One of the better-written accounts of Hollywood, and in particular the seamier aspects of the B-movie industry, where desperation leads to sexual adventure.

Ten Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.Time Enough At Last by Lynn VenableBreakfast at Twilight by Philip K. DickInheritance by Edward W. LudwigHomecoming by Miguel HidalgoProof of the Pudding by Robert SheckleyThe Star by H. G. WellsNot a Creature Was Stirring by Dean EvansThe Spy in the Elevator by Donald E. Westlak...

Philip K. Dick Short Stories features 16 short stories from the legendary author which appeared in science fiction magazines from 1952 to 1955.This amazing short story collection includesThe Hanging StrangerThe GunBeyond The DoorBeyond Lies The WubThe Eyes Have ItFoster You’re DeadSales PitchSmall TownProminent AuthorTony and the BeetlesPiper In The Woo...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 121 thru 130 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60sSeventh Victim by Robert Sheckley - The most dangerous game, said one writer, is Man. But there is another still more deadly!The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick - If, after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors?Let's Get Together by Isaac ...

A normal morning turns into a nightmare when the McLean family wakes to find their suburban home surrounded by soldiers, ruins, and radioactive ash. What begins as confusion quickly becomes horror as they learn they’ve been thrust seven years into the future—into the middle of a global war that hasn’t even started yet in their own time. Their food is a treasure, their house is a miracle, and their very existence is a threat. As bombs fall and choices narrow, the family faces an impossible ...

Strange Eden follows Captain Johnson and his crewmate Brent as they land on a planet that feels like a cosmic national park—unspoiled forests, tame wildlife, and no sign of human interference. But when Brent ventures deeper and discovers a mansion, a woman who speaks flawless Terran, and hints of a civilization millions of years ahead of Earth, the encounter stops being a survey mission and becomes a test of what it means to be human at all.The mysterious woman is immortal...

Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick - Something went wrong... and Ed Fletcher got mixed up in the biggest thing in his lifeIt was bright morning. The sun shone down on the damp lawns and sidewalks, reflecting off the sparkling parked cars.The clerk came walking hurriedly, leafing through his instructions, flipping pages and frowning. He stopped in front of the small green stucco house for a moment, and then turned up the walk, entering the back yard....

The non-violent defiance of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Tohu Kakahi and their followers at Parihaka is one of the great New Zealand narratives. This extract from the book by journalist Dick Scott which brought the story to the wider Pākehā world describes what happened when troops and settler volunteers invaded the village of Parihaka on 5 November 1881.

In a world where advertising has reached the level of psychological invasion, Ed Morris can’t get through a single commute without being bombarded by automated sales pitches that tunnel directly into his brain. But when a new product — a “self-regulating android” called a fasrad — appears in his home and begins demonstrating itself in the most destructive way imaginable, Ed discovers that the future of marketing has crossed the line into something terrifyingly inescapable....

Award-winning writers Geoff Chapple, Claudia Orange, Anne Salmond and Dick Scott explore pivotal moments in New Zealand’s history in this bundle of BWB Texts. These four works are combined into one easy-to-read e-book, available direct and DRM-free from our website or from international e-book retailers. In When the Tour Came to Auckland Geoff Chapple describes the startling scenes as the Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981 comes to a violent conclusion.In What Happened at Waitangi...

The moment Emma got married she was not satisfied with her relationship. After a family death, Emma is moved from her home to a place she has never even been to before. In a short time, she finds herself a job and then her husband dies. Picking apart all the enemies that Dan has is no easy task for the detectives assigned to the case. Many secrets lead to a web of options and only one of them is the real killer. It's a gem.

What makes a person truly human—their body, or the mind and heart that guide it? In Human Is, Philip K. Dick presents a haunting and quietly emotional story about a loveless marriage, a dying alien world, and a husband who becomes more human only after something else takes his place. When Lester Herrick returns from the planet Rexor IV, he’s not the cold, calculating scientist he once was. He’s thoughtful, affectionate, and even capable of love. But the more he changes, t...