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Poul Anderson (1926 – 2001) was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. This volume collects 8 classic stories:<P> WITCH OF THE DEMON SEAS (1951)<BR> DUEL...
| Автор | Poul Anderson |
PREFERRED RISK first appeared in 1955. It won the Galaxy Magazine / Simon & Schuster contest for 1955's best work of science fiction.<P> The Company, a powerful, efficient, and thoroughly monstrous insurance organization, controlled the entire world. It scientifically regulating every aspect of life: war, epidemics, one-a-day food pills and test-tube sex…all through the use of its patented, terrifying human deep-freeze vault. Claims Adjuster Wills, a great believer in the...
| Автор | Lester Del Rey |
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 mysterious device – which he calls a «gismo» for lack of...
| Автор | Keo Felker Lazarus |
This volume collects all five Professor Challenger stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Included are:<P> The Lost World (1912)<BR> The Poison Belt (1913)<BR> The Land of Mist (1926)<BR> When the World Screamed (1928)<BR> The Disintegration Machine (1929)<P> And if you enjoy this volume, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more entries in this great series, covering...
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
Edmond Hamilton. For most people, this name conjures visions of two-fisted space opera – pure pulp science fiction. And Hamilton – known as the author of the «Captain Future» series – was indeed one of the foremost writers of pulp space opera. Over the years, as his work became more polished and sophisticated, he evolved into far more than that: a visionary of the future whose imagination knew no bounds. He was truly a cosmic writer, as stories such as «Devolution» (in this collection)...
| Автор | Edmond Hamilton |
The masked woman called herself Madame Madcap, and she gathered a gang of cutthroats determined to loot high society of all its riches . . . starting with the notorious womanizer Hamilton Brone. She worked her criminal magic . . . and grew rich as millionaires swooned at her feet. Members of her gang worshipped her. She could do no wrong. And yet a curious pattern began to emerge, and a strange vengeance took shape – not just against the men of high society, but against the men of her own brave...
| Автор | Johnston McCulley |
When Kit Temple is drafted for the Nowhere Journey, he figures that he'll leave his home, his girl, and the Earth for good. For although the draftees are always promised «rotation,» not a man has ever returned from that mysterious flight into the unknown.<P> Kit's fellow-draftee Arkalion, the young man with the strange, old-man eyes, seems to know more than he should. So when Kit twists the tail of fate and follows Arkalion to the ends of space and time, he finds the secret...
| Автор | Marlowe Stephen |
Theodore Rose Cogswell (1918 – 1987) was an American science fiction author. His first published story, «The Spectre General» in the magazine ASTOUNDING (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire. It's a classic and was selected by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the greatest SF stories of all time. <P> This volume (a reissue of...
| Автор | Theodore r. Cogswell |
Dolls of all kinds have been loved by children and adults alike from the dawn of time. It's not surprising, then, that writers through the ages have been inspired to create fictional accounts that have thrilled the fans and readers of each new generation. THE DOLL MEGAPACK includes 25 stories, 6 poems, and a play. <P> Included are: <P> "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," by E. T. A. Hoffmann<BR> "The Dead Doll" (poem), by Margaret Vandergrift<BR> ...
| Автор | Лаймен Баум |
To anyone interested in the roots of modern science fiction, the name of Ray Cummings should be well known. He wrote science fiction and fantasy before the name «science fiction» had been coined, publishing fantastic yarns in Argosy, Munsey's Magazine, and other mainstream pulp magazines. Of course, as soon as the science fiction pulps debuted, he moved to them, where his work received a hearty welcome from fans. Cummings publishing more than 750 novels and short stories over his long...
| Автор | Ray Cummings |
If Henry Hasse (1913–1977) is remembered today, it is probably as the co-author of Ray Bradbury's first published story, “Pendulum,” which appeared in November 1941 in Super Science Stories. He published only one novel, The Stars Will Wait, from a minor publisher in 1968. From the late 1930s to the early 1950s, however, he was a frequent and popular author in the pulp science fiction magazines, publishing more than 50 adventure stories such as the ones presented here. One, “He Who Shrank,”...
| Автор | Henry Hasse |
Hours of great reading await, with tales of war and military adventure by some of the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ranging from classics of the Civil War to the World Wars to the future of war – and many other battlefields – here more than 640 pages of military fiction! Included are the complete novel «The Red Badge of Courage,» pulp stories by Arthur J. Burks, Johnston McCulley, Norman A. Daniels; science fiction by randall Garrett, Harry Harrison, Lester Del Rey; classics...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
The John Carter of Mars Collection (7 Novels + Bonus Audiobook Links)<br><br>"In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers." – Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars<br><br>* Professional formatting, giving you full control over fonts, font sizes, and line spacing<br>* Active table of contents accessed by the "go to" or "menu" button<br>* Links to download...
| Автор | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
“The Inquisitor,” was written in May, 1956 for William Hamling's IMAGINATION magazine, as Robert Silverberg writes in his lengthly introduction, «a few weeks before my graduation from Columbia, and put my own byline on it, but when Hamling published it in the December, 1956 issue of IMAGINATION it was credited to Randall Garrett, and so it has remained in bibliographies to this day. It’s my work, though: a compact synthesis, in 2500 words, of the themes of Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1908-1960) sold his first novel to the pulp magazine Amazing Stories , and quickly became a prolific and popular contributor to all of the American science fiction magazines of the day. Later he switched to the U.K. market, writing scores of SF, detective, and western novels. He is best remembered for his famous superwoman 'Golden Amazon' series, currently available from Wildside Press. British writer, JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1908-1960) sold his first novel to the...
| Автор | John Russell Fearn |
One midnight in August, the raids began. The White Summer Camp for Girls was struck first and when the confusion ended ten girls were missing and two were dead.<P> Hysterical witnesses claimed they saw shapeless forms lurking at the cabin windows. Several girls mentioned flashes of green-blue light. As stories trickled in from the surrounding countryside, it became evident that these inhuman invaders were attacking with a purpose—and from outer space. Why were the victims always young...
| Автор | Ray Cummings |
Aerita of the Light Country is Cummings' final novel of the winged women of Mercury. Years have passed, and the doings of Tama, Princess of Mercury, have become the stuff of legend to the women of the Light Country. But now tyranny threatens the winged daughters of the first planet again, and one fearless young woman, Aerita, inspired by the stories of Tama, locates Guy Palisse's legendary spacecar and blasts off for Earth in search of help.<P>There she finds herself a prisoner...
| Автор | Ray Cummings |
The Tom Swift Megapack presents the first 25 volumes of the famous series in proper order, with original cover illustrations. Included are:<P> Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle<BR> Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat<BR> Tom Swift and His Airship<BR> Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat<BR> Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout<BR> Tom Swift and His Wireless Message<BR> Tom Swift among the Diamond Makers<BR> Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice<BR> Tom...
| Автор | Victor Appleton |
When an actor who played Robin Hood on a 1950s children's TV show wakes up in Riverworld, he decides to live out his dreams and forms a new band of Merry Men (including Abraham Lincoln as Little John). Unfortunately, he didn't count on running into Al Capone, who has hijacked a thriving technocracy run by Jules Verne… Set in Philip Jose Farmer's «Riverworld» universe, this novelet was written with Farmer's permission.
| Автор | John Gregory Betancourt |
Revival on the banks of the River was not limited to white Anglo Saxons. This tale reinterprets the Riverworld resurrection through the eyes of a tribe of primitive people, whose beliefs and superstitions blend marvelously with what has happened to them. This tale was singled out by Science Fiction Chronicle for praise as a worthwhile addition to the Riverworld canon. This story, like «The Merry Men of Riverworld,» was written with Philip Jose Farmer's permission.
| Автор | John Gregory Betancourt |
Most people think of The Call of the Wild or White Fang when Jack London's name comes up – and rightfully so, for these are his two most famous works, and both are classics. It's an interesting but far less well known fact that London also wrote a substantial body of science fiction and fantasy (before the term «science fiction» had even been coined!) including The Scarlet Plague, The Iron Heel, and The Star Rover, and many more. Almost 900 pages of great reading!<P> Included...
| Автор | Jack London |
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: ARM OF THE LAW DEATHWORLD THE ETHICAL ENGINEER THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP THE K-FACTOR NAVY DAY PLANET OF THE DAMNED THE REPAIRMAN TOY SHOP THE VELVET GLOVE SENSE OF OBLIGATION ROBOT JUSTICE If you enjoy...
| Автор | Harry Harrison |
The Steampunk Megapack collects 26 tales of high adventure through Victorian and Edwardian eras–past, present, and future! Included are:<P> MIDNIGHT AT VALDOSTA'S, by Jay Lake<BR> THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR SAFECRACKER, by G. D. Falksen<BR> THE ACQUISITION OF MANDRAKES AND ASSISTANTS, by Jillian Venters<BR> THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS, by H. P. Lovecraft<BR> THE BRASS GOGGLE FACTORY WORKER, by John Leavitt<BR> THE PATH OF PROGRESS, by Brian...
| Автор | Jay Lake |
Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction's greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his many classic short stories – quite a few of which are presented here, including «Arena,» «Knock,» «Earthmen Bearing Gifts,» «The Star Mouse,» and many more. The 32 tales of science fiction and fantasy assembled in this massive volume include: <P> ARENA<BR> EXPERIMENT<BR> KEEP OUT<BR> HAPPY ENDING<BR> HALL OF MIRRORS<BR> EARTHMEN BEARING...
| Автор | Fredric Brown |