Years after a plague has decimated the world, altering the remaining animals beyond recognition, the few remnants of humanity inhabit the coast of old New England. A small group of warriors, including sentient Macaque monkeys, must fight rogue outlaws and the feared Seahawks to save civilization from the barbarians. ...
Ardath Mayhar is one of the best kept secrets of Texas. Over the course of her career, she published novels, short stories, articles, and more with a unique voice and vision. The Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK® (originally published as Crazy Quilt: The Best Short Stories of Ardath Mayhar).<P> INTRODUCTION: ARDATH MAYHAR, EAST TEXAS MAGICIAN, by Joe R. Lansdale<BR> FIDO IS A LOVING BEAST<BR> A HARPING OF WATERS<BR> A PAINTERLY ...
"Who Goes There?" is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film «The Thing.» John W. Campbell's classic tells of an antarctic research base that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien – with terrifying results! ...
NOT WITH A BANG!<P> When the bombs fell and Western civilization ended, the residents of Hickory Hollow, Texas, scarcely noticed the difference. They were already used to fending for themselves – growing their own food, helping their neighbors survive, keeping their rural life going, much as before.<P> But when the Ungers – a band of renegade thieves, murderers, and ne'er-do-wells – began raiding the nearby plots, looting and ...
Den Milnan, a Tecton Donor, accompanies his cousin, channel Rital Madz, to an experimental Sime Center in the town of Clear Springs, deep in hostile Gen Territory. Rital plans to offer selyn technology to the Gens in trade for selyn, the energy that only Gens can produce.<P> Selyn is the fuel that could power a new revival of civilization, as fossil fuels did for humanity of the 19th and 20th centuries.<P> Den Milnan dreams of turn ...
This volume collects 19 stories of robots in their many guises. Some obey Asimov’s 3 Rules of Robotics. Some are of alien design. Some serve mankind. And some…don’t. All are great reading. Included are:<p> HELEN O'LOY, by Lester del Rey<BR> SIDNEY, THE SCREWLOOSE ROBOT, by William P. McGivern<BR> JAMES P. CROW, by Philip K. Dick<BR> HAVE IT YOUR OWN WAY, by Richard Wilson<BR> A BAD DAY FOR SALES, by Fritz ...
Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988) was an American writer of popular fiction (he was a self-titled 'fictioneer') for the pulp magazine marketplace. He is probably most famous for his collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft, «Through the Gates of the Silver Key,» though he published hundreds of other works. This volume is a good sampling of his fantasy and science fiction stories. Included are:<P> THE PROPHET'S GRANDCHILDREN<B ...
THE NOVEL DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS TO BE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA–IS FINALLY PUBLISHED IN AMERICA!<P> In this thought-provoking work set in the near future and first published in 2007, Spinrad (Raising Hell) traces the course of his protagonist’s life from naive youth to veteran soldier… At its core, the book is about a young man struggling with his faith and the politics that are rightly or wrongly attached to that faith, and his choices feel pl ...
Time travel remains a favorite subgenre in science fiction, and we are pleased to present another volume of classic tales. From pulp adventure to literary gems, here are stories that range from the ancient past to the far future…20 in all, by masters of their craft!<P> Included are:<P> TIME IN THE ROUND, by Fritz Leiber<BR> TRANSFER POINT, by Anthony Boucher<BR> GUEST IN THE HOUSE, by Frank Belknap Long<BR> A ...