Science Fiction Stories

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

When people talk about getting away from it all, they are usually thinking about our great open spaces out west. But to science fiction writers, that would be practically in the heart of Times Square. When a man of the future wants solitude he picks a slab of rock floating in space four light years east of Andromeda. Here is a gentle little story about a man who sought the solitude of such a location. And who did he take along for company? Charles the Robot.

Generally, human beings don't do totally useless things consistently and widely. So--maybe there is something to it.

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.

Out of solid ice Craig hews three long-frozen Egyptians--and is at once caught up into amazing adventure.

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

Helpless, doomed, into the graveyard of space floats the wrecked freighter Pallas.

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?

It isn't at all obvious--at first thought--that having two perfectly good, usable arms could be a real handicap to a man....