Novel-Classic Stories

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

Commander John Hanson of the Special Patrol Service records another of his thrilling interplanetary assignments.

There have been a number of interesting theories advanced about life on Mars, but the intriguing picture of the world of Longtree and Channeljumper in its infinite variations, tonal and thematic. The Mars of these two is an old culture, old and finite.

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!

A daring adventure with huge dollops of geographical, technological, and scientific information, touches of humor, and a slow build-up followed by one exciting incident after another.

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.

The way we feel about another person, or about objects, is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object at all. Often, what we call a "change of heart" comes about sheerly from a change in the many associations which make up our present viewpoint. Now, suppose that these associations could be altered artificially, at the option of the person who was in charge of the process....

With never a moment to rest, the pursuit through space felt like a game of hounds and hares. or was it follow the leader?

Doctor Coffin, in collaboration with other doctors, discovers a cure, but it has a surprisingly strong side effect.

In one place, a descendant of the Vikings rode a ship such as Lief never dreamed of; from another, one of the descendants of the Caesars, and here an Apache rode a steed such as never roamed the plains. But they were warriors all.