Invertebrata Enigmatica: Giant Spiders, Dangerous Insects, and Other Strange Invertebrates in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Chad Arment, editor
ISBN 1-930585-65-9
Retail $14.95 (USD)
396 pp. / Paperback
Bugs in Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Intelligent ants with their own civilizations, killer moths, apocalyptic bees, mind-bending butterflies, supernatural spiders, giant arachnids, and many more...
Several of the tales are of interest to connoiseurs of cryptofiction. One example, The Gold-Seekers, is a take on Herodotus' story of the gold-digging ants. Another, The Captivity of the Professor, includes more fantastic elements (sophisticated ants), but can readily be noted as a direct influence on H. G. Wells' classic, The Empire of the Ants.
The Blue Beetle: A Confession (1856), A. G. Gray, Jr.
The Strong Spider (1869), Henry Abbey
The Queen of the Bees (1876, tr.), Erckmann-Chatrian
The Crab Spider (1893, tr.), Erckmann-Chatrian
A Moth-Genus Novo (1895), H. G. Wells
The Purple Emperor (1897), Robert W. Chambers
The Messenger (1897), Robert W. Chambers
The Captivity of the Professor (1901), A. Lincoln Green
The Valley of the Spiders (1903), H. G. Wells
The Ash-Tree (1904), M. R. James
The Great White Moth (1904), Fred M. White
The Green Spider (1904), Sax Rohmer
The Empire of the Ants (1905), H. G. Wells
The Lace Designers (1907), Don Mark Lemon
The Feather Pillow (1907), Horacio Quiroga
Caterpillars (1912), E. F. Benson
The Golden Fly (1912), Algernon Blackwood
The Red Spider (1915), H. B. Holt
An Egyptian Hornet (1915), Algernon Blackwood
The Spider (1915), Hans Heinz Ewers
The Eggs of the Silver Moon (1915), Robert W. Chambers
The Blue Cockroach (1919), Edward Heron-Allen
The Gold-Seekers (1920), Al Khanzir
The Spectre Spiders (1921), William J. Wintle
The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika (1926), Curt Siodmak
Mive (1928), Carl Jacobi
The Worm (1929), David H. Keller
Vampires of the Desert (1929), A. Hyatt Verrill
The Bees from Borneo (1931), Will H. Gray
Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Cryptofiction)
Beyond the Great South Wall | Time Travel Stories | Killer Plant Stories | Sign of the Spider | Egyptian SciFi/Fantasy | PYM |
Christian Supernatural Stories | The Troll-Hunt | George MacDonald I | George MacDonald II | George MacDonald III |
Insects & Spider Stories | Sea Monster Fiction | Legend of Croquemitaine | Queen of Atlantis & Devil-Tree of El Dorado |
Jewel of Seven Stars & The Beetle | Lewis Carroll | Poe After Dark | Robert W. Chambers I | Robert W. Chambers II |
Sauria Monstra | Chesterton I | Chesterton II | Chesterton III | William Hope Hodgson | Darby O'Gill | John Silence |