This volume assembles 25 complete novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963. Included are such science fiction classics as "The Runaway Skyscraper," "Space Tug," and "Operation Terror," as well as rarities like "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero," "The Gallery Gods," and "Nerve." Also includes a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography.Complete list of contents:INTRODUCTIONTHE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPER (1919)A THOUSAND DEGR...

Murray Leinster (1896-1975) enjoyed a reputation as a top pulp fiction writer from the 1920s through the 1960s, publishing dozens of novels and more than a thousand short stories -- and not just in the science fiction field, as this collection shows. However, his greatest fame came from SF, and the Sidewise Award (for best alternate history work) is named after his story, "Sidewise in Time." Included in this volume are:PLANET OF DREADTHE WAILING ASTEROIDTHE FORGOTTEN ...

The third volume of Wildside Press's ongoing Murray Leinster series presents 15 more classic stories. Leinster was the pen name for William F. Jenkins (1896-1975), one of the great magazine writers of the 20th Century. This collection spans 6 decades and touches on most of the genres in which he worked: science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, and war. Best of all, this is the first time 8 of the stories have ever been reprinted! Included are:MED SHIP MANTHE SENTIMENTAL...

Edited by the mysterious Rey Bertran, the Science Fiction Archive #1 features some of the greatest science fiction writing of all time. Featuring: The Sentimentalists, by Murray Leinster The Girls from Earth, by Frank Robinson The Death Traps of FX-31, by Sewell Wright Song in a minor key, by C.L. Moore Sentry of the Sky, by Evelyn E. Smith Meeting of the Minds, by Robert Sheckley Junior, by Robert Abernathy Death Wish, by Ned Lang Dead World, by Jack Douglas Cost of Living, by Robert Shec...

The Serapis Classics edition of The Science Fiction Omnibus #1! A smashing, kick-butt collection of some of the best sci-fi ever written: GENESIS, by H. Beam Piper FARMER, by Mack Reynolds EARTHSMITH, by Milton Lesser WHERE THE WORLD IS QUIET, by C.H. Liddell WARNING FROM THE STARS, by Ron Cocking THY NAME IS WOMAN, by Kenneth O'Hara THE SWORD, by Frank Quattrocchi THE YILLIAN WAY, by Keith Laumer OPERATION EARTHWORM, by Joe Archibald THE LAST LETTER, by Fritz Leiber THE BACK OF OUR HEADS,...

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many moreComplete contents"Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads," by Mar...

The Fourth Murray MEGAPACK® explores the works of Murray Leinster (the pseudonym used by William F. Jenkins for much of his genre work). If you’ve made it this far in the series, we assume you have already read the intros in previous volumes about Jenkins/Leinster and know how prolific he was, penning more than a thousand short works and dozens of novels over his long career. This volume showcases 3 of his science fiction novellas and 9 of his mainstream stories (all published under his Je...

Men Into Space launches readers into humanity's first hard-edged ventures beyond Earth, where weightlessness, isolation, and danger turn even simple actions into tests of nerve and skill. Through the career of Ed McCauley, Murray Leinster traces the rise of space travel from an impossible dream to an expanding frontier, following rockets, space platforms, moon landings, and the first bold attempts to reach Mars and beyond. The story combines scientifically grounded adventure with moments o...

When the battered Kingston steams into the desolate harbor of Ras-el-Kasr, Chief Engineer McGovern and Captain Grover think they are merely delivering an aging vessel to a new owner. Instead, they walk straight into the hands of the sheik Abu Nakhl, who seizes the ship for piracy against the pearling fleets and traps the crew in a brutal game of survival. In the heat, stench, and confusion of the Gulf, mutiny erupts, McGovern is beaten and stripped, and the Skipper is subdued before the sh...

A sudden sound in the sky, a flash of impossible cold, and New York Harbor is transformed into a frozen trap in midsummer. Murray Leinster's A Thousand Degrees Below Zero launches a fast-moving scientific adventure in which ice behaves like a living force, swallowing ships, blocking straits, and spreading panic from harbor to harbor across the world. As scientists and reporters scramble for explanations, the disaster is revealed as the work of Wladislaw Varrhus, a ruthless would-be dictato...

In a prehistoric river valley, Tork lives by hunger, fear, and tribal rivalry until a silent silver ship from Antares passes overhead and awakens a strange eastward compulsion he cannot explain. Drawn onward by a force stronger than terror, he survives wild beasts, a serpent, and the wilderness itself, all while imagining himself a hero worthy of Berry, the sharp-eyed daughter of his rival. What begins as a quest for food, shelter, and love leads him to the grounded alien vessel and into f...

Calhoun, the practical, good-humored Med Service doctor, expects a routine inspection when he and his loyal tormal, Murgatroyd, head for the colony world Maris III. Instead, the planet reacts to his arrival with fear, then silence, and a deadly landing-grid trap slams his ship blind and helpless out of the sky. Calhoun fights back with a brilliant burst of overdrive energy, crashes safely enough to survive, and finds himself stranded near an eerily pristine city that seems deserted yet has...