Science Fiction Stories

What is a "phony"? Someone who believes he can do X, when he can't, however sincerely he believes it? Or someone who can do X, believes he can't, and believes he is pretending he can?

Suppose a strictly one hundred per cent American plague showed up.... One that attacked only people within the political borders of the United States!

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

Some kids never want to grow down. That's how progress is made.

Love or hate computers, you'll love this story. This satirical tale of the humiliation of Little Electronic Technologies and the destruction of their computer software monopoly is told from a future viewpoint, as a college assignment. Some determined computer geeks take on the global might of LET, and win! They defeat LET by getting deep inside their own software!

Jason started out as a farm boy and ends up owning a fleet of spaceships. This is his story.

One after another the invisible robots escape Shelton's control--and their trail leads straight to the gangster chief Cadorna.

Layroh's hiring of husky down-and-outers for his expedition is part of a plan made ages past.

Highly entertaining story of a New York skyscraper being drawn into the past by a change in its fourth dimension. The building arrives in a time before Columbus's discovery of America. An enterprising engineer, a bank manager, and a office assistant save the people and the building.

Here's the behind-the-scenes lowdown on Luna City life and a promoter of Martian dancing girls, vaudeville, and--other things. But remember: stop us if you've heard this one!