Novel-Classic Stories

There was something odd about the guest attraction, Mr. Fayliss, and something odder still about his songs.

A veteran veterinarian might have vamoosed--but Watts had to help any sick animal....

Natural laws are cliches--"what must be must be," for instance--and what must be in this case was, of all people, Dr. Talbot!

No wonder he'd been so interested in the talk of whether our people accepted these theories!

There was a boy and a girl and a strange new planet; the planet was alive with hideous dangers. But the boy and girl were very young and all Robin wanted to know was: "Who stole my doll?"

Anyone mad enough (1) to land on that crazy world (2) in order to rescue that screwball explorer should (3) have his head examined!

We've been taught from childhood that the earth is round and that Columbus discovered America. But maybe we take too much on faith. This first crossing for instance. Were you there? Did you see Columbus land? Here's the story of a man who can give us the straight facts.

Never ask "Who am I and where do I come from?" The answers may not be what you'd expect!

Working on the theory that you can skin a sucker in space as well as on Earth, the con team of Harding and Sheckly operated furtively but profitably among natives of the outer planets. That is--until there was a question of turnabout being fair play in a world where natives took their skinning literally!

If Saranta wished to qualify as one who loved his fellow man, he should have known that often the most secretive things are the most obvious.