Collected here are six fantastic science fiction stories by R. A. Lafferty, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Edgar Pangborn, Andre Norton, and Frank Herbert. 'Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas': The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town-and that was even worse! 'The Worlds of If': Dixon Wells, a fashionable playboy, is always late. What will it cost him this time. 'The Street That Wasn't There': Jonathon Chambers went for a walk at the same time every...

Without a doubt, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was one of the most quirky and unusual authors every to work in science fiction. That's saying a lot. His stories are often unusual, challenging, uncategorizable, and brilliant. This collection assembles 18 of them, including his very first story. Included are: ALOYSADAM HAD THREE BROTHERSSEVEN-DAY TERRORDAY OF THE GLACIERSODOM AND GOMORRAH, TEXASTHROUGH OTHER EYESTHE WEIRDEST WORLDTHE S...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t Jump by Jamie Wild, Youth by Isaac Asimov, Digger Don't Take No Requests by John Teehan, Lighter than You Think by Nelson Bond, Garden of Souls by M. Turville Heitz, The Variable Man by Philip...

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the second in our 'Worlds of If' series, with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. '2BR02B' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 'Do Unto Others' by Mark Clifton 'Robots of the World! Arise!' by Mari Wolf 'Disqualified' by Charles L. Fontenay 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?' by Kenneth O'Hara 'Vital Ingr...

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. Here are more than 250,000 words of some of the best stories ever published in its pages. 'The Snowbank Orbit' by Fritz Leiber 'The Victor' by Bryce Walton 'Breeder Reaction' by Winston Marks 'Turning Point' by Alfred Coppel 'Masters of Space' by Edward E. Smith & E. Everett Evans 'Cultural Exchange' by Keith L...

Edited by H. L. Gold, 'Galaxy Science Fiction' hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. ‘Galaxy’ gave a home to writers that didn't fit into ‘Astounding’ and ‘F&SF,’ and readers rejoiced. In this first 'Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack' we bring you more than five hundred pages of fiction. These are the stories that helped ‘Galaxy Magazine’ carve it's name on the Mount Rushmore of science fiction. This volume includes ‘Dream World’ by R. A...

"The Six Fingers of Time" follows the story of Tim Pratt, a man who discovers an unusual anomaly while working as a security guard in a government building. Tim notices that time seems to behave strangely in one particular room, where a clock displays six hands instead of the usual three.Intrigued by this phenomenon, Tim investigates further and learns that the room is a portal to another dimension where time operates differently. He enters the room and finds himself transported to a bizar...

Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’ by Keith Laumer ‘Homo Inferior’ by Mari Wolf ‘The Talkative Tree’ by H.B. Fyfe ‘Show Business’ by Boyd Ellanby ‘The One and the Many’ by Milton Lesser ‘The Stowaway’ by Alvin Heiner ‘Sound of Te...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

Dream World by R. A. Lafferty is a dazzling burst of imagination that bends reality, flips logic on its head, and invites readers into a universe where the impossible feels strangely inevitable. Known for his wildly inventive storytelling, Lafferty crafts a tale that is playful on the surface yet profoundly philosophical underneath.In this extraordinary narrative, dreams are not mere illusions of sleep—they are realms of power, influence, and start...

All the People by R. A. Lafferty is a brilliantly imaginative and deeply philosophical science fiction story that challenges the very idea of individuality and existence. Known for his unique narrative style, Lafferty delivers a tale that feels both whimsical and profound, drawing readers into a world where reality itself bends under an extraordinary concept. From the very beginning, the story sparks curiosity, inviting readers to question what it truly means to be “all th...

Celebrate classic novels of the New Wave era of sci-fi with this second collectable science fiction anthology from Library of America.Presenting 4 underrated science fiction classics from a tumultuous time in American history—including works by iconic Black author Samuel R. Delany and feminist Joanna Russ.In R. A. Lafferty’s utterly idiosyncratic and uncategorizable Past Master (1968), Renaissance philosopher Thomas More is summone...