500 years after the Galactic Empire's collapse, the 427th Light Maintenance Battalion of the Imperial Space Marines stubbornly hold onto their mission, training to repair starships that never come. Their equipment gradually wears out and to all outward appearance, they seem to be primitive savages, living by hunting and farming.<P> When a coup removes Colonel Marcus Harris, commander of the maintenance battalion, in favor of his exec ...
The Space Opera Megapack collects 20 classic and modern stories, ranging from galaxy-spanning epics by E.E. «Doc» Smith and John W. Campbell, Jr. to modern interpretations by Jay Lake, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Tim Sullivan, and more! Included are:<P> BREATH'S DUTY, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller<BR> SPAWN OF JUPITER, by E. C. Tubb<BR> KILLER ADVICE, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch<BR> THE WORLD WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by ...
The A. Merritt Megapack collects all of Abraham Merritt's classic fantasy novels and short stories, omitting only posthumous collaborations and poetry. Included are:<P> THROUGH THE DRAGON GLASS (1917) THE PEOPLE OF THE PIT (1918) THE MOON POOL (1919) THE METAL MONSTER (1920) THE SHIP OF ISHTAR (1924) THE POOL OF THE STONE GOD (1925) THE WOMEN OF THE WOOD (1926) SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN (1927) THE FACE IN THE ABYSS (1931) DW ...
The first sounds came at midnight in a plaintive scream from an unknown voice in the vastness of space. Within hours, the entire world heard the eerie throbbing. And in billions of earthbound minds the horror grew. Hours later, to the ears of a helpless world, the second message came…Earth's days were numbered! <P> Murray Leinster's horrifying epic of science fiction is still a thrilling read, 50 years after its original public ...
The Harry Harrison Megapack collects 12 novels and stories by the author of the Stainless Steel Rat series, including the classics science fiction novels DEATHWORLD and PLANET OF THE DAMNED – more than 700 pages of great reading! (Updated in 2016 to add the story «Robot Justice.») Included are: <P> ARM OF THE LAW<BR> DEATHWORLD<BR> THE ETHICAL ENGINEER<BR> THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP<BR> THE K-FACTOR<BR> N ...
"The Scientists Revolt" qualifies as a publishing curiosity. A collaboration between author Edgar Rice Burroughs (famous for Tarzan and the Martian novels, among others) and Ray Palmer (editor of numerous pulp magazines), it is a slam-bang pulp action story set in the 23rd Century, where the struggle of the intelligentsia against the proletariat has played out to rather silly results. Complete with 1920s-style archetypes (including hardboil ...
This volume contains twelve stories which, for one reason or another, have lain uncollected after their initial publication, an era spanning the years 1986 to 1999. Additionally, four never-sold stories of roughly the same vintage—pulled from Di Filippo's files, with the oldest dating from 1984—see print here for the first time. <P> THE MAN WHOM THINGS HATED<BR> FLASHERS <BR> BELOW THE WRACK<BR> THE GREAT JONES ...
Time travel and brothels; unusual visitors from different eras, dimensions, and realities; human zoos maintained by curious aliens who like to watch; private eyes who are zombies; leafy-green literary collaborators; moral steampunk issues; a dreamer at the edge of the solar system; an astronaut who's gone insane; and the conspiracies of chrono-assassins–just a few of the fantastic themes in these 16 stories from Michael Hemmingson's fi ...
Since childhood, Noel has had a psychic connection to the nuclear fish monster, Goldgotha, whom he can summon by thought to defeat nefarious aliens and their allied creatures. Then The Consortium invades earth with the intent of enslaving mankind. Nolan calls upon his irradiated giant goldfish once again to save the day–but is he actually being deceived about the truth? Entertaining SF that stretches the imagination with new twists to classic th ...
