A story about flying saucers: IT WAS a beautifully machined container, shaped like a two pound chocolate candy box, the color and texture of lead. The cover fitted so accurately that it was difficult to see where it met the lip on the base. Yet when Forster lifted the container from the desk in the security guards' office, he almost hit himself in the face with it, so light was it. He read the words clumsily etched by hand into the top surface with some sharp instrument:

Warning From The Stars by Ron Cocking.

A sealed container arrives with impossible instructions, and inside it waits a message that should not exist. The handwriting belongs to a man long dead, and the warning it carries threatens to upend everything the world believes about power, science, and control.Dr. Richard Forster is not a man given to wild theories. He trusts procedure, evidence, and order. But when the message vanishes before it can be shown to anyone else, he is left with nothing but memory and a growing fear ...

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,...

1950s Science Fiction 10Nobody Saw the Ship by Murray LeinsterWarning From the Stars by Ron CockingConsignment by Alan E. NourseJames P. Crow by Philip K. DickSolitary by Robert SilverbergCollision Orbit by Clyde BeckCollision Orbit by Katherine MacLeanThe Untouchable Adolescents by Harlan EllisonProject Hush by William TennHomesick by Lynn VenableThe Eel by Miriam Allen DeFord...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 336 thru 340 presents five unforgettable stories that showcase the imagination, suspense, and originality of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. From mysterious visitors and cosmic warnings to unforgettable twists and extraordinary discoveries, this collection captures the excitement that has kept classic sci-fi alive for generations.Merab Eberle opens the volume with The Mordant, an intriguing tale where appearances conceal unsett...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 361 thru 380 delivers another unforgettable collection of twenty classic stories where science fiction, horror, fantasy, mystery, and literary imagination collide. These are the stories that challenged readers, inspired generations of writers, and proved that the Golden Age of speculative fiction had room for every kind of extraordinary idea.Journey from impossible scientific discoveries to terrifying supernatural encounters. Explore paradoxes tha...

What happens when an ordinary man gains the power to reshape reality itself? How dangerous can a seemingly harmless scientific breakthrough become? And what waits for humanity in the dark spaces between worlds, where survival is never guaranteed and the unknown is always watching?Lost Sci-Fi Books 321 Through 340 delivers another remarkable collection of Golden Age science fiction from some of the most imaginative writers ever to put words on paper. These twenty stories transport y...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 31 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, John Wyndham, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Edmond ...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 361 thru 365 brings together five unforgettable stories from the daring era when science fiction magazines pushed imagination into darker territory.These tales move from deep space warnings to strange discoveries hidden far from civilization. Scientists, explorers, and ordinary people stumble into situations that quickly spiral beyond control. What begins as curiosity soon becomes a struggle to understand forces far older, stranger, or more danger...

Vintage Sci-Fi 16 - 22 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison and moreQuarantined Species by J. F. BoneYellow Streak Hero by Harlan EllisonThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakFinis by Frank Lillie PollockS as in Zebatinsky by Isaac AsimovIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingSpawn of Inferno by Hugh...

Ronnie Selley, a South African from rural Natal, joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1937, considered the Golden Age of aviation. During these glory years of Howard Hughes and Amelia Earhart few guessed at the brewing storm and dark days to come. After completing his training on antiquated First World War aircraft, Selley was posted to 220 Squadron Coastal Command, the RAF’s under-staffed and under-equipped poor relation to the more prestigious Fighter and Bomber Commands. Task...