Novel-Classic Stories

An intrepid interplanetary explorer named Kaiser suddenly comes to his senses after a scouting mission has gone horribly awry -- only to discover that his messages back to the mother ship have become garbled and incoherent, as if someone else was sending them. Who is this mysterious interloper?

He knew the city was organized for his individual defense, for it had been that way since he was born. But who was his enemy?

Got a problem? Just pick up the phone. It solved them all--and all the same way!

Except for transportation, it was absolutely free. but how much would the freight cost?

It's undoubtedly difficult to live with someone who is Different. He must, because he is Different, live by other ways. But what makes it so difficult is that, for some reason he thinks you are Different!

They would learn what caused the murderous disease--if it was the last thing they did!

Every century has its advantages and its drawbacks," he said. "We, for instance, have bred out sexual desire. And, as for you people.

The Emperor must be getting old, they thought, to deal so mercifully with the upstart Jursan Rebels--which was quite true. He was not too young to dream....

If Nature suddenly began to behave differently, what we consider obvious and elementary today might become--unthinkable.

The ship was proof against any test, but the men inside her could be strained and warped, individually and horribly. Unfortunately, while the men knew that, they couldn't really believe it. The Aliens could--and did.