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.

Though often packed into the genre of science fiction, R. A. Lafferty might fit better into a category of the bizarre. Through a blend of folk storytelling, American tall tales, science fiction, and fantasy, all infused with his devout Catholicism, he has created an inimitable, genre-bending, sui generis style.Lafferty has received many Hugo and Nebula Award nominations and won the Best Short Story Hugo in 1973.Collected here are all of his public domain short stories, all ...

This was a world where minding your manners was more than just a full-time job—it was murder!

Tor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, a winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American original, a teller of acute, indescribably loopy tall tales whose work has been compared to that of Avram Davidson, Flannery O’Connor, ...

Without a doubt, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was one of the most quirky and unusual authors every to work in science fiction. That's saying a lot. His stories are often unusual, challenging, uncategorizable, and brilliant. This collection assembles 18 of them, including his very first story. Included are: ALOYSADAM HAD THREE BROTHERSSEVEN-DAY TERRORDAY OF THE GLACIERSODOM AND GOMORRAH, TEXASTHROUGH OTHER EYESTHE WEIRDEST WORLDTHE S...

Worlds of If' was a three-time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. 'Worlds of If' discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. Here are more than 250,000 words of some of the best stories ever published in its pages. 'The Snowbank Orbit' by Fritz Leiber 'The Victor' by Bryce Walton 'Breeder Reaction' by Winston Marks 'Turning Point' by Alfred Coppel 'Masters of Space' by Edward E. Smith & E. Everett Evans 'Cultural Exchange' by Keith L...

"The Six Fingers of Time" follows the story of Tim Pratt, a man who discovers an unusual anomaly while working as a security guard in a government building. Tim notices that time seems to behave strangely in one particular room, where a clock displays six hands instead of the usual three.Intrigued by this phenomenon, Tim investigates further and learns that the room is a portal to another dimension where time operates differently. He enters the room and finds himself transported to a bizar...

Dream World by R. A. Lafferty is a dazzling burst of imagination that bends reality, flips logic on its head, and invites readers into a universe where the impossible feels strangely inevitable. Known for his wildly inventive storytelling, Lafferty crafts a tale that is playful on the surface yet profoundly philosophical underneath.In this extraordinary narrative, dreams are not mere illusions of sleep—they are realms of power, influence, and start...

All the People by R. A. Lafferty is a brilliantly imaginative and deeply philosophical science fiction story that challenges the very idea of individuality and existence. Known for his unique narrative style, Lafferty delivers a tale that feels both whimsical and profound, drawing readers into a world where reality itself bends under an extraordinary concept. From the very beginning, the story sparks curiosity, inviting readers to question what it truly means to be “all th...

Collected here are six fantastic science fiction stories by R. A. Lafferty, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Edgar Pangborn, Andre Norton, and Frank Herbert. 'Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas': The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town-and that was even worse! 'The Worlds of If': Dixon Wells, a fashionable playboy, is always late. What will it cost him this time. 'The Street That Wasn't There': Jonathon Chambers went for a walk at the same time every...

An American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, In a Green Tree; a history book, The Fall of Rome; and several novels of historical fiction.ContentsAloysAll The PeopleDream WorldThe Six Fingers of TimeSodom and Gomorrah, Texas

Edited by H. L. Gold, 'Galaxy Science Fiction' hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. ‘Galaxy’ gave a home to writers that didn't fit into ‘Astounding’ and ‘F&SF,’ and readers rejoiced. In this first 'Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack' we bring you more than five hundred pages of fiction. These are the stories that helped ‘Galaxy Magazine’ carve it's name on the Mount Rushmore of science fiction. This volume includes ‘Dream World’ by R. A...