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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany
EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds
ONE-SHOT, by James Blish
SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder
ZEN, by Jerome Bixby
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories:
WHAT'S HE DOING IN THERE? by Fritz Leiber
THE MARCHING MORONS, by C.M. Kornbluth
GHOST, by Darrell Schweitzer
DEATH WISH, by Robert Sheckley
THE WAVERIES, by Fredric Brown
ADAM AND NO EVE, by Alfred Bester
FOXY LADY, by Lawrence Watt-Evans
THIN EDGE, by Randall Garrett
COMPANDROID, by Nina Kiriki...
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany
EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds
ONE-SHOT, by James Blish
SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder
ZEN, by Jerome Bixby
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond
SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson
THE...
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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 remote...
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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:
ALAREE
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
BLAZE...
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In the final novel of The Prestimion Trilogy, the succession of Majipoor's ruler is threatened by a plague of the mind.
Since gaining the Starburst Crown, Coronal Lord Prestimion has faced unfathomable challenges as ruler of Majipoor. But now peace has finally been restored to the planet, and it is time for Prestimion to name his successor and descend to the Labyrinth as Pontifex. Though the capable Prince Dekkeret is chosen to become the next Coronal,...
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A Nebula-nominated classic by a Grandmaster of Science Fiction, Robert Silverberg, The Masks of Time tells the story of Vornan-19…a naked man who suddenly appears on the Spanish Stairs.
Vornon-19 claims to have come from the far future and has access to technological marvels that support his claim. But is he really what he claims to be?
Leo Garfield and his fellow scientists must unravel the truth about Vornon-19, but are they up to the job, or...
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Edward Davis, a rookie of the Time Service, has already made several successful jumps to the past. Now he is given his most important mission.Two members of the Service have disappeared in ancient Egypt and Edward Davis's assignment is to locate and rescue them.But is he ready for all that Egypt has to offer and for the surprising truths he discovers as he explores this ancient land of myths and mysteries-truths that jeopardize his own mission and...
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Simeon Krug is the king of the universe. A self-made man, he is the Bill Gates of the era, having built a megacommercial empire on the backs of his products: androids, genetically engineered human slaves. Having amassed incredible wealth, his next major goal is to communicate with aliens living in an uninhabitable world, sending a mysterious signal. This requires building a mile high tower in the arctic tundra. The androids want civil equality with...
10) Recalled to Life
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It is the story of a group of scientists who discover a way to bring back to life people who have been dead for a day. The main character is an ex-politician and lawyer who takes on the job as frontman for the group. He has to make his way through the legal and political minefield the process brings up.
11) The World Inside
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Welcome to Urban Monad 116. Reaching nearly two miles into the sky, the one thousand stories of this building are home to over eight hundred thousand people living in peace and harmony. In the year 2381 with a world population of over seventy-five billion souls, the massive Urbmon system is humanity's salvation.
Life in Urbmon 116 is highly regulated, life is cherished, and the culture of procreation is seen as the highest pinnacle of god's plan....
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Amazing Stories Volume 163 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are four short stories by different authors: "The Overlords Thumb", by Robert Silverberg, "West O' Mars", by Charles L. Fontenay, "The Way Out", by Richard Rein Smith, and "Go To Sleep, My Darling" by Winston K. Marks.
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Amazing Stories Volume 173 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five short stories by different authors: "There Was An Old Woman" by Robert Silverberg, "Burden The Hand" by Randall Garrett, "Ozymandias" by Ivar Jorgensen, "The Wizard Of Light" by David Ely, and "Fairyland Planet" by John Silletto.
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Dale Kesley was a simple farmer in the Iowa province of the North American empire when van Arlen found him. He'd been looking for the young man for four years and came to take him to Antarctica. Coincidentally, Dale couldn't remember much of his life before four years before. Antarctica is the thirteenth empire set up after the world had nearly destroyed itself in a nuclear war. In order to recover and rebuild the world had agreed to a simpler life....
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Life has spread across the stars, and everyone enjoys a long life. However, only those who are Earth-born are truly immortal.But what happens when the immortals of Earth are suddenly faced with their ultimate destruction?Hanosz Prime, a near-immortal (though not truly so, not being of true Earth stock) travels to humanity's ancient home to discover the ultimate answer to humanity's end.A grand new adventure by a Grand Master of science fiction, a...
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A “dark, restrained, and powerful” mirror of current politics from the Science Fiction Grand Master (Science Fiction Ruminations).
In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of...
In the barren landscape of the late Cambrian period, a penal colony sits high above the ocean on the east coast of what would become the United States. The men—political prisoners—have been sent from the twenty-first century on a one-way ticket to a lifetime of...
20) Age of Anxiety
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"Choose" the robonurse said. Larry had reached the age where he had to choose. Would he choose to stay in the unworried world of the child or would he choose to enter the adult world with it's worries and anxieties and troubles? Why would society do this to him? To everyone? Why was he forced to choose?! But choose he must and his choice would be irrevocable. Peace and tranquility or worry and anxiety; it looked like an obvious choice to make. But...
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