Manuel is a small boy gifted with mental powers that just might be the next step in human evolution. And now, Special Security, the secret arm of the government of what had once been the United States of America, wants Manny and the secrets his brain contains.<P> Yet Manny has allies of his own: his mother, Maria, a computer wizard able to crack top security codes. Silas Swallow, a billionaire determined to beat the government and everyon ...
This volume assembles 25 complete novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963. Included are such science fiction classics as «The Runaway Skyscraper,» «Space Tug,» and «Operation Terror,» as well as rarities like «A Thousand Degrees Below Zero,» «The Gallery Gods,» and «Nerve.» Also includes a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography.<P> Complete list of contents:<P> INTRODUCTION<BR& ...
Because Bran Hoddan was a serious electronice engineer, he didn't want any part of his planet's heritage. For he was from Zan – and Zan's only occupation was spaceship piracy! ...
Resurrected corpses, voodoo conjuring, black magic (and blacker science)…these are all well known to cause zombie breakouts. Here are classic and modern tales, full of thrills and chills and the living dead…tales of zombies! These stories don't (well, mostly don't!) go for the gross-out. Great writing, lots of atmosphere and suspense (and the occasional laugh) – if you want more than just extreme horror and gross-out scares, this is th ...
By the 23rd century Earth's population had reached seven billion. Mankind was in danger of perishing for lack of elbow room–unless prompt measures were taken. Roy Walton had the power to enforce those measures. But though his job was in the service of humanity, he soon found himself the most hated man in the world. For it was his job to tell parents their children were unfit to live; he had to uproot people from their homes and send them to ...
Somewhere on the Time Ellipse Mike Kenscott became Adric; and the only way to return to his own identity was to find the Keep of the Dreamer and loose the terrible FALCONS of NARABEDLA!<P> As originally published in the June, 1957 issue of «Other Worlds» magazine, here is the original version of Marion Zimmer Bradley's classic DARKOVER novel. ...
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 Lif ...
Three scientists proposed to construct a synthetic man, endowed with some five times the intelligence of the ordinary human being. This creature matures quickly, and eventually there steps into being a synthetic man – «The Intelligence Gigantic.» His intellectuality and his occult powers are impressive, but are backed by no humanity, no thought of the happiness of mankind. He has the desire and the power to control the whole world of humanity an ...
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 ...
