Alan E. Nourse

All Flicker wanted was a chance to make the aliens understand. All the aliens wanted was a chance to kill him while they could. But there were things about Flicker that they hadn't counted on...

Note: The following excerpts from Amy BAlantine's journal have never actually been written down at any time before. Her account of impressions and events has been kept in organized fashion in her mind for at least nine years (even she is not certain when she started), but it must be understood that certain inaccuracies in transcription could not possibly have been avoided in the excerpting attempted here. The Editor.)

He was just dozing off when the fat lady up the aisle let out a scream. A huge reptilian head had materialized out of nowhere and was hanging in air, peering about uncertainly. A scaly green body followed, four feet away, complete with long razor talons, heavy hind legs, and a whiplash tail with a needle at the end. For a moment the creature floated upside down, legs thrashing. Then the head and body joined, executed a horizontal pirouette, and settled...

The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™ series showcases great science fiction authors whose work might otherwise be forgotten. This time we focus on Alan E. Nourse, medical doctor and science fiction author, who paid his way through med school with his writing. He may be most famous as the author whose title was "borrowed" for the movie Bladerunner...though the movie was based on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Nourse...

It was a proud day when Dr. Chauncey Patrick Coffin announced that he had discovered a cure for the common cold. But in the end, would the cure be worse than the affliction?

The Fifty-Fourth of July by Alan E. Nourse - Matt had to destroy the rocket because it was a symbol of evil that had brought economic disaster. But must he also destroy—the future?

It was well after dark when Matt Matthews got back down to the headquarters camp, and saw the city stranger sitting there before the fire. He knew he was a city man after a single glance at the shiny, low-topped shoes and the reminiscence of

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Space Travelers and Nothing But Space Travelers 4 - Seventeen Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s

Lost Sci-Fi Books 11 thru 20 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60s

Leave Earthmen or Die! by John Massie Davis - They heard the alien voice warn them. And to each it sounded familiar—a sweetheart, a son, a hated enemy!

The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. - Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world—among people who hated all aliens.

The Voyage

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Vintage Sci-Fi - 21 Science Fiction Classics from Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Alan E. Nourse and many more!

The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

Let The Ants Try by Frederik Pohl

Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury

The Fifty-Fourth Of July by Alan E. Nourse

The Voyage of Vanishing Men by Stanley Mullen

The Plagiarist From Rigel IV by Evan Hunter

Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury

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