He was a sort of taxi-driver, delivering a commuter to the city. The tank traps and armored cars were the hazards of the trade! Keith Laumer was a best selling author who was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction’s true luminar ...
The general was bucking for his other star—and this miserable contraption bucked right back! Keith Laumer was a best selling author who was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction’s true luminaries ...
Two Billion Years ago, a unit of life had the urge to climb out of the sea. It died. But that didn’t count. The urge to climb out was the thing—greater in its force than a million suns to keep the urge is the measure of man. Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction’s true luminaries ...
When Legion signed on as a soldier he did not expect to expect to wind up as the master of a private island. Nor did he expect to cower in ancient Druid pits . . . nor fight for his life in the great hall at Okk-Hamiloth, on a planet galaxies away. A Trace of Memory is a mind blowing non-stop adventure story that you’ll be thinking about long after you finish reading it. Keith Laumer was a best selling author who was nominated for both t ...
Charles Boardman Hawes is the Newberry Medal award-winning author of 'The Dark Frigate'. "Donald Hastings followed the sea. Holiest, impetuous, young, as were so many of those sea captains in that golden era of the early nineteenth century, he left but one shadow on his memory—perhaps not altogether a shadow. Therein lies the story. ...
In the final years of his prominent life, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales, and developed a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire modern short-story writers such as Hemingway and Faulkner. The stories in this volume are indicative of this remarkable shift. ...
Zwei Erzahlungen. Ein Mann namens Markheim betritt einen Laden. Er verwickelt den Handler in ein Gesprach. Kaum aber buckt sich dieser, um Ware in ein Regal zu raumen, fallt Markheim uber sein Opfer her und ersticht es. Nun macht sich der Morder auf die Suche nach Beute. Da taucht ein geheimnisvoller Fremder auf und fuhrt ihm seinen Lebenswandel vor Augen. Kann ein zweiter Mord verhindert werden? Eine psychologisch au?erst vertrackte und geheimn ...
Ich Robinson – Du Freitag! Robinson Crusoe verbringt als einziger Uberlebender eines Schiffbruchs 28 Tage auf einer (vermeintlich) einsamen Insel. Doch eines Tages entdeckt er an einem abgelegenen Strand Wilde, die sich genu?lich auf ein schauriges Mahl vorbereiten: ganz offenbar wollen sie einen Gefangenen verspeisen… ...
Mit ins Fegefeuer getauchter Feder schreibt Luzifer sein Lexikon. Bissig und geistreich nimmt er die Menschenwelt von A wie Affe bis Z wie Zukunft aufs Korn: «AFFE, engl. MONKEY – Ein Tier, das sich auf Baumen zu Hause fuhlt, besonders auf Stammbaumen.» – « ZUKUNFT, engl. FUTURE – Eine Zeit, in der das Geschaft floriert, die Freunde zu uns halten und uns das Gluck sicher ist.» ...
