* "All their equipment and instruments are alive." (Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick)

* "A red flair silhouetted the jagged edge of a wing." (The Jewels of Aptor, by Samuel R. Delany)

* "I watched the storm, so beautiful yet terrific." (Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley)

* "Almost before we knew it, we had left the ground." (A Trip to Venus, by John Munro)

* "A shining crescent far beneath the flying vessel." (Triplanetary, by E. E. Smith)

* "It was going to be a lonely trip back." (Youth by Isaac Asimov)

* "Mist enveloped the ship three hours out from port." (The Jewels of Aptor, by Samuel R. Delany)

* "My two natures had memory in common." (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

* "Silver mist suffused the deck of the ship." (The Jewels of Aptor, by Samuel R. Delany)

* "The face of the moon was in shadow." (Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick)

* "She stared through the window at the stars." (The Millionaire's Convenient Bride, by Catherine George) ????

* "The recorded voice scratched in the speaker." (Deathworld, by Harry Harrison)

* "The sky was cloudless and of a deep dark blue." (A Trip to Venus, by John Munro)

* "The spectacle before us was indeed sublime." (A Trip to Venus, by John Munro)

* "Then came the night of the first falling star." (The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells)

* "Waves flung themselves at the blue evening." (The Jewels of Aptor, by Samuel R. Delany)