In 1954, Norman Hastings, a young mathematics professor, wakes naked and bewildered in a strange, windowless room that seems impossibly advanced. A note warns him not to leave for an hour, and as he struggles to understand his surroundings, he realizes he may be trapped inside a time experiment with consequences beyond anything he can imagine. When he opens the unsigned letter addressed to him, the truth becomes even stranger: the room is a time machine that has carried him fifty years int...

On a cramped asteroid-mining ship, the men kill long shifts by swapping wild stories, until Hank begins one about a first landing on Ganymede that turns from frontier adventure into nightmare. The crew had gone expecting a strange but manageable moon, with breathable air, low gravity, and bizarre animal life; instead, they found a civilized native tribe whose gold earrings seemed to carry an almost ceremonial importance. Hank's account follows a small scientific expedition led by the sharp...

" [Fredric Brown is] my favorite writer of all time." — Mickey Spillane" [Ed & Am are] an engaging pair of detectives . . . [Brown is] a real pro— a natural storyteller." — New York TimesEd Hunter and his Uncle Am have left Chicago and hit the road, traveling with the carnival through podunk Midwestern towns— drinking, gambling, and fleecing the local rubes. Nineteen-year-old Ed is no closer to figuring out what he' s running from ...

On a barren frontier world where survival depends on science, a generation of children is raised to become something new: Martians. Carefully adapted from birth to breathe thinner air, endure brutal cold, and thrive under alien skies, they are the perfect colonists for humanity's last great hope. But Fredric Brown's sharp, unsettling tale is not merely about conquering Mars. It is about what happens when a grand experiment in human adaptation collides with pride, resentment, and the darkes...

Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. This is our third Fantastic universe Superpack. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 100,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! 'Gods of the North' by Robert E. Howard ...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction's greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his many classic short stories -- quite a few of which are presented here, including "Arena," "Knock," "Earthmen Bearing Gifts," "The Star Mouse," and many more. The 32 tales of science fiction and fantasy assembled in this massive volume include:ARENAEXPERIMENTKEEP OUTHAPPY ENDINGHALL OF MIRRORSEARTHMEN BEARING GIFTSIMAGINEIT DIDN...

Fredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels.) This volume contains 27 of his stories, including the classics "The Waveries," "Honeymoon in Hell," "Cartoonist," and many more!Included are:THE WAVERIESOBEDIENCEALL G...

Twenty pulp short stories from the great detective story writers of the early 20th century, including The Silent Witness by Ruth & Alexander Wilson, The Monolith Hotel Mystery by Lloyd Lonergan, The Light That Lies by Pettersen Marzoni, Arson Plus by Dashiell Hammett, The Mystery of the One-Legged Man by J. B. Hawley, The Dark Brown Dress by Meredith Beyers, The Abandoned House by Beulah Poynter, The Mystery of Room 16 by Anne Austin, Blood Will Tell by Arthur B. Reeve, The Accidental Sher...

A third collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning alien entities, government experiments, and dying worlds.Contents:"Keep Out" by Fredric BrownMars colonists discover human error ruins perfect plans."Finis" by Frank L. PollockHumanity witnesses Earth's final sunrise."In the Walls of Eryx" by H. P. LovecraftProspector becomes trapped inside an invisible Venusian maze."All Cats Are Gray" by Andre NortonSpacew...

Martians and Madness contains the complete science fiction and fantasy novels of Fredric Brown as well as, "Gateway to Darkness," and "Gateway to Glory" which were rewritten to be parts of Rogue in Space. It is a companion volume to From These Ashes, the complete short SF of Fredric Brown.Table of ContentsIntroduction by William TennWhat Mad UniverseMartians Go HomeRogue in SpaceThe Lights in the Sky Are StarsThe Mind Thing"Gateway t...

One of the great pulp writers, Fredric Brown (1906-1972) combined a flair for the horrific, a quirky sense of humor, and a wild imagination, and published many classic novels in the mystery and science fiction genres. But he was also a master of the “short-short story,” tales only a page or two in length, but hard-hitting and with a wicked twist at the end. Nightmares and Geezenstacks (1961) collects 47 short gems by Brown, ranging from science fiction to noir crime to horror, inc...

A third collection of speculative fiction stories, concerning alien entities, government experiments, and dying worlds.Contents:"Keep Out" by Fredric BrownMars colonists discover human error ruins perfect plans."Finis" by Frank L. PollockHumanity witnesses Earth's final sunrise."In the Walls of Eryx" by H. P. LovecraftProspector becomes trapped inside an invisible Venusian maze."All Cats Are Gray" by Andre NortonSpacew...