This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

"WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT MORE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT!It was enough to curdle the blood. Haendl was proposing to fight—against the invulnerable, the almost godlike Pyramids!Haendl stood up. "Tropile, that's what this is all about!" He gestured around him. "Guns, tanks, airplanes—it's going to be us against them. Never mind the Sheep; they don't count. It's going to be Pyramids and Wolves, and the Pyramids won't win. And then—"He was glowing, and the fever was co...

Dr. Salva Gordy looked at the radioactive smear that had been Detroit. Then he looked down at the boilinganthill. Why not, he thought excitedly, why not?...

The drilling rig had reached miles below the Atlantic ocean, relentlessly grinding downward towards the largest proven oil reserves on the planet. Atlantic oil was determined to be the first to tap it and so drove with frenzied purpose 24 hours a day. Atlantic Oil had immense resources and used them all to beat out the competition. Unfortunately the engineer in overall charge of the operations had grown just a tiny bit complacent in later years, becoming more of a political engineer than a...

Dr. Salva Gordy looked at the radioactive smear thathad been Detroit. Then he looked down at the boilinganthill. Why not, he thought excitedly, why not?...

This famous Pohl story explores cybernetic robots and implanted personalities (long before they were cool) in a way that certainly expanded my way of looking at reality. Is that wall really a wall? or is it just kinda, sorta real? And who am I? The protagonist, Guy Burckhardt, wakes up screaming from a horrible dream of explosions, searing fire, choking gas and other terrible ways to die. But he wakes up so it must have been just a bad nightmare, right? To find out that piece of informatio...

Ross was a junior trader on Halsey's Planet, and had great prospects but was not happy at all. Everything smelled of decay. The whole planet seemed to be slowly disappearing, the population dwindling month by month and year by year and yet no one seemd to care or even notice. Something was very, very wrong. When the first interstellar transport in 30 years arrived on Halsey's Planet, it brought things to a head. The ship had touched on six other colony worlds - and all six had been devoid ...