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The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many more <P> Complete contents <P> "Zora and the Land Ethic...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are: <P> AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen Steele<BR> THE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes<BR> PEACEMAKER, by Gardner Dozois<BR> OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram Davidson<BR> GRANDMA, by Carol Emshwiller<BR> THE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L....
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
"The Second Randall Garrett Megapack" is the follow-up to «The Randall Garrett Megapack.» Together, these two volumes encompass 42 classic-era science fiction stories by Randall Garrett. [Note that we omit one story–an early magazine version of a novel included in the second volume–as unnecessary.] <P> This volume includes 5 of Randall Garrett's novels (cowritten with Laurence M. Janifer) and 14 short stories, including entries in the Queen's Own F.B.I. and Lord Darcy...
| Автор | Randall Garrett |
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 Edmond Hamilton<BR> THE SKYLARK OF SPACE, by...
| Автор | Jay Lake |
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) DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE (1932) BURN, WITCH, BURN!...
| Автор | Abraham Merritt |
This volume collects the entire Sandy Steele mystery/adventure series. Included are:<P>1. BLACK TREASURE<BR> Sandy Steele and Quiz spend an action-filled summer in the oil fields of the Southwest. In their search for oil and uranium, they unmask a dangerous masquerader. <P>2. DANGER AT MORMON CROSSING<BR> On a hunting trip in the Lost River section of Idaho, Sandy and Mike ride the rapids, bag a mountain lion, and stumble onto the answer to a hundred-year-old mystery. ...
| Автор | Roger Barlow |
Here are twenty-five stories of fantasy and science fiction selected from the pages of Wildside Press's Fantasy Adventure anthology series, selected by its editor, Philip Harbottle. Throughout its run of thirteen issues FA presented both original stories and classic reprints by veteran British SF and fantasy writers, including Sydney J. Bounds, John Russell Fearn, John Glasby, Philip E. High, and E. C. Tubb. They were soon joined by newer writers, most notably Eric Brown, and the series...
| Автор | E. C. Tubb |
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 executive officer, the colonel and a loyal second...
| Автор | Theodore Cogswell |
Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the «short-short» form (these days called flash fiction) – stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics «The Waveries,» «Honeymoon in Hell,» «Cartoonist,» and many more! <P> Included are: <P> THE WAVERIES<BR> ...
| Автор | Fredric Brown |
"The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack" presents a terrific mix of science fiction stories, new and old, including a Hugo Award-winning story by Lawrence Watt-Evans, a Hugo Award nominee from Mike Resnick, and classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many more. Almost 700 pages of great reading! <P> Included are: <P> ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, by Mike Resnick<BR> A BRIEF DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, by Michael Kurland<BR> GRANDPA?, by Edward...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
The «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers who might otherwise be forgotten. Lester del Rey (1915–1993) is most remembered today as one of the namesakes of Del Rey Books – but in the Golden Age he was an accomplished writer who got his start alongside (and sold to the same markets as) a young Isaac Asimov. This volume assembles 9 classic del Rey tales – more than 500 pages of great reading! Included are:<P> ...
| Автор | Lester Del Rey |
The «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers who might otherwise be forgotten. This volume assembles 2 novels and 4 shorter works – almost 500 pages of classic fiction – by 3-time Hugo Award-winner Clifford D. Simak. Included are:<P> TIME QUARRY [novel]<BR> EMPIRE [novel]<BR> THE STREET THAT WASN'T THERE [short story]<BR> THE WORLD THAT COULDN'T BE [novelet]<BR> HELLHOUNDS OF THE...
| Автор | Clifford D. Simak |
"The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack" presents another stellar lineup of classic science fiction, new and old. Here are 25 stories (plus a bonus interview with best-selling author George R.R. Martin) by some of the field's greatest authors. Included are:<P> THE TRUE DARKNESS, by Pamela Sargent<BR> PERMANENT FATAL ERRORS, by Jay Lake<BR> ADJUSTMENT TEAM, by Philip K. Dick<BR> ROBOTS DON’T CRY, by Mike Resnick<BR> NO GREAT MAGIC, by Fritz...
| Автор | Джордж Мартин |
"The Second Mack Reynolds Megapack" assembles a stellar collection of rare and classic works by a science fiction master! Here are 21 tales spanning space and time, including:<P> COME IN, SPACEPORT<BR> COMPOUNDED INTEREST<BR> THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL<BR> GOOD INDIAN<BR> NO RETURN FROM ELBA<BR> PACIFIST<BR> EARTHLINGS GO HOME!<BR> ALBATROSS<BR> THE ENEMY WITHIN<BR> SURVIVOR<BR> FAD<BR> SPACEMAN ON A...
| Автор | Mack Reynolds |
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 |