Johnson had two secrets--one he knew and would die rather than reveal--and one he didn't know that meant to save him over his own dead body!

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

The aliens wooed Earth with gifts love patience and peace. Who could resist them? After all no one shoots Santa Claus!

The Lani People were just another species of domestic animals who just happened to look human like so they claimed… Dr. Kennon was not so sure.

Gourmets all agree that nothing can beat oysters on the half-shell--not even the armed might of the Terran Confederation!

The Committee had unquestionably made a mistake. There was no doubt that Edie had achieved the long-sought cancer cure ... but awarding the Nobel Prize was nonetheless a mistake ... Note: super short

The barren plains of mars held a secret a yellow metal waiting to be found.

The Captain was known as Gutless Gus they said he lacked courage. Then the real test came when they ran into the enemy…

Lincoln said it eons ago.... It took a speck of one-celled plant life on a world parsecs away to prove it for all the galaxy.

Return to the era when science fiction magazines introduced readers to impossible planets, experimental machines, and heroes facing problems no one had imagined before. This volume delivers twenty more rediscovered stories filled with daring explorers, clever schemers, unexpected encounters, and mysteries hidden in the vastness of space.Some tales plunge into the dangers of alien environments while others follow quiet characters who suddenly find themselves facing extraordinary sit...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...

Return to the era when science fiction magazines introduced readers to impossible planets, experimental machines, and heroes facing problems no one had imagined before. This volume delivers twenty more rediscovered stories filled with daring explorers, clever schemers, unexpected encounters, and mysteries hidden in the vastness of space.Some tales plunge into the dangers of alien environments while others follow quiet characters who suddenly find themselves facing extraordinary sit...