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10) Picnic & Fugue
American-born Stephen Marlowe was a prolific writer who made his mark in several genres, including science fiction. In the gripping page-turner Voyage to Eternity, the galaxy is engaged in a seemingly endless war of epic proportions. When young Christopher Temple is called to serve, he finds himself torn between a sense of duty and a desperate desire to remain with his beloved Stephanie. Will patriotism or romance win out?
It's no surprise that meteorologists sometimes make less-than-accurate predictions about the day's weather. But when a cadre of top-ranking weather experts fail to catch wind of a freak summer snow storm, all hell breaks loose. Amidst this turmoil, an unusual folk hero emerges who seems to have a preternatural knack for dead-on weather predictions. What's the source of this strange superpower?
In this rollicking alternate-history romp, a college student picks a classroom fight about the traditional account of Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America. At first, he doesn't have any facts with which to shore up his hunch. But soon, through a bizarre turn of events, Danny is able to gain first-hand knowledge of the role Columbus played—and it differs significantly from the version that has been passed down in history books.
During a safari on Venus, a well-to-do couple happen to cross paths with a tiny bundle of fur with amazing powers of persuasion. A few weeks later, they return to Earth with their fuzzy ball of fur—which they have christened with the sobriquet "Black Eyes"—in tow. Will their new pet adapt to life among humans?
Ralph and Diane are a married pair of down-on-their-luck miners. Penniless and without a solid plan, they're making their way toward a fresh start when their spacecraft begins behaving strangely. Suddenly, they find themselves marooned in a little-known void filled with one danger after another. Will they ever be able to escape the graveyard of space?
17) The Dictator
In the future, exceptional characteristics are regarded as undesirable, and the perfect human specimen is someone who is average in every possible way. Ellaby, a man who embodies middle-of-the-road mediocrity, sees a rare opportunity to seize power and makes the most of it.
What happens when a hardened criminal on the run for his life gets mixed up with an all-girl symphony traveling between lesser-populated planets in a futile attempt to bring culture to their rowdy inhabitants? Well, to put it mildly, hijinks ensue. Read Stephen Marlowe's thoroughly entertaining World Beyond Pluto to find out the rest.
One of the most unforgettable characters from the golden era of science fiction, Johnny Mayhem is a shapeshifter who can assume the guise of any person. In the pulse-pounding short story A Place in the Sun, Mayhem is ordered to save a spacecraft that is on a direct collision course with the Sun. Will he be able to pull off this Herculean task before it's too late?
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