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Theodore Rose Cogswell (1918 - 1987) was an American science fiction author. His first published story, "The Spectre General" in the magazine ASTOUNDING (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire. It's a classic and was selected by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the greatest SF stories of all time.
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3862) Astro-Avian Apocalypse
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Probably as soon as our great ancestors could put faces on their fears and notice the patterns of decay, destruction, and death throughout nature, they cobbled together tales of woe. Prophets had foretold various doomsday scenarios-all the extent of some god's righteous wrath. As it turned out, doomsday fell on a Saturday, 27th of June, 2076 AD, when two immense saucers 'blinked' into existence over Earth's polar caps and began a reign of unimaginable...
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Un groupe d'étudiants part en vacances de neige mais se retrouvent confrontés à la fin du monde. Quatre étudiants partent pour passer deux semaines de vacances au Colorado et faire du ski. Mais ils finirent par survivre à une explosion nucléaire dans leur ville Denver. Sans électricité, ni téléphone, ni aucune communication, ils se retrouvent isolés au sommet de la montagne sans savoir ce qui s'est passé dans le pays. Etait-ce un accident...
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In the mid-twenty-seventh century, humanity exists as two distinct civilizations separated by the vacuum of space. Content in their isolation, the Ozzaens, inheritors of the grand orbital city of Ansenar, virtually ignore their distant cousins on Earth. But things are about to change...
The mysterious Circularium Council has carefully manipulated events, bringing the long-estranged cultures into contact again. Their motives are unclear-and there...
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La descripción del libro: Era una fría y lluviosa tarde de domingo en Kristendant City. Una ciudad olvidada por muchos y que tampoco se encontraba en el mapa, y que también era de difícil acceso para cualquier persona que la intentase encontrar. Kristendant, como así se llamaba, no se pasaba de una ciudadelita muy antigua y nada conocida. Fechada por sus primeros habitantes desde 1528, hoy en día con una población total de menos de 1.800...
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Roué Hupsel is widely recognized in Suriname, South America as the creator of popular radio shows. He began writing short stories in 2002, and since then he has won several literary awards. He received the prestigious SCHADUWPRIJS 2005 by the Society of Dutch Crime Authors for his debut and top-ranking thriller BLINDE MUREN (BLIND WALLS). In 2005 he published a dark thriller ZWARTE MAGIE (BLACK MAGIC). In 2007 he returned with the eco-thriller and...
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Edward Paul Wellen (1919-2011) wrote primarily short stories throughout his long career, primarily in both the mystery field, but also (especially early in his career) in science fiction magazines. This is the second collection of his science fiction stories we have published, and it's another good one. Included are:
ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW
THE BIG CHEESE
ROOT OF EVIL
THE VOICES
THE WORLD IN THE JUKE BOX
THE SUPERSTITION SEEDERS
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3868) The Deliverer of Dolls
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"It is time for you to believe me, whether you like it or not. And, when everything happens, don't be afraid. What you will see is real and not a figment of your imagination. They want you to take them to the children. You will know where to find them. The dolls will show you. Trust them. They are your friends. I created them with a lot of love, much more than you can imagine. If the dolls ask for your help, don't refuse. Share it with them." After...
3869) Mae Clarke Overdrive
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Googolquinplexnaire was a chapbook about America and the world.
3870) The Keeper
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"The Keeper" by H. Beam Piper. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
3871) Project Egg
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A fast-paced story describing the reaction of world citizens to the realization that Earth is dying from the constant abuse it has endured from humans. The storys primary focus centers on the United States and its plan to cope with a sick and dying population and a way to protect future humans from extinction. Project EGG begins with Phase One of its plan, allowing only healthy women to donate their newborn infants to the Project. These infants are...
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In the year 2019, Michael Lear, a curator at the Imperial War Museum, travels back in time in with the aim of killing Adolf Hitler before his rise to power. Lear's background in German history and ability to speak the language perfectly give him great advantages; however, along the way, he will find himself increasingly out of his depth and plagued by panic attacks, self-doubt, difficult moral decisions and, at times, plain bad luck. This historical...
3873) The Economy of Light
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This is the story of a Nazi hunter's journey to find the man who tortured him and murdered his family, as he penetrates the depths of the Amazon jungle to experience an extraordinary "dream time. It is a magnificent depiction of a modern descent into hell...and the frightening-and profoundly surprising-consequences of redemption.
3874) The Other Likeness
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(Excerpt): "There is a limit to how perfect a counterfeit can be-a limit that cannot be passed without an odd phenomenon setting in."
3875) The Way to Never Death
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Deathlessness. the magnet for evil!
No one is as impetuous and as spontaneously inventive as Esmeralda when it comes to looking after her human family in times of crisis.
So, just as she broke barriers and laws to intervene in the human world when her sister was being murdered, her recklessness again comes to the surface when her human birth mother is hit by a car.
What she does is so extraordinary that it actually leads to the discovery of how...
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Here are 6 modern and classic science fiction novels we hope you will enjoy:
Wolfbane, by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
Slave Planet, by Laurence Janifer
Preferred Risk, by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey
The Rat Race, by Jay Franklin
Champagne Caesar, by Jay Franklin
Rememory, by John Gregory Betancourt
3877) Marley's Chain
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Tam returns home to Earth after years of working in space. But Tam is a Sharkie, and on Earth Sharkies need not apply. Refused service in restaurants and other establishments, and unable to find employment, he takes the only desperate measure he can to survive.
3878) Earth: The First Target
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This is a story of identical twin brothers who assist God in defending the Earth, as well as the entire universe, against the assaults of Satan and his minions. It is set in Heaven, Earth, and many planets and star systems throughout the universe. The brothers embark on God's assignments with the help of the archangels and many ancient Holy Relics. The brothers defend the Earth and planet after planet from the relentless attacks by Satan. Each attack...
3879) Guardians Of Time
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This is a continuation of Time Machine Emergency and is a Sequel.
After finding their way to a utopia in Time Machine Emergency, new developments come on the horizon. The other countries of the world develop their own weapons shutdown system and attack the United American Republics. This sends the time travelers into the past again because their present country is being, overrun.
Stopping in the 1500s to sit on a sandy beach and watch a herd of...
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Leigh Brackett may be best known for her screenplay for "The Empire Strikes Back," but her lush tales of interplanetary adventures were thrilling readers long before "Star Wars." Collected here are the short novel "Black Amazon of Mars" (the final magazine appearance of her hero, Eric John Stark), as well as "A World Is Born" and "Child of the Sun."
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