All his life Gunnison has hunted wealth where other men feared to go. Asteroids, frozen worlds, abandoned colonies—he has chased every rumor of riches and watched fortune slip away every time. Now, with little time left and nothing to show for decades of risk, he makes one final gamble.His destination is the Ghanati, a forbidden region of Mars where the Interplanetary government executes trespassers on sight. The place has a reputation that keeps sane men away: razor-sharp crags, s...

Tom Clancy's Op-Center is back with this new thriller written by the New York Times bestselling authors of Tom Clancy's ACT OF VALOR and featuring a chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines scenario.Before 9/11 America was protected by a covert force known as the National Crisis Management Center. Commonly known as Op-Center, this silent, secret mantel guarded the American people and protected the country from enemies. The charter was top secret and Director Pa...

Encounters From Beyond 3: Classic Tales of Alien Contact presents sixteen unforgettable journeys into the unknown, where mysterious visitors, distant worlds, and extraordinary encounters challenge everything humanity believes about the universe. These timeless adventures from the Golden Age of science fiction blend suspense, wonder, and imagination into stories that continue to captivate readers decades after they were first published.This remarkable collection fea...

In a world where advertising has reached the level of psychological invasion, Ed Morris can’t get through a single commute without being bombarded by automated sales pitches that tunnel directly into his brain. But when a new product — a “self-regulating android” called a fasrad — appears in his home and begins demonstrating itself in the most destructive way imaginable, Ed discovers that the future of marketing has crossed the line into something terrifyingly inescapable....

Synthetic Minds 2: Classic Tales of Robots, Androids & Artificial Intelligence continues the journey into a future where intelligent machines challenge humanity’s assumptions about life, consciousness, and control. Long before artificial intelligence became a reality, visionary science fiction writers imagined robots that could outthink, outfight, and even outfeel their creators.This collection brings together unforgettable stories from legendary authors including ...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 71 thru 80 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60sThe Skull by Philip K. Dick - Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm.Alien Equivalent by Richard R. Smith - Martians were a dying race, frail before the superiority of master Earthmen. Might sons of the red planet emerge from their shells?

Lost Sci-Fi Books 391 thru 400 - Nine Lost Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s and one from 1897Robot Nemeses by E.E. "Doc" SmithThe Crystal Egg by H. G. WellsThe Time Snatcher by Randall GarrettBefore the Fact by Zenna HendersonParking Unlimited by Noel LoomisMaster Of The Asteroid by Clark Ashton SmithThe Coming of the Ice by G. Peyton WertenbakerLancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirat...

A society where murder has become entertainment, robots programmed to protect humanity at any cost, mysterious passages into other worlds, and astronauts discovering that the darkness may not be empty await in Lost Sci-Fi Books 121 thru 140, featuring twenty vintage science fiction stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s.Robert Sheckley opens the collection with Seventh Victim, a future where legalized hunting has transformed killing into a carefully regu...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 7: More Than 31 Hours of Classic Science FictionPrepare for another unforgettable voyage through the golden age of science fiction with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 7. Featuring more than 31 hours of classic storytelling, this outstanding anthology brings together fifty remarkable tales from the visionary authors whose ideas helped define the genre for generations.Explore distant galaxies, mysterious plane...

Five journeys into the unknown bring together alien terror, an astonishing vision of the distant future, interplanetary adventure, hidden invaders, and a desperate struggle against forces that refuse to be stopped.Lost Sci-Fi Books 396 thru 400 features stories by Clark Ashton Smith, G. Peyton Wertenbaker, Nelson S. Bond, Philip K. Dick, and Charles Dye—five writers exploring very different corners of speculative fiction.Master of the Asteroid — Clark Ashton Smith

Lost Sci-Fi Books 76 thru 80 brings together five unforgettable stories from Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, George Whittington, Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury, where humanity faces mutants, alien invaders, brutal interrogations and a future that may no longer belong to ordinary men.The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick — Earth’s authorities believe they’ve nearly eliminated the mutants created in the aftermath of atomic war. Then a beautiful golden...

Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950sThe Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick -Ed had always been a practical man, when he saw something was wrong he tried to correct it. Then one day he saw it hanging in the town square.The Water Eater by Winston Marks -Most experiments were dropped because they failed, some because they worked too well!Death Star by James McKimmy Jr. -