Philadelphia, some time in the 21st century–Casper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting – to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has ...
I’m pleased to continue our Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK® series with another collection of great SF novels, published originally between 1959 and 2011. Fans of classic science fiction with enjoy this set. A highlight is The Asteroid Murder Case, by the late Arthur Jean Cox, which is based on a story by Ross Rocklin. (See Jean’s introduction for more information). Also included are:<P> Not in Solitude, by Kenneth F. Gantz<BR> Fir ...
This is our second volume celebrating the work of talented science fiction, fantasy, and horror author Thomas A. Easton (following up on Thomas A. Easton's GMO Future MEGAPACK®). Tom has quietly produced a large body of excellent work over the years, while also working as a university professor and penning the book review column for Analog. This volume contains 27 short stories, 2 novels, and an essay.<P> <B>Short Stories:</ ...
Cosmic Fusion was originally written between January 1973 and September 1982, a mammoth 300,000-word epic novel of «science fiction, sex, and death.» Unpublished due to an editorial change at the original publishing company, Eklund has now revised it for its first publication. As he writes in his introduction: «Cosmic Fusion was intended to be the book that broke me out of [science fiction's midlist]. It was the Big Ambitious Novel I was go ...
This volume collects, for the first time, all of Thomas A. Easton's GMO-themed work: 12 stories and 5 novels…more than 1,400 pages of great reading. Included are:<P> <B>Short Stories:</B><P> The 2076 Roachster<BR> When Life Hands You a Lemming<BR> The Coming of the Mayflower<BR> Hard Times<BR> Social Climber<BR> Lost Luggage<BR> Sing a Song of Porkchops<BR> Down on t ...
Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) – one of the early masters of fantasy and science fiction, friend of and collaborator with H.P. Lovecraft – produced hundreds of novels, short stories, and poems throughout his long and distinguished career. From fantasy and horror in Weird Tales to action-adventure science fiction in Planet Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories to more «nuts and bolts» science fiction in Astounding Stories, and also work in the rom ...
Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) – one of the early masters of fantasy and science fiction, friend of and collaborator with H.P. Lovecraft – produced hundreds of novels, short stories, and poems throughout his long and distinguished career. From fantasy and horror in Weird Tales to action-adventure science fiction in Planet Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories to more «nuts and bolts» science fiction in Astounding Stories, and also work in the rom ...
Joseph Green was born during the Great Depression and grew up in the segregated South, in a tiny little town in Northwest Florida. He joined The Boeing Company in 1959, then five years later accepted a job at the Kennedy Space Center, where he worked for 31 years. He served for six years as document specialist and member of the launch team on the Atlas-Centaur program. He supported the Apollo Program from beginning to end, including (with then-w ...
MUTINY! In the Eternal Emperor’s service it is forbidden to even speak the word. To join an insurgency is a firing-squad offense. So, when the crewmembers of the Flame turn traitor and steal an entire space train of Imperium X – the second most valuable element in the Empire – and threaten to sell it to the Emperor's enemies, the Emperor only has one option . . . to send in his best assassin and dirty trickster: Sten! This thrilling new Ste ...
