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British author John Russell Fearn was one of the most popular – and prolific – authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, selling work to all of the classic American science fiction magazines. Under his own name (and several pseudonyms), his novels and short stories appeared in Astounding Stories, Astonishing Stories, Startling Stories, Amazing Stories – and many more! <P>Included in this volume are 25 of his best works, selected by editor Philip J. Harbottle (who also contributes an...
| Автор | John Russell Fearn |
The Miss Pickerell MEGAPACK™ collects 4 classic young adult science fiction adventures: Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter, Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea, and Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic.<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much...
| Автор | Ellen MacGregor |
C.M. Kornbluth was one of the Futurians (with such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Donald A. Wollheim, etc.) and produced a remarkable body of work until his untimely death at age 35. This volume collects 8 of his classic short stories – the best of his best – plus an introduction and bibliography by Bud Webster. Included are: "The Cosmic Expense Account" "The Adventurer" "The Altar at Midnight" "The Marching Morons" "The Little Black Bag" ...
| Автор | C.M. Kornbluth |
For three years, people on Earth have been subject to the will of the «Passengers»—intangible beings who usurp human bodies temporarily and without warning, and do nothing but play and cause havoc. People being «ridden» are ignored by others, and when they are freed, the experience, by social convention, is ignored by all. When the Passenger leaves the host body, the person is left with no memories of his time being ridden.<P>"Passengers" was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
Our second volume of Robert F. Young stories collects 20 great science fiction tales from the pulps and digest magazines. Included are:<P> AN APPLE FOR THE TEACHER<BR> JUNGLE DOCTOR<BR> MORE STATELY MANSIONS<BR> LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE<BR> THE OTHER KIDS<BR> WISH UPON A STAR<BR> ADDED INDUCEMENT<BR> APE’S EYE VIEW<BR> PILGRIMS’ PROJECT<BR> YOUR GHOST WILL WALK<BR> GODDESS IN GRANITE<BR> THE COURTS OF...
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
The «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Floyd L. Wallace (1915-2004) is one such unjustly forgotten author. An engineer by trade, Wallace wrote science fiction (and mysteries) in the 1950s, and worked best at shorter lengths. He only wrote one novel.<P> The Eleventh Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™ presents 9 classic science fiction stories by this great...
| Автор | F.L. Wallace |
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. He held academic positions at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as...
| Автор | Клайв Льюис |
"The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack" contains 27 more works spanning time and space–including 24 stories, 2 interviews, and «A Science Fiction Alphabet.» Fun stuff indeed! Included are:<P> INTERVIEW: DAN SIMMONS, conducted by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> THE SPIRES OF DENON, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch<BR> AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG, by Brenda W. Clough<BR> FOR I AM A JEALOUS PEOPLE! by Lester del Rey<BR> LUVVER, by Mack Reynolds<BR> FROG...
| Автор | Arthur C. Clarke |
The «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Milton Lesser (1928-2008) is one such unjustly forgotten author. Lesser published a 8 science fiction novels (and more than 100 short stories) under many pseudonyms (as well as his own name) in the 1950s. He found fame in the mystery field writing as Stephen Marlowe – and legally changed his name to Stephen Marlowe!<P> ...
| Автор | Marlowe Stephen |
Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, “A Length of Rope” appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Editor Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group of pulp magazines, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, and less frequently to mystery and western pulps. He published under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P F Costello, Warren Kastel, S M Tenneshaw, Gerald...
| Автор | Chester S. Geier |
Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, “A Length of Rope” appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Editor Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group of pulp magazines, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, and less frequently to mystery and western pulps. He published under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P F Costello, Warren Kastel, S M Tenneshaw, Gerald...
| Автор | Chester S. Geier |
Ardath Mayhar is one of the best kept secrets of Texas. Over the course of her career, she published novels, short stories, articles, and more with a unique voice and vision. The Ardath Mayhar MEGAPACK® (originally published as Crazy Quilt: The Best Short Stories of Ardath Mayhar).<P> INTRODUCTION: ARDATH MAYHAR, EAST TEXAS MAGICIAN, by Joe R. Lansdale<BR> FIDO IS A LOVING BEAST<BR> A HARPING OF WATERS<BR> A PAINTERLY EFFECT<BR> THE WEAPON<BR> GRYPHON’S...
| Автор | Ardath Mayhar |
Peter Schuyler Miller (1912–1974) was an American science fiction writer and critic. Miller wrote pulp science fiction beginning in the 1930s, and was considered one of the more popular authors of the period. His work appeared in such magazines as Amazing Stories, Astounding, Comet, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Marvel Tales, Science Fiction Digest, Super Science Stories, Unknown, Weird Tales, and Wonder Stories, among others. This volume includes a terrific selection of his...
| Автор | P. Schuyler Miller |
Richard Wilson (1920-1987) was a Nebula Award winning American science fiction writer and fan. He was a member of the Futurians, and was at his most prolific in the 1950s – though he continued writing throughout his entire life. This volume focuses on his science fiction (24 stories) from the 1950s, but also includes a «non fiction» ghost story and a brief autobiography written in the 1980s. Included are:<P> MURDER FROM MARS<br> STEPSONS OF MARS<br> DATELINE: MARS<br> ...
| Автор | Richard Wilson |
Avram Davidson (1923-1993) was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hugo Award and three World Fantasy Awards in the science fiction and fantasy genre, a World Fantasy Life Achievement award, plus an Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story award and an Edgar Award in the mystery genre. This volume assembled 20 of his classic works. Included:<P> WHAT STRANGE...
| Автор | Avram Davidson |
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> BIRDS OF A FEATHER<BR> BLAZE OF...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
Edward Paul Wellen (1919-2011) wrote primarily short stories throughout his long career, primarily in both the mystery field, but also (especially early in his career) in science fiction magazines. This is the second collection of his science fiction stories we have published, and it’s another good one. Included are:<P> ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW<BR> THE BIG CHEESE<BR> ROOT OF EVIL<BR> THE VOICES<BR> THE WORLD IN THE JUKE BOX<BR> THE SUPERSTITION...
| Автор | Edward Wellen |
The Second Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK™ collects 13 more rare stories by the classic science fiction author. Included in this volume are:<P> THE UNRECONSTRUCTED M<BR> SALES PITCH<BR> SHELL GAME<BR> BREAKFAST AT TWILIGHT<BR> ADJUSTMENT TEAM<BR> FOSTER, YOU'RE DEAD<BR> THE CRAWLERS<BR> THE GOLDEN MAN<BR> THE LAST OF THE MASTERS<BR> THE TURNING WHEEL<BR> UPON THE DULL EARTH<BR> HUMAN IS<BR> MEDDLER<P> ...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
Galactic empires. Mighty heroes blasting their way to victory. Galaxy-spanning quests. They're all essential ingredients for a space opera! Here are 6 classic novellas from the pulps, showcasing galaxy-spanning adventures. Included are:<P> "Thunder to Venus," by Joseph J. Millard<BR> "The Last Outpost," by Nelson S. Bond<BR> "Martian Adventure," by Robert Moore Williams<BR> "A Planet Named Shayol," by Cordwainer Smith<BR> "The...
| Автор | Cordwainer Smith |
This volume is a follow-up to The Plague, Pestilence, and Apocalypse MEGAPACK® (2015) and contains 20 more tales of epic disaster.<P> A MAN SPEKITH, by Richard Wilson<BR> OUR TOWN, by Jerome Bixby<BR> EDDIE FOR SHORT, by Wallace West<BR> THE COURTS OF JAMSHYD, by Robert F. Young<BR> THE GREAT NEBRASKA SEA, by Allan Danzig<BR> SEED OF EMPIRE, by Chester S. Geier<BR> THE BLACK GRIPPE, by Edgar Wallace<BR> BREAKDOWN, by Herbert...
| Автор | Fritz Leiber |
This volume assembles one novel and twenty-two short stories by American writer Richard M. Elam (1920-2013). Dick Elam was born in Richmond, Virginia, served for four years in the Army Air Force in World War II, and after the war became involved with the silk printing industry. On the side, he write articles, short stories, and books for young readers. He was one of the very few science fiction writers active in Young Adult fiction in the 1950s and early 1960s, and his books and short story...
| Автор | Richard M. Elam |
Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911 – 1994) was among the earliest pulp fiction writers who specialized in science fiction, and he sold many stories to magazines in the 1930s under his own name and several pseudonyms (such as Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond and William Callahan). His first novel, «People Minus X» (included here) was published in 1957, followed by his second, «The Planet Strappers,» in 1961 (also included here). He was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the...
| Автор | Raymond Z. Gallun |
Milton A. Rothman was best known to generations of science-fiction readers for a single classic story written at age 19: «Heavy Planet,» published under the byline of «Lee Gregor» in 'Astounding Science Fiction' in 1939 at the beginning of the Golden Age and kept in print for decades in the classic anthology 'Adventures in Time and Space'.<P> He was also a pioneer of early fandom, a founder of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, a fanzine publisher, and a World...
| Автор | Milton A. Rothman |
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 «definitive» book of alien stories could ever be...
| Автор | Richard Wilson |