It was a fine day at the beach for Purnie’s game—but his new friends played very rough!

Edited by H. L. Gold; ‘Galaxy Science Fiction’ hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. Galaxy gave a home to writers that didn't fit into Astounding and F&SF, and readers rejoiced. In this first ‘Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack’ we bring you more than five hundred pages of fiction. These are the stories that helped Galaxy Magazine carve it's name on the Mount Rushmore of science fiction. The include: ‘Doorstep’ by Keith Laumer; ‘The Chas...

It was a fine day at the beach for Purnie's game—but his new friends played very rough!

Against the backdrop of Newfoundland’s craggy rocks and turbulent seas, marine biologist Finleigh Farraway finds the buried journal of World War II veteran Liam Crowley. The journal’s shocking content turns Finleigh’s world upside down and launches her on a quest that changes everything.The journal begins in 1941 with the Battle of the Atlantic raging and St. John’s a vital port. Liam finds himself on leave and travelling to a remote beach where he stumbles upon a peculiar woman we...

A powerful story of one man’s radical commitment to peacemaking.Michael “MJ” Sharp was a modern Mennonite armed with wit and intellect, but not a gun. The son of a Mennonite pastor, he demonstrated a gift for listening and persuading early in life. His efforts to approach others with acknowledgement rather than judgement gave him the ability to connect on a level very few managed. He also honed a deep commitment to peace, and after college he joined the Mennonite M...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

This volume of Wildside Press's Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series assembles a second volume of George O. Smith's classic short stories. Here are—“Rat Race”“Alien”“Vocation”“The Answer”“Blind Time”“The Impossible Pirate”“Calling the Empress”“Fine Feathers”“Circle of Confusion”“Identity”“Lost Art”“The Fixer”“The Incredible Invasion”“Trouble Times Two”If you enjoy this volum...

George Oliver Smith (1911–1981) (not to be confused with George H. Smith) was an American science fiction author. Smith was an active contributor to Astounding Science Fiction during the Golden Age of Science Fiction in the 1940s. His collaboration with the magazine’s editor, John W. Campbell, Jr., was interrupted when Campbell’s first wife, Doña, left him in 1949 and married Smith.Smith continued regularly publishing science fiction novels and stories until 1960. His output greatl...

The 14th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® collects 28 science fiction stories, 1 novel, and interviews with Larry Niven and Joe W. Haldeman. Included are:A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHERINTERVIEW WITH LARRY NIVENINTERVIEW WITH JOE W. HALDEMANTHE AUTUMN VISITORS, by Frank Belknap LongADVANCE AGENT, by Christopher AnvilINNOCENT AT LARGE, by Poul and Karen AndersonA COLD NIGHT FOR CRYING, by Milton LesserESCAPE VELOCITY, by Charles L. Fontenay...

Malcolm Jameson's 'The Greatest Sci-Fi Works of Malcolm Jameson – 17 Titles in One Edition' is a collection of groundbreaking science fiction stories that have stood the test of time. With a keen eye for detail and a vivid imagination, Jameson's stories transport readers to distant worlds, explore complex societal issues, and push the boundaries of scientific discovery. His literary style is characterized by a blend of adventure, speculation, and thought-provoking ideas that will captivate...

Science fiction and crime go hand-in-tentacle, if you’ll pardon the expression. Many of the science fiction field’s greatest writers also wrote mysteries…and vice versa. And sometimes the science fiction stories were mysteries. Our latest MEGAPACK® contains nothing but those blended SF-and-Mystery stories, by some of the greatest writers in the field. Included are:ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW, by Edward WellenDragNeuroNet, by John Gregory BetancourtDON'T GET TECHNATAL, by ...

Chester S. Geier (1921-1990) was a U.S. author and editor whose first work, “A Length of Rope” appeared in Unknown in April 1941. Editor Ray Palmer recruited him to write for the Ziff-Davis group of pulp magazines, where he became a frequent contributor to Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures, and less frequently to mystery and western pulps. He published under his own name and several pseudonyms, including Guy Archette, Alexander Blade, P F Costello, Warren Kastel, S M Tenneshaw, Gera...