In the near-future the Earth is a well-controlled Utopia. Edward Wehling was a young 56 years in a time when the average age was one hundred and twenty-nine. Now he is waiting for his wife to give birth to triplets. The catch is that for everyone that is born, someone must volunteer to die.

In the near-future the Earth is a well-controlled Utopia. Edward Wehling was a young 56 years in a time when the average age was one hundred and twenty-nine. Now he is waiting for his wife to give birth to triplets. The catch is that for everyone that is born, someone must volunteer to die.

What is an Amish couple doing riding away from a spaceship in a horse-drawn buggy? In this clash-of-cultures science fiction story we follow Aaron and Martha Stoltzfoos (an Amish couple from Lancaster, PA) as they take leave of the spacecraft that carried them light years to the planet of Murna. The purpose of their expedition is to homestead Amish style and set an example of exceptional farming to the local inhabitants and encourage an era of agricultural advancement. What will the Murnan...

Stahl is showing his guests his most prized possessions—and they are all fake. The genuine relics of The Old Times are worthless but the collection of counterfeits reflected Stahl’s status. Even the people traded in their real parts for enhancements…

“Misrule” and “A Bad Town for Spacemen” were both first published in Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in 1962. In this reformatted edition you can read both science fiction short stories.Science fiction often answers the question, “What if?” In “Misrule”, author Robert Scott explores what could happen if the government made all decisions and provided every need for all the people–even the need to vent their anger and frustrations.On People’s Day the people are...

Meet Sol, infamous, intergalactic smuggler. And meet the little pet he is sneaking to Earth through the Philadelphia space station for Florence. When Florence meets the diver she isn’t at all impressed — until she learns what it can do. Will this alien space pet fulfill her wildest dreams or be more trouble than it is worth?

In this science fiction classic we meet President Bearwarden, Dr. Cortlandt and Ayrault approaching Jupiter in their spaceship, Callisto. The three explorers travel the galaxy from Jupiter to Mars to Saturn and the wide spaces in between before returning to Mother Earth.This space saga was written by the American businessman John Jacob Astor, a member of the prominent Astor family.

There were no children here. But he heard them. They were talking outside the window. Was he losing his mind?This Way To the Egress, a Science Fiction Classic, was written by Andrew Fetler and first appeared in the Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in January 1963.

Evon-thia, The Spirit Bands use astral travel to bypass the normal rigors and dangers of an adventure to Mars. Their leader, Carl De L'Ester is the spirit guide to a medium we know only as Madame.Over the course of two years, Madame has several out of body experiences that take her to Ento, that red planet we know as Mars. She is joined by different spirit friends who guide her observations, which she writes about in great detail.This classic science fiction is an epic stor...

The delegation landing on the planet Newtane was welcomed by a handsome race of people that were almost as human as they were. Except somethings were backwards. Their expressions were opposite. A frown meant happiness and a smile was a sign of displeasure. Their hands were backward with the thumb where the pinkie should be — and they were all left handed. When a savory feast was presented to them, the delegation opted for their synthetic (and safe) food, except for Hacker. The young, reckl...

"Before this I lived in a star, a puff of expanding gas. Before that in a haunted house ... dreadful. And before that in the lopsided blob of protoplasm that was the last of Pyet, the astrologer.” The computer had begun acting strangely and now it was talking out loud. Dr. Henderson thought it was a virus that would work itself out if he just turned it off. The night janitor knew better.This Science Fiction Classic was written by William Harris and first appeared in the Worlds of I...

Venusport Division Chief Carl Wattles had a problem with the Kentons who wanted to build a new house instead of harvesting pretzins. The Kentons had a problem with the snakes and dragons. Wattles sent his answer and some help, but who knew how the Kenton’s would use it?