So long as there are men and women alive, in a livable environment, then a new beginning is possible. It has been truly stated that those who fail to learn and understand history, are condemned to repeat history! ...
In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, concept, and background development that they remain popular for decades. Two such stories were Murray Leinster’s The Mad Planet and Red Dust.Originally published in 1923, they have been reprinted frequently both here and abroad. Now Murray Leinster has written the final story in the series. It is not necessary ...
The gifting of animals with human speech is scarcely an unique idea; the idea of a talking horse goes back at least to the siege of Troy, for certainly there must have been some dialogue amongst the Greek warriors enclosed in the wooden horse’s belly. But we think you’ll agree that Miss Smith’s filly has something special. Incubus won every race but one. Yet though in this respect she matched Man o’ War’s record she wasn’t actually a horse at al ...
“They” worried about the impression she’d make. Who could imagine that she’d fall in love, passionately, the way others of her blood must have done? Who was this strange girl who had been born in this place—and still it wasn’t her home?… ...
It’s well established now that the way you put a question often determines not only the answer you’ll get, but the type of answer possible. So … a mechanical answerer, geared to produce the ultimate revelations in reference to anything you want to know, might have unsuspected limitations. ...
In a post-apocalyptic experiment scientists have an intriguing plan, in the first installment of H. Beam Piper’s excellent Terro-Human Future History series. ...
