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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 romance and mystery fields, his career spanned 7...
| Автор | Frank Belknap Long |
This modern classic of science fiction—first published in 1996—has been reprinted more than 15 more times since its original appearance, including in a Year's Best volume.<P> * * * *<P> It was her first, his seventh. She was 32, he was 363: the good old April/September number. They honeymooned in Venice, Nairobi, the Malaysia Pleasure Dome, and one of the posh L-5 resorts, a shimmering glassy sphere with round-the-clock sunlight and waterfalls that tumbled like cascades of...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
This volume collects 19 stories of robots in their many guises. Some obey Asimov’s 3 Rules of Robotics. Some are of alien design. Some serve mankind. And some…don’t. All are great reading. Included are:<p> HELEN O'LOY, by Lester del Rey<BR> SIDNEY, THE SCREWLOOSE ROBOT, by William P. McGivern<BR> JAMES P. CROW, by Philip K. Dick<BR> HAVE IT YOUR OWN WAY, by Richard Wilson<BR> A BAD DAY FOR SALES, by Fritz Leiber<BR> THE SPECTACLES, by Frank Belknap...
| Автор | Филип Дик |
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 romance and mystery fields, his career spanned 7...
| Автор | Frank Belknap Long |
This volume collects 20 tales by Ronald Anthony Cross, author of the Eternal Guardians series. Included are:<P> THE BIRDS ARE FREE<BR> THE FOREVER SUMMER<BR> A CITIZEN OF 3V<BR> MOON MADNESS<BR> HOTEL MIND SLAVES<BR> SHIVA SHIVA<BR> THE INITIATE<BR> THE FOOL<BR> THE COUNTRY STORE<BR> HERMES AND THE MAGIC HELMET<BR> TWO PLOTTING PODS<BR> THE FRONT PAGE<BR> EVERY TREMBLING BLOSSOM, EVERY SINGING...
| Автор | Ronald Anthony Cross |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™ series focuses on unjustly forgotten science fiction writers. Horace B. Fyfe (1918-1997) was one. An engineer by trade, Fyfe also wrote a long string of popular science fiction and fantasy stories. He published extensively in genre magazines from his first appearance in «Astounding Science Fiction» (February 1940) until his last publication in «Analog» (January 1967). Sadly, Alzheimer's cut short his career, but his family stepped in to save his...
| Автор | H.B. Fyfe |
Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He was known for his literary prose and often worked in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. They met through their association with the «Lovecraft Circle,» a group of writers and fans who corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft. Their work together spanned the 1940s and 1950s and most of the work was credited to pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell. Both...
| Автор | Henry Kuttner |
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. Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007) is one such unjustly forgotten author. Included here are seven short stories plus one novel, published between, representing some of his best work. Included are:<P> DISQUALIFIED<BR> ATOM DRIVE <BR> SERVICE WITH A SMILE<BR> THE GIFT BEARER<BR> THE JUPITER...
| Автор | Charles L. Fontenay |
A corrupt Congress rules a drugged-out America, land of slums and malls. But in the underground, a few violent young malcontents will stop at nothing to smash the system…and bring back the Constitution and the President. JOHNNY ZED is their leader…a brilliant strategist and political theorist, always heard but never seen. SHELLY TRACER is his pawn – and his ultimate weapon…a warrior in a world of glitterfolk, oxygen addicts, and genetically modified animen whose ties to the old world hold the...
| Автор | John Gregory Betancourt |
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) was a pioneer in many fields – the spy story, the detective story, and most especially the epic disaster story. His «Doom of London» series (1903), consisting of six tales in which various catastrophes beset London (including diphtheria, killer smog, and a devastanzing freeze), proved quite popular. The Yorkshire Observer wrote of him: “Mr. White is a master of the breathless pace which whirls a reader along whether he will or not." Included in this volume are...
| Автор | Fred M. White |
"Nightwings" is a science fiction novella by American wrier Robert Silverberg. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1969 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. It won the Prix Apollo Award in 1976.<P> In a decadent and caste-based future, humanity is divided into guilds, each having a specific job to do. The members of some guilds appear to have undergone genetic engineering, for instance, the Fliers' ability to fly and the Watchers' ability to use their...
| Автор | Robert Silverberg |
Homer Eon Flint was one of the pioneers of science fiction – publishing science fiction stories in pulp magazines before the term «science fiction» had even been coined. Unfortunately, he died violently – and mysteriously – at age 36, leaving behind a grieving widow and three young children. Prior to his shocking end in 1924, Homer's speculative fiction made him a leading contributor to the era's top pulp magazines. Hundreds of thousands of readers thrilled to his tales of life beyond...
| Автор | Vella Munn |
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, «A Martian Odyssey», was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months. Included in this volume are:<P> THE DARK OTHER<BR> A MARTIAN ODYSSEY<BR> VALLEY OF DREAMS<BR> THE IDEAL<BR> PYGMALION'S SPECTACLES<BR> THE WORLDS OF...
| Автор | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
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 romance and mystery fields, his career spanned 7...
| Автор | Frank Belknap Long |
"Penny Dreadfuls" were a type of British publication in the 19th century that featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing one penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction. The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed at young working class males. Two of the most famous were «Varney the Vampire» (which popularized vampires) and «The String of Pearls»...
| Автор | Роберт Стивенсон |
Included are three comic novels:<P> CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE, by Jay Franklin: When Charles E. Hoskins wishes for champagne and it suddenly materializes, he finds that his powers of conjure extend to all intoxicants. In the many predicaments this provokes, Charles is committed into the hands of a psychiatrist, escapes, decides to open up a bar but runs afoul of the union and later of Treasury agents, is summoned by Washington and is wanted as a good will gesture by the British Ambassador, is...
| Автор | Richard Wormser |
This is our second (of three) collections of Space Patrol stories by «Eando Binder» (Otto O. Binder). Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of Captain Marvel Adventures included a 2-page short story featuring Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas – designed to appeal to kids – featured daring-do by a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon can support life and the asteroid belt harbors numerous...
| Автор | Eando Binder |
Without a doubt, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was one of the most quirky and unusual authors every to work in science fiction. That's saying a lot. His stories are often unusual, challenging, uncategorizable, and brilliant. This collection assembles 18 of them, including his very first story. Included are: ALOYS<BR> ADAM HAD THREE BROTHERS<BR> SEVEN-DAY TERROR<BR> DAY OF THE GLACIER<BR> SODOM AND GOMORRAH, TEXAS<BR> THROUGH OTHER EYES <BR> ...
| Автор | R.A. Lafferty |
Time travel remains a favorite subgenre in science fiction, and we are pleased to present another volume of classic tales. From pulp adventure to literary gems, here are stories that range from the ancient past to the far future…20 in all, by masters of their craft!<P> Included are:<P> TIME IN THE ROUND, by Fritz Leiber<BR> TRANSFER POINT, by Anthony Boucher<BR> GUEST IN THE HOUSE, by Frank Belknap Long<BR> A STONE AND A SPEAR, by Raymond F. Jones<BR> ...
| Автор | Fritz Leiber |
22 Tales of of the fantastic – science fiction, fantasy, fantastika, slipstream – by one of the most acclaimed modern masters of the genre! Includes a bonus interview with the author. Included are:<P> LIFE IN THE CARBYNE AGE<BR> GALAXY OF MIRRORS<BR> SPECTER-BOMBING THE BEER GOGGLES<BR> LIFE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE<BR> LITTLE WORKER<BR> FRACTAL PAISLEYS<BR> THE MILL<BR> THE GRANGE<BR> PHYLOGENESIS<BR> GRAVITONS<BR> REDSKINS...
| Автор | Paul Di Filippo |
Murray Leinster (1896-1975) enjoyed a reputation as a top pulp fiction writer from the 1920s through the 1960s, publishing dozens of novels and more than a thousand short stories – and not just in the science fiction field, as this collection shows. However, his greatest fame came from SF, and the Sidewise Award (for best alternate history work) is named after his story, «Sidewise in Time.» Included in this volume are:<P> PLANET OF DREAD<BR> THE WAILING ASTEROID<BR> THE...
| Автор | Murray Leinster |
William P. McGivern, a popular and prolific fantasy and science fiction writer in the 1940s and 1950s (under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Gerald Vance and P.F. Costello), later achieved fame as a noir and hardboiled mystery author of such classics as «The Big Heat.» The William P. McGivern Fantasy Megapack collects 25 of his early fantasy stories, including:<P> AL ADDIN AND THE INFRA-RED LAMP<BR> REWBARB'S REMARKABLE RADIO<BR> HOWIE LEMP MEETS AN...
| Автор | William P. Mcgivern |
Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976) was an American writer of science fiction, mysteries, and historical fiction. He wrote numerous stories for the pulp detective and mystery magazines, always under pseudonyms, and it was not until the early 1950s that Edgar «suddenly appeared» within the science fiction and mystery fields, publishing a string of high-quality, high-profile stories under his own name in prominent magazines. This volume collects 3 of his novels (one science fiction, one mystery, one...
| Автор | Edgar Pangborn |
The third volume of Wildside Press's ongoing Murray Leinster series presents 15 more classic stories. Leinster was the pen name for William F. Jenkins (1896-1975), one of the great magazine writers of the 20th Century. This collection spans 6 decades and touches on most of the genres in which he worked: science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, and war. Best of all, this is the first time 8 of the stories have ever been reprinted! Included are:<P> MED SHIP MAN<BR> THE...
| Автор | Murray Leinster |