This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for the Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.

「無頼派」「新戯作派」の破滅型作家を代表する昭和初期の小説家、太宰治の短編。初出は「中央公論」［1940（昭和15）年］。聖書から素材を採った作品で、「あの人は酷い。酷い。厭な奴です。

Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are 32 of his most famous tales - prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherwordly portraits of outre fascination which spring from the canvas of one of the century's great men of imagination. From a lonely coastal lighthouse to a 60-million-year-old safari, from the pouring rain of Venus to the ominous silence of a murder scene.

The following books are included: Paingod and Other Delusions, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream, and From the Land of Fear.

A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men traveling through space. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below.

In Siddhartha, Herman Hesse conveys a very profound message for all those who seek meaning in their lives. Though set in India, the concerns of Siddhartha are universal, expressing Hesse's general interest in the conflict between mind, body, and spirit. It is a story of a Brahmin boy who follows his heart and ventures out into the world to experience life as a pious Brahmin, a Samana, a rich merchant, a lover, and ordinary ferryman to a father - each life bringing a new awakening, bringing him closer to the truth until he is finally one with Buddha.

Lydia Davis is one of our most original and influential writers, a storyteller celebrated for her emotional acuity, her formal inventiveness, and her ability to capture the mind in overdrive. She has been called "an American virtuoso of the short story form" ( Salon.com ) and "one of the quiet giants... of American fiction" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ). This volume contains all her stories to date, from the acclaimed "Break It Down" (1986) to the 2007 National Book Award nominee "Varieties of Disturbance".

This volume contains a variety of imaginative stories from both famous and not-so-famous science fiction writers.

野中宗助とその妻・御米は、崖の下の家にひっそりと暮らす睦まじい夫婦。宗助は京都の大学を出て、今は東京で役所勤めをしているが、弟の小六に馬鹿にされるほど出世欲もなく、弟の学資となるはずだった亡父の遺産を親戚に食い尽くされても強く抗議することもなく、波風の立たない日常をそっと守るように暮らしているのも、過去に犯した事件の影にいまだ怯えているためでもあった。懇意にしていた大家の坂井宅で、その影が現れるかもしれない事態が出来(しゅったい)したとき、宗助は救いを求めて鎌倉へ向かうが、そこに救いはなかった。――「三四郎」「それから」に続く漱石前期三部作の最後を飾る長編。執筆中に胃潰瘍が悪化し、連載終了後に入院することとなった。【朗読者について】 漱石前期三部作に挑戦中の渡部龍朗。ドラマチックな展開をみせた「それから」からさらに深化し、事件らしい事件のない難しい長編作品を、淡々とじっくりと聞かせます。【アイ文庫について】プロによる高品質な文芸朗読作品を制作しているアイ文庫。プロデューサーを務める小説家・音楽家の水城雄のもと、朗読を音声による芸術表現として捉え、演劇的な要素が特徴の朗読で魅せるアーティスト集団・NPO法人現代朗読協会とともに、意欲作の創造に取り組んでいます。☆ことのは出版オーディオブックの情報はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて

1887年秋の夜、嵐の中一人の依頼人がやってくる。家族が次々に不審な死に見舞われていると言う。そしてその死の直前には、橙の種五粒が入った封筒が届くという。そして2日前、依頼人の元にその封筒が届いた。