In the near-future the Earth is a well-controlled Utopia. Edward Wehling was a young 56 years in a time when the average age was one hundred and twenty-nine. Now he is waiting for his wife to give birth to triplets. The catch is that for everyone that is born, someone must volunteer to die.

The Boyars have spent the past sixty years terraforming the planet Flamme, clearing jungle, descumming the seas, irrigating deserts and establishing forests. Now the Aga Kaga have decided to move in and claim it as their own. The Under-secretary of the CDT refuses to support the Boyars with anything more than a diplomatic note.It’s up to Retief to deliver it and convince the Aga Kaga to abandon their claim. "Don't worry. I'll keep the peace, if I have to start a war to do it."

Venusport Division Chief Carl Wattles had a problem with the Kentons who wanted to build a new house instead of harvesting pretzins. The Kentons had a problem with the snakes and dragons. Wattles sent his answer and some help, but who knew how the Kenton’s would use it?

The whirlybirds were predators. They ate the vicious animals like tigers and bears. But when their prey was exhausted, they turned to people. Today the crowd cheered from their windows to welcome the convertible, solo-spacecraft. Five-gun Charles DeCrabbe was flying into town to save the day.When Whirlybirds Call, a Science Fiction Classic, was written by Frank Banta and first appeared in the Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in January 1963.

Charley has decided to keep a journal of his exploits as a schoolboy. He chronicles his adventures with his friends and his observations of their behavior with regard to his Christian religious upbringing. As he matures, so does his relationship with God.

Meet Sol, infamous, intergalactic smuggler. And meet the little pet he is sneaking to Earth through the Philadelphia space station for Florence. When Florence meets the diver she isn’t at all impressed — until she learns what it can do. Will this alien space pet fulfill her wildest dreams or be more trouble than it is worth?

The Machine has arrived at the tournament to face world class Grand Chess Masters from around the world.Sandra, a reporter from the Chicago Space Mirror is there to watch the match and see who will win. Can anyone from this group of some of the smartest men in the world beat the artificial intelligence of their new opponent?

Coxe got a great deal on the refrigerator. It chilled his beer perfectly and surprisingly produced a package of delicious fish eggs every day. Coxe didn’t ask too many questions until the visitor came asking about the refrigerator.

industrialist David Greaves invested his personal fortune toward building the Defiance. Now he was battered and tossed inside the the crazy, tumbling spaceship. There in the misty shroud of Venus, he self-administered a sleep inducing anesthetic. He awoke to the kiss of a beautiful woman in the shadow of hideous gargoyles and was hailed as a god.

Yan left. Everything changed and with no money, no status and severed from her family, Marigold was at the mercy of the state. She filled out a form for protection and one for availability. She felt like a slave posting for an auction. She was Abandoned.

Science fiction classic character Retief is back in this sci fi short story by Keith Laumer. Retief is caught in the middle of competing mining claims on the planet 95739-A. He wants to side with the underdog.

One minute Herrell McCray was on the spaceship circling Betelgeuse Nine and the next he was in darkness and utter silence. McCray had no idea where he was to how he got there. To Hatcher, he was a specimen from Earth.