This volume – the first of two – selects the very best work by Cleo Eldon «Don» Wilcox, who published nearly 100 novels and short stories in the Ziff-Davis pulp magazines (including Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, and Fantastic Adventures). Volume 1 features his most famous story, «The Whispering Gorilla,» plus the novel «The Hollow Planet,» and the stories «The Dictoator of Peace,» «Whirlpool in Space,» «Mademoiselle Butterfly,» and «Secret ...
There is only one way to reach Iola, where an interstellar distress signal had originated. For Iola belongs to a small group of stars cut off from the rest of the galaxy by the close presence of an all-enveloping black hole. The only way to reach Iola is through that timeless-spaceless cosmic warm.<P> Klaus Heller answered that call. He leapt, clad in a special self-sustaining spacesuit, through the black hole.<P> He returned to th ...
Aliens have been a major theme in science fiction literature from the very beginnings of the genre…though they seem to have morphed over the decades from humanoids (six-limbed and blue though they might be!) to the utterly incomprehensible to noncorporeal energy beings – and everything in between! This collection focuses on aliens as depicted in many different forms over many different decades. While in no way comprehensive – I'm not sure a ...
Robert Silverberg needs little introduction to anyone at all familiar with the history of the science fiction field. Fan. Author. Editor. Creative force. He has been an integral part of the field for longer than most of his readers have been alive. Earlier this year, he kindly agreed to put together a MEGAPACK® of his short stories, so here, then, is a selection of early works by one of the all-time greats. Included are:<BR> ALAREE<BR& ...
In cars, trains, buses and tube, the one topic of conversation was the black sky and mysterious disappearance of dust. It was remarkable, too, how incredibly well washed and neat everybody looked, from the grimiest labourer to the proprietress of a beauty salon. Dust was on the march, from skins, clothes, streets, buildings – everywhere. Even the slums, rotten with the accumulated dirt of years, were bright and resplendent, something for the tra ...
Here are 6 modern and classic science fiction novels we hope you will enjoy:<P> Wolfbane, by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth<BR> Slave Planet, by Laurence Janifer<BR> Preferred Risk, by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey<BR> The Rat Race, by Jay Franklin<BR> Champagne Caesar, by Jay Franklin<BR> Rememory, by John Gregory Betancourt<P> If you like this ebook, don't forget to search your favorit ...
The Second Fritz Leiber MEGAPACK® collects 14 more stories (plus a poem) by the acclaimed creator of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. Here are adventures in the future, through other dimensions, and across parallel worlds – with plenty of humor, cats, and fun! Included are:<P> A PAIL OF AIR<BR> WHAT'S HE DOING IN THERE?<BR> APPOINTMENT IN TOMORROW<BR> KREATIVITY FOR KATS<BR> A BIT OF THE DARK WORLD&l ...
Keo Felker Lazarus (1913-1993) was an American writer remembered for her Young Adult novels, of which the «Gismo» series (comprised of The Gismo, The Gismonauts, and A Message from Monaal) was but a small part. She also wrote fantasy, historical, and western books and picture-books for younger readers, such as «The Billy Goat in the Chili Patch», «A Totem for Ti-Jacques», and «Rattlesnake Run.»<P> In «The Gismo,» Jerry Cole finds a myster ...
When the first expedition from Earth arrived on Mars, they were greeted with open arms. Not only had the Martians long ago learned all they wanted about Earth – they wanted nothing to do with us. To quote their welcoming committee: «You Earth people don't know your own history. You have always been incorrigible. When Mars was younger, we drove you back to your own planet, whereupon you tumbled into savagery for a gratifyingly long time. The ...
