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Five Science Fiction stories from the strange mind of Mack Reynolds. Always innovative and interesting, these were published in the early science fiction and fantasy magazines of the 1940's and 50's. - Summary by phil chenevert

Four nifty Science Fiction stories by the great C. M. Kornbluth. The Adventurer - The Altar at Midnight - With These Hands and The Marching Morons. All were first published in the 1950s - Summary by philc

The Fantasy Fan was a fanzine edited by Charles D. Hornig that featured exclusive works by many seminal figures from the golden period of weird fiction including H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, R. H. Barlow, Robert Bloch and many others. This collection seeks to compile together all the fiction published by The Fantasy Fan during its two-year run, excluding Clark Ashton Smith whose Fantasy Fan works have previously been published in this collection: Fantasy Fan - Summary by Ben Tucker

Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime. How will he act? especially if he is a self centered drunk? Potential Enemy is story about the sad state of human minds that are ruled by fear and paranoia. Happy Ending is an SF story about the far future when the last solar system wide dictator has been finally defeated and what will he do? What will he do? This is also an exploration of mental megalomania and it's effects. His happy ending is perhaps suitable, but ...

Hodgins "Hodge" Backmaker, a bumbling but curious and fiercely intelligent bookworm who has never felt at home with his family, left his home in rural Virginia in 1938. It's been over 70 years since the North lost the War for Southron Independence, in which his grandpa Hodgins fought bravely, but the repercussions of the impact of the loss still feels fresh after all these years. While the Confederacy blossoms with fine schooling, industrious manufacturing and a prosperous economy, the United States suffers from the lack of progress and poverty that has pervaded a lost union. When Hodge gets ...

The National Guardsmen waited for the Flying Eyes, restlessly fingering their rifles and machine guns. Then they came-eight of them-diving straight at the men. The men opened fire. One of the Eyes shot upward, blood and tears streaming from its wound. As the men watched, a glaze spread over the wound drawing the hole together. The Eye was healed and whole again-and it gazed at the men with the same sinister expression they had seen before. Then the full horror of what they had witnessed hit them. Nothing could stop these weird, disem- bodied creatures who were daily hypnotizing thousands of ...

Galactic Patrol is the third book in the Lensmen stories, and the first book to feature Kimball Kinnison, the action hero of several books in the series. It chronicles the beginning of Kinnison's adventures, starting with graduation from the Galactic Patrol Academy and becoming a Lensmen. Kinnison then pursues the Boskonians, a group of galactic pirates who are wreaking havoc. - Summary by Harley James

'Wanderlust' by Alan E. NourseBefore the great journey comes the hope, the dream, the familial disappointment...and the truth. ‘The Sense of Wonder’ by Milton LesserA generational ship far out in the stars...out so long, basic human concepts begin to change... ‘Mr Meek – Musketeer!’ by Clifford D. SimakAfter years of saving up for a ship, Meek is ready to retire. Until moral indignation sets in! ‘Wanderer of Infinity’ by Harl VincentA science experiment opens a portal to a far off world and there they find the Wanderer... ‘X Marks the Asteroid’ by Ross RocklynneA bold trip to...

MEN INTO SPACE is the thrilling story of man's gradual conquest of outer space. Starting with the rockets of today, the story moves on to trace the development of the Space Platform and spaceships. It concludes with the first successful attempts to land on the Moon ... Mars ... and points beyond....The entire story is seen through the eyes of young Ed McCauley, whose adventures in outer space will excite you with the sheer wonder of man's daring in the Space Age. - Summary by Original book cover

A sci-fi horror tale in which alien monsters skulk about in human form! William Chester and his comrades find themselves alone in being able to recognize this malevolence. Discover what happens when a handful of brave people pit their forces against the might of Earth's secret masters and the governments they control! You will find romance, action, and daring speculation in this lost classic. - Summary by Adam Benckeser

This story deals with science-fiction's oldest subject—space-travel. Yet the author's treatment of the subject is so completely different that it makes "SCANNERS" one of the most outstanding stories to appear in any magazine! - Summary by Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 6

Earth is once again in peril. The Boskonian organization, thought defeated, has acquired the negasphere technology and is preparing to use it against Earth, destroying it and everyone on it. It is up to Lensman Kimball Kinnison and the four new second stage Lensmen of the Galactic Patrol to stop the Boskonian threat and save civilization. The fifth book in the Lensman series and the sequel to Gary Lensman. - Summary by The Narrator

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle