relic of the Pliocene" by Jack London, 1901
"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" by Edgar Allan Poe, 1839
"The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1833
"Tobermory" by Saki, 1909
"From the London Times of 1904" by Mark Twain, 1898
"In the Year 2889" by Jules Verne, 1889
"Micromegas" by Voltaire, 1752
"Plato's Dream" by Voltaire, 1756
"A Dream of Armageddon" by H. G. Wells, 1901
"The Star" by H. G. Wells, 1897

WARNING: I have edited these works--abridging, modernizing spellings, Americanizing words, correcting errors, etc.--at my discretion. Thus the editions appearing in Free Sci-Fi Classics should not be considered "canonical" or "standard". Though I have endeavored not to alter meaning or intent, I claim copyright in the compilation and editing of these works and their illustrations.

All photographs and artwork in Free Sci-Fi Classics are my own original creations, or come from the public domain. Here are detailed credits for every image in Free Sci-Fi Classics.

Table of Contents

SpaceX rocket on Europa: Public domain from SpaceX's photostream on Flickr
All portraits: from sources shown in authors' biographical notes, see below

Header for all sections except Table of Contents

SpaceX rocket orbiting Jupiter: Public domain from SpaceX's photostream on Flickr
SpaceX rocket on Enceladus: Public domain from SpaceX's photostream on Flickr

All "Editor's Notes" Boxes

Book with hand writing with pen: Public domain from Pixabay

Hans Christian Andersen

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

In a Thousand Years

Aircraft engraving: Public domain from Stories for the Household, 1889

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

The Los Amigos Fiasco

Electric chair execution engraving: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Rudyard Kipling

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

With the Night Mail

Henri Giffard's steam-powered airship: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
LZ1 Zeppelin: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Santos-Dumont circling the Eiffel Tower: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Meteor: Public domain from Pixabay
Henri Giffard's steam-powered airship: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Scott Baldwin's California Arrow: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Murray Leinster

Portrait of Murray Leinster: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

The Mad Planet

Frontispiece: Public domain from The Argosy Volume 122 Number 1, June 12, 1920
Handshake over globe: Public domain from Pixabay
Beetles: Public domain from Insects Unlocked at Flickr
Laughing face: Photography by Blake Linton Wilfong
Tarantula: Public domain from Pixabay
Terrified face: Photography by Blake Linton Wilfong
Rodin's "The Thinker": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Army ants swarming: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Moths: Public domain from Insects Unlocked at Flickr

Jack London

Portrait of Jack London: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

A Relic of the Pliocene

Woolly mammoths: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Cavemen fleeing woolly mammoth: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Woolly mammoth engraving: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Edgar Allan Poe

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

Burning Earth: Public domain from Pixabay
Comet Hyakutake: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Saki

Portrait of Saki: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Tobermory

Meowing cat: Public domain from Pixabay

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

The Mortal Immortal

Cornelius Agrippa: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Explorer: Public domain from Pixabay

Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain: Public domain from The New Practical Reference Library, 1919

From the London Times of 1904

Telephonoscope: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Video Telephony in the Year 2000: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Television by Radio: Public domain from Science and Invention, July 1922

Jules Verne

Portrait of Jules Verne: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

In the Year 2889

Frontispiece: Public domain from Radio For All, 1922, available from The Internet Archive
Telephote breakfast: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Capital, my dear fellow, your last story.": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
operators sitting with folded arms: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
"Where do you wish to go, sir?": Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Voltaire

Portrait of Voltaire: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

Micromegas

Planets of the solar system scaled to correct relative proportions: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Micromegas picking up sailing ship: Public domain illustration by Charles Monnet (1732-1808+)

Plato's Dream

Crude painting of Earth: Public domain from Pixabay

H. G. Wells

Portrait of H. G. Wells: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

A Dream of Armageddon

Nuclear blast/mushroom cloud: Public domain from Pixabay

The Star

Frontispiece: Public domain from The Graphic, December 25, 1897
Cataclysmic destruction: Public domain from Amazing Stories, June 1926, copyright not renewed

Blake Linton Wilfong

Portrait of Blake Linton Wilfong: Photography by Blake Linton Wilfong

The Good Witch

Flying witch silhouette: Public domain from Pixabay

The Star (Centennial Version)

View from a fragment of the Shoemaker / Levy 9 comet: Public domain from Wikimedia Commons

About the Author

Photo of Blake Wilfong: Photography by Blake Wilfong

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