Keith Laumer emerged as one of the modern masters of science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, creating such memoriable characters as Retief of the CDT and the Bolos. This collection assembles 21 of his great tales, including stories in both of those series (and one complete novel). Here are:INTRODUCTION: KEITH LAUMERTHE FROZEN PLANET [Retief]GAMBLER’S WORLD [Retief]THE YILLIAN WAY [Retief]THE MADMAN FROM EARTH [Retief]RETIEF OF THE RED-TAPE MOUNTAI...

In a rain-slicked future city where law has been replaced by toll collectors, armed escorts, and criminal bosses, a desperate drifter takes a job driving armored hack number 16 into Manhattan. Smith knows the route is a gauntlet of checkpoints, ambushes, and hidden agendas, but he has little left to lose. His passenger, the cool and cryptic Stenn, may be just as dangerous as the men hunting them, and the trip quickly turns into a violent test of nerve. From the first toll gate to the final...

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,...

John Keith Laumer (1925–1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. This collection containes 9 classic tales...more than 400 pages of great reading! Included are:GREYLORNTHE FROZEN PLANETGAMBLER’S WORLDTHE YILLIAN WAYIT COULD BE ANYTHINGEND AS A HEROA BAD DAY FOR VERMINA TRACE OF MEMORY...

A government technician arrives in the quiet town of Elsby chasing a hidden transmitter that is disrupting a top-secret hyperwave project, but the signal leads him into a far stranger puzzle than espionage alone. Jimmy Tremaine discovers that the interference seems to echo from multiple points at once, and his search soon points toward Mr. Bram, a long-lived outsider whose name has haunted local memory for decades. As Tremaine digs through town records, old newspapers, and wary testimony, ...

A man awakens from stasis in a deserted aerospace research facility and immediately knows something is horribly wrong. Technicians are gone, lockers stripped, corridors silent, and the signs of violence and decay suggest a catastrophe far beyond anything he can yet understand. Armed with a revolver and mounting dread, he searches the ruined complex, discovers evidence of a military strike, and heads for the experimental ship Prometheus—only to find himself hunted by an automated Bolo comba...

Retief, a sardonic Corps officer with a talent for surviving bureaucracy by outthinking it, is handed a mission that could ignite a war. Summoned by Councillor Magnan, he is briefed on the Soetti threat to the obscure Jorgensen's Worlds and given a top-secret package of intelligence, a defense plan, and a dangerous anti-acceleration weapon he must memorize and carry under cover. The assignment is urgent, politically charged, and built on official half-measures, but Retief heads out with dr...

When Ambassador Sternwheeler's mission on Glave is upended by a workers' and peasants' junta, the diplomatic staff descends into panic, posturing, and career-saving speculation. Retief, as dryly practical as ever, cuts through the bluster, dismisses the official alarm, and insists on seeing the situation for himself, even as the new regime warns the embassy to stay away. Landing on an eerily quiet world, Retief quickly discovers that the revolution is less a clean victory than a shaky occu...

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are:AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen SteeleTHE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken ScholesPEACEMAKER, by Gardner DozoisOR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram DavidsonGRANDMA, by Carol EmshwillerTHE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. FontenayI, ROBOT,...

The Science Fiction Archive #2, an amazing collection of the greatest science fiction writing EVER! Featuring: With These Hands, by C.M. Kornbluth What is POSAT?, by Phyllis Sterling-Smith A Little Journey, by Ray Bradbury Hunt the Hunter, by Kris Neville Citizen Jell, by Michael Shaara Operation Distress, by Lester Del Rey Syndrome Johnny, by Charles Dye Psychotennis, anyone?, by Lloyd Williams Prime Difference, by Alan Nourse Doorstep, by Keith Laumer The Drug, by C.C. MacApp An Elephant...

The Black Cat web site has been around for almost four years now, serving up a weekly buffet of new and classic mysteries—and more recently science fiction—to thousands of readers each week. Rather than continue to release all these novels and stories as individual ebooks, we have decided to bundle them up into a convenient weekly magazine…which is a lot more fun to work on!So here is Black Cat Weekly #1, the September 5, 2021 issue, for your enjoyment pleasure.To ...

The last virgin planet in this sector of the galaxy is about to bust wide open - and two ancient heroes are going to trade the rest of their lives for one sweet year of youth, and the chance to make one last PLANET RUN.