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The World That Couldn't Be

Clifford D. Simak

the newly risen sun was dancing off the bright leavesof the hula-trees, making it appear as if the b...

The Aliens

Murray Leinster

cairns had been found on conspicuous landmarkson oxygen-type planets over a range of some twelve hu...

Highways in Hiding

George O. Smith

and students oftelepathy.Here, for the first time in any popular work, the symbol # is used tosigni...

The Planet Savers

Marion Zimmer Bradley

edges ofa forehead which was otherwisequite pink and bald. He waswearing a white uniform coat,and t...

The Creature from Cleveland Depths

Fritz Leiber

rritate their bark and then you make the rounds every so often to draw off the latex or the maple gl...

Stand by for Mars!

Carey Rockwell

tation at Space Academy and suddenlythe lively chatter and laughter of more than ahundred boys was s...

Wolfbane

Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

ed bracelet, a veritable identity bracelet of heavy silver linksand a plate which was inscribed:PFC ...

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

Donald A. Wollheim

t PlanetChapter 18. Sacrifice on the Sacred MoonChapter 19. The Museum of Galactic LifeAbout the Aut...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930

Various

n Oils from a Scene in "The Invisible Death."STOLEN BRAINSCAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 7Dr. Bird, Scientific ...

The Day of the Boomer Dukes

Frederik Pohl

nce the—thetediety of life, as you mightsay, had made itself clear to me,there were, of course, on...

The Devil in Iron

Robert E. Howard

ith lean loins and thin bandy legs. His face was broad, hisforehead low and retreating, his hair thi...

Atom Drive

Charles L. Fontenay

the Marsward XVIII."Something like that," agreed Jonner, and his smile broadened. "And Ihave only ab...

Disqualified

Charles L. Fontenay

ties that have faced coloniesin other star systems. There are certainfundamental requirements, ofcou...

Hall of Mirrors

Fredric Brown

then a third,then a door. You are in a closetabout four feet square.Your hand finds the knob ofthe ...

Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth

Roy Rockwood

EARTHXIVMANY MILES BELOWXVIN THE STRANGE DRAUGHTXVITHE NEW LANDXVIIA STRANGE COUNTRYXVIIICAUGHT BY ...

A Witch Shall Be Born

Robert E. Howard

more vividlylimned. It was a woman's head, small, delicately molded, superblypoised, with a high-pil...

The Velvet Glove

Harry Harrison

uldwork on it, plenty of time to skimthrough the newspaper. With thechronic worry of the unemployed,...

The Last Evolution

Jr. John W. Campbell

te useless,for they lived in a worldwhere no productive work wasnecessary. But games, athleticcontes...

The Black Star Passes

Jr. John W. Campbell

title of the story indicates, he was evenat that time occupied with the significance of atomic energ...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930

Various

F. STARZL 147A Stupid Blunder—and Mark Forepaugh Faces a Lifetime of Castaway Loneliness in theSa...

A Little Journey

Ray Bradbury

er homes in order to betaken into the shouting order of a temple of amazing evangelists whohad promi...

The Holes Around Mars

Jerome Bixby

rock.It was about five feet high. Ordinary granite—no special shape—andseveral inches below its...

Space Prison

Tom Godwin

ween any character herein and any person, livingor dead; any such resemblance is purely coincidental...

Scent Makes a Difference

James Stamers

and an egg on your shoe."I walked down the corridor to Dr. Doogle Spacio-Psycho Please Enterand went...

The Door Through Space

Marion Zimmer Bradley

But not until I discovered the old pulpscience-fantasy magazines, at the age of sixteen, did this ge...

The People That Time Forgot

Edgar Rice Burroughs

God would prevent his doing what he had planned to do. I wasalso aware of the fact that the sendin...

A Columbus of Space

Garrett Putman Serviss

lid black; /* a thin black line border.. */ padding: 6px; /* ..spaced a bit out from the gr...

Black Amazon of Mars

Leigh Brackett

m the northern ice, and the broken walls rose upagainst it, brooding, gigantic, roofless now but so ...

Thin Edge

Randall Garrett

off it and waited while the ship approached theasteroid.In the darkness of space, only points of li...

The People of the Black Circle

Robert E. Howard

claimed. 'They are no wiser thanthe leeches who are helpless! Nay, he dies and none can say why. He ...

Cost of Living

Robert Sheckley

orrierin the family was plenty."See you later, honey." Hekissed his wife as she left to goshopping.A...

The Right Time

John Berryman

ree," she announcedsmugly. Clairvoyants live in a condition of perpetual thrill withtheir powers.Mar...

Uller Uprising

H. Beam Piper

f Governor-General von Schlichten86IX. Don't Push Them Anywhere Put Them Back in the Bottle102X. T...

De la terre à la lune: trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes (French)

Jules Verne

, et eurent par conséquent des portéesinconnues jusqu'alors. En fait de tirs rasants, plongeants ...

Jewels of Gwahlur

Robert E. Howard

to test these qualities to the utmost. Ahundred and fifty feet below him waved the jungle. An equal ...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930

Various

into the Clutches of a Merciless, Ultra-Modern Religion Can Be Prevented Only by Dr. Hagstrom's De...

The Love of Frank Nineteen

David C. Knight

ods hereally laces into Min's Earthcooking.Min and I were just gettingsettled in the spotel gamewhen...

A Matter of Importance

Murray Leinster

ght star,which was the sol-type sun Varenga. The torp sped toward it on a newschedule. Its overdrive...

Search the Sky

Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

not since childhood. Ghost Townwas a wonderful place to play. “Tag,” “Follow My Fuehrer,”�...

Equality

Edward Bellamy

s called in a professional mesmerizerto put him into a hypnotic sleep, from which Sawyer knew how to...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

Various

Save Imee's Race of Men-Who-Returned-To-The-Sea, Two Land-Men Answer theChallenge of the Dreaded Ro...

Key Out of Time

Andre Norton

d with crimsonveins where spirals of weed drifted. A rose world bathed in softsunlight, knowing only...

The Galaxy Primes

E. E. Smith

guard was partially down; he was telepathing apleasant, if somewhat reserved greeting to both newco...

Ask a Foolish Question

Robert Sheckley

use Answerer knows everything.Upon his planet, circling his sun, Answerer sat. Duration continued,lo...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930

AND STREAMMore Than Two Million Copies Required to Supply the Monthly Demand for Clayton Magazines.I...

Plague Ship

Andre Norton

overpowering. "We would have to pick a world such as this—"Rip's dark fingers halted their circula...

Islands of Space

Jr. John W. Campbell

his first short story, When the Atoms Failed, was acceptedby a science-fiction magazine. At that tim...

Beyond the Door

Philip K. Dick

ed.Doris made a funny little sound."I mean, otherwise I wouldn'thave been able to afford it." Hescow...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930

Various

to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the Heaviside Layer.  EARTH, THE MARAUDERARTHUR...

Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931

Various

JANUARY, 1931COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in “The Gate to Xoran....

De la terre à la lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes (French)

Jules Verne

degré de perfection, mais elles offrirent desdimensions inusitées, et eurent par conséquent des ...

The Gun

Philip K. Dick

Nothing moved orstirred. Everything was silent, dead."I see," Fomar said, backing away fromthe eyepi...

When the Sleeper Wakes

H. G. Wells

young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen...

Astounding Stories, April, 1931

Various

OF MARSEDMOND HAMILTON 4Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Lo...

By Proxy

Randall Garrett

al leg work of getting thenews into Maxon's hands so that hecan report it to you is done by research...

The outlaw of Torn

Edgar Rice Burroughs

shookEngland from north to south and from east to west; and reached across thechannel and shook Fran...

Two Timer

Fredric Brown

owactivate the mechanism—byplacing the cube on the platform—atexactly three o'clock. Therefore,t...

Despoilers of the Golden Empire

Randall Garrett

,the Emperor Carl, well knew it. Andpower was linked solidly to one element,one metal, without which...

Watchbird

Robert Sheckley

t he had run on watchbird'sresourcefulness, the other talkingabout the new recharging apparatus.The ...

Mr. Spaceship

Philip K. Dick

hnson Control and find somethingelse.”“Meanwhile the war continues asit is. Stalemate. Checkmate...