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> ST ...
Welcome to the first Sime Gen Anthology written by the fans. This Anthology is a compilation of stories and poetry written by people who have been influenced by the published works of Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, in such a powerful way that they felt compelled to explore this universe in their own writing. Here are:<P> Forewords, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah<BR> "Moonlight Sonata," by Mary Lou Mendum< ...
The E. E. «Doc» Smith MEGAPACK™ collects 11 works by Smith, including entries in the Lensman, Skylark, Subspace, and Lord Tedric series – in all, more than 1,700 pages of galaxy-spanning adventure! Included are:<P> TRIPLANETARY<BR> FIRST LENSMAN<BR> THE VORTEX BLASTER<BR> THE GALAXY PRIMES<BR> MASTERS OF SPACE<BR> THE SKYLARK OF SPACE<BR> SKYLARK THREE<BR> SPACEHOUNDS OF IPC<BR> SUBS ...
Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. He wrote not only under his own name, but as John S. Browning, H. H. Hermon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name shared with other writers). Rereading his work in preparation for assembling this volume, we were impressed by how well much of his fiction holds up today. His writing style is smooth and crisp, and he avoids scientific lectures, preferrin ...
John Kirk of Ares – a hero very much in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' interplanetary romances – returns in the third book in the series! <P> PRAISE FOR BOOK 1: «It’s been nearly a century since Edgar Rice Burroughs first enchanted readers with his tales of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on the planet Barsoom. Since then, generations of writers have tried to recapture Burroughs' magic: from Otis Adelbert Kline and Robert ...
John Kirk of Ares – a hero very much in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' interplanetary romances – returns in the second book in the series! <P> PRAISE FOR BOOK 1: «It’s been nearly a century since Edgar Rice Burroughs first enchanted readers with his tales of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on the planet Barsoom. Since then, generations of writers have tried to recapture Burroughs' magic: from Otis Adelbert Kline and Robert ...
When Pete Mason's father is badly hurt in a space mining accident, eighteen-year-old Pete suspects that the injury was no accident – that it was caused by his family's rivals, Rachel Barry and her children. Even so, when Pete receives an urgent call for help from Jane, Rachel's oldest daughter, he risks his life to save her, only to find that Jane's uncle has taken advantage of the opportunity to jump Pete's new mining c ...
Pamela Sargent's latest collection assembles 10 of her recent stories, including «Puss in D.C.,» «Strawberry Birdies,» and «A Smaller Government,» showing why she's one of the most popular authors currently writing science fiction today.<P> From the introduction by Eleanor Arnason: «Sargent has a quality usually associated with hard SF: a certain kind of intellectual rigor. With her, it carries through all of her work. She think ...
