KEEP THE STARS FREE That’s the motto of the Galactic Security Service. Using vast ships and the massive weight of Federation diplomacy, it sweeps the star-ways to hold inter-stellar conflict in check. Most of the time. The Federation fleet is big enough for most missions. But for some it’s too
A. Bertram Chandler is a Master Mariner, a ship's captain - and a very good writer indeed. If there is a nautical feel to his stories, and perhaps a tinge of salt spray in his spaceship's atmosphere, this is to be expected - and enjoyed. Readers since his first story appeared in Astounding in 1944,
Contents: 7 · The Alley Man · F&SF Jun ’59 54 · The Captain’s Daughter [“Strange Compulsion”] · Science Fiction Plus Oct ’53 112 · The God Business · Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar ’54
Beloved Son told how the world was given atomic power and chose the atom bomb, was given the key to genetic miracles and chose biological warfare. The world was lucky the first time; enough of it remained for salvaging in a few decades. It was simply unfortunate that in those difficult years a new
Introducing the first installment of IDW's new Essential Science Fiction Library, a series of titles handpicked by Sci-Fi legend Harlan Ellison. In the Hugo Award-winning Nightwings, as the Watcher is led from his vigil by Avluela the Flier, the invaders come and conquer. Now, headed for the Holy
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964 The book you now hold contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre
Based on fascinating cases mentioned by Dr Watson (but never described in detail), here are 'long-lost' tales of the immortal Holmes. In this unique volume, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's son, Adrian Conan Doyle, and classic crime writer John Dickson Carr have achieved the seemingly impossible: they have
