Science Fiction Stories

Because they were so likable and intelligent and adaptable--they were vastly dangerous!

Bump-Arch had to complete his experiment or spend five more years as an apprentice Scientist--and if successful, his feat would provide plenty of BUSINESS for the LAWYERS.

Nothing could have seemed pleasanter than that peaceful planet. Then why was a non-suicidal man driven to suicide there? Yet it made sense.

What happens when technology advances faster than life? A sad but hopeful tale.

A strange man of metal comes to Earth on a dreadful mission.

It may be that there is a weapon that, from the viewpoint of the one it's used on, is worse than lethal. You might say that death multiplies you by zero; what would multiplication by minus one do?

The shortest distance between two points may be the long way around--and a path of dishonor may well turn into the high road to virtue.

Because this is a masculine world, the author of this fairytale is usually identified as the wife of Poul Anderson. But a few more incisive cameos of fantasy such as this, and Mr. Anderson may come to be identified as Karen's husband.

A man vanished--right out of this world. And where he went--

The ultradrive had just one slight drawback: it set up a shock wave that made suns explode. Which made the problem of getting back home a delicate one indeed...