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.

The Boyars have spent the past sixty years terraforming the planet Flamme, clearing jungle, descumming the seas, irrigating deserts and establishing forests. Now the Aga Kaga have decided to move in and claim it as their own. The Under-secretary of the CDT refuses to support the Boyars with anything more than a diplomatic note.It’s up to Retief to deliver it and convince the Aga Kaga to abandon their claim. "Don't worry. I'll keep the peace, if I have to start a war to do it."

Sherwood was a man who did not want to be found. He secretly left the last space station. Now he was marooned on a remote planet with a spaceship that was going nowhere and surrounded by diamonds. Half of him wanted to remain safely castaway until he died. The other half longed for a miraculous rescue. Could that miracle be the black, unmarked craft that was gliding toward him?The Shipshape Miracle, a Science Fiction Classic, was written by Clifford D. Simak and first appeared in t...

The Axenite warrior is a germ-free—axenic, gnotobiotic—human being. He is superior in most ways to ordinary men. But he cannot live in a normal, contaminated world. To him a drop of rain may reek with pestilence, the scent of evening may be a lethal gas. On the planet Kansannamura, the Axenites lived in a sanitized barracks and fraternization with Indigenous Hominids was an offense punishable by General Court-Martial.Piancelli left the security of the barracks on a vague mission. W...

I was the first man to reach the speed of light. I am also the answer to what happens to energy divided by the speed of light. Now I am an E Being and I’m hungry. I feed on energy—and to my horror, even the energy of humans!

Coxe got a great deal on the refrigerator. It chilled his beer perfectly and surprisingly produced a package of delicious fish eggs every day. Coxe didn’t ask too many questions until the visitor came asking about the refrigerator.

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 whirlybirds were predators. They ate the vicious animals like tigers and bears. But when their prey was exhausted, they turned to people. Today the crowd cheered from their windows to welcome the convertible, solo-spacecraft. Five-gun Charles DeCrabbe was flying into town to save the day.When Whirlybirds Call, a Science Fiction Classic, was written by Frank Banta and first appeared in the Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in January 1963.

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.

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?

Retief is heading to the technologically backward double planets called Jorgensen's Worlds with a warning and a plan to thwart the Soetti’s planned invasion. Everyone he meets on the way is determined to stand in his way, except Chip. Together Retief and Chip land on The Frozen Planet and are surprised by what they learn.