Politics has always been about leverage, persuasion, and exploiting every legal advantage available. In Electronic Landslide, those familiar tactics collide with a future shaped by automation, computation, and machines that do not think like humans do. The result is a sharp, fast-moving satire that exposes how fragile political power becomes when the rules are followed too perfectly.Clyde Hostetter’s story builds its tension through wit rather than violence, letting ambiti...

In this captivating biography, Lev Shestov delves into the enigmatic life and profound work of Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest short story writers and playwrights of all time. Shestov explores Chekhov's complex personality, his struggles with illness, and his unique perspective on human existence. Through a meticulous examination of Chekhov's writings, Shestov unravels the hidden depths of his characters, revealing their hopes, fears, and the profound questions they grapple with. This u...

Growing up can mean growing pains and the joys of new independence. With maturity comes the shift from infinitepossibilities to imminent realities. These thirteen stories describe the slow and subtle experience of growing up, allowing us to reflect upon the forces that pushed us toward adulthood and away from the familiar ground of youth that must be left behind if we are to learn how to soar on our own.

Return to the era when science fiction magazines introduced readers to impossible planets, experimental machines, and heroes facing problems no one had imagined before. This volume delivers twenty more rediscovered stories filled with daring explorers, clever schemers, unexpected encounters, and mysteries hidden in the vastness of space.Some tales plunge into the dangers of alien environments while others follow quiet characters who suddenly find themselves facing extraordinary sit...

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...

While the world has undoubtedly been shrinking, at the same time it has grown more complex. The likelihood of culture clashes leading to outright conflict is high, perhaps higher than ever. As Andrea L. Smith convincingly argues in her new introduction to this classic work, certain questions are as valid today as in 1949, when Mirror for Man was first published. Can anthropology break down prejudices that exist between peoples and nations? Can knowledge of past human behavior help...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 241 thru 245 - Five Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sCollision Orbit by Clyde BeckSpawn of Inferno by Hugh B. CaveMetamorphosis by Mike CurryReferent by Ray BradburySuper Joe Mulloy by Scott F. Grenville

Return to the era when science fiction magazines introduced readers to impossible planets, experimental machines, and heroes facing problems no one had imagined before. This volume delivers twenty more rediscovered stories filled with daring explorers, clever schemers, unexpected encounters, and mysteries hidden in the vastness of space.Some tales plunge into the dangers of alien environments while others follow quiet characters who suddenly find themselves facing extraordinary sit...

A collection of full-cast dramatisations from the renowned screenwriter and novelist Ted Willis"There are great actors and intriguing premises in every one of the stories ... If you’d forgotten what an ingenious mind Ted Willis had, and what a gifted writer he was for espionage plots, then this collection is a timely reminder." Entertainment FocusTed Willis began his creative life in amateur theatre and journalism before moving int...

Tom Denby expected a lonely death. When the drive tube of his small ship blows out millions of miles from help, the numbers leave him only one grim certainty: a drifting orbit that ends far from rescue. Then an asteroid appears in his path, and Denby decides to meet the collision head-on rather than wait years to starve.But the asteroid isn’t empty.A research station sits on its surface, and the first face Denby sees there belongs to Betty Day—the brilliant classmate who on...

Space Travelers and Nothing But Space Travelers 8 - Eleven Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sArena by Fredric BrownYellow Streak Hero by Harlan EllisonThe Space Beasts by Clifford D. SimakIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingPotential by Robert SheckleyCollision Orbit by Clyde BeckCollision Orbit by Katherine MacLeanMr. Meek—Musketeer by Clifford D. Simak...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 241 thru 250 - Ten Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960sCollision Orbit by Clyde BeckSpawn of Inferno by Hugh B. CaveMetamorphosis by Mike CurryReferent by Ray BradburySuper Joe Mulloy by Scott F. GrenvilleThe Seven Temporary Moons by Murray LeinsterTriggerman by J. F. BoneShort Snorter by Charles EinsteinHomecoming by Miguel HidalgoPogo Pl...