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To Thad Allen, meteor miner, comes the dangerous bonanza of a derelict rocket-flier manned by death invisible.

Embark on an interstellar adventure with Jack Williamson’s classic science fiction novel, The Prince of Space. This thrilling tale takes you on a journey through the cosmos, where daring escapades and cosmic battles await.What extraordinary adventures await the Prince of Space, and how will he confront the challenges of a universe teeming with danger and wonder? Williamson’s imaginative storytelling brings to life a vivid sci-fi landscape filled with excite...

Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction NovelWhen a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon. From Tycho Base, men and women are able to observe the devastated planet and wait for a time when return will become possible.Generations pass. Cloned children have had children of their own, and their eyes are r...

The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson.

A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there. . .These four amateur adventurers are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe.A sudden burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has evidently dete...

Four Classic Science Fiction Stories from the "Golden Age" by Jack Williamson. Featured stories: Salvage In Space, The Masked World, The Pygmy Planet and The Cosmic Express. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

Claiborne Coe returns to the decaying mountain town of Creston after seven years abroad, hoping to marry Valyne Kirk and leave its misery behind. Instead, he finds her missing, the townspeople hostile, and his foster-father, Doctor Kyle, warning of a terrible stain in his blood. Beneath the house, strange cries, blood, and a sealed cellar hint at a horror long kept hidden, while Clay's own violent outbursts suggest that the evil is not merely around him, but within him. As Kyle finally rev...

An extraordinary collection of science fiction short stories by Jack Williamson, curated by the author shortly before he died.In the months before he passed away, Jack Williamson put together what was to be his final contribution to Science Fiction: the stories included in this volume.Williamson was one of the most important and influential figures in science fiction. Born in 1907, he came to New Mexico with his family in a covered wagon in 1915. His first ...

The Pygmy Planet by Jack Williamson.

Salvage In Space by Jack Williamson.

Generations of clones on the moon chronicle the recovery of mother Earth, which has been destroyed and deserted. Eons have passed and a new generation of clones discover that their own base on the moon had been destroyed in the past and then rediscovered and rebuilt by the man known as Sandor Pen.In the meantime the remnants of humanity have just started unlocking the mysteries of interstellar flight, but over the years their memory of old Earth has faded ... a memory Sandor Pen in...

On a distant planet where the jungle seems to breathe with malice, a survey team arrives to uncover the fate of six vanished expeditions. What they find is a world that hides its true nature behind a living mask—one of grotesque plants, silent death, and genetic mysteries beyond human understanding. At the center of the mission is Lance Llandark, a hard-edged pilot haunted by the disappearance of his wife, one of the lost explorers. As the crew probes the planet's strange biology, they dis...