A sensitive story of a young man who needn’t have run.

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! 'Exile from Space' by Judith Merril 'Cogito, Ergo Sum' by John Foster West 'Grove of th...

A science fiction collection of short stories written by women during the Golden Age of Science Fiction.Get your copy now!

Madness in Experience and History brings together experience and history to show their impact on madness or mental illness.Drawing on the writings of two twentieth-century French philosophers, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Michel Foucault, the author pairs a phenomenological approach with an archaeological approach to present a new perspective on mental illness as an experience that arises out of common behavioral patterns and shared historical structures. Many today feel frus...

Three Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Hugo Gernsback. Featured here: "Grove of the Unborn", "Homesick", and "Time Enough At Last". This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

Grove Of The Unborn by Lyn Venable.

Homesick by Lyn Venable.

A collection of early science fiction written by women during the Golden Age of science fiction.Get your copy now!

Time Enough at Last by Lyn Venable is a captivating anthology that invites readers into worlds where irony and fate intertwine. The titular story, "Time Enough at Last," originally published in IF Worlds of Science Fiction in January 1953, follows Henry Bemis, a bank teller trapped in a mundane existence, who dreams of endless hours spent reading. As nuclear catastrophe reshapes the world, Henry finds solitude amidst the ruins, surrounded by the books he has always yearned to explore. Yet,...

After thirty years traveling the stars, the crew of the exploration ship Columbus finally returned to the planet they had dreamed about through every lonely watch of the night. Earth was supposed to be the reward waiting at the end of the journey.Instead, the moment they stepped outside their ship, the air burned their lungs, their skin erupted in agony, and the simplest things on Earth—flowers, food, clothing, even human contact—became dangerous. Decades of sterile life i...

Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958) was an American science fiction author and a notable member of the Futurians. He wrote prolifically during his short lifetime, and produced a remarkable body of work. This volume is the largest ebook collection of his work ever assembled. It includes:TIME BUMTAKEOFFTHE SYNDICTHE ALTAR AT MIDNIGHTCRISIS!THE GOLDEN ROADKAZAM COLLECTSTHE LUCKIEST MAN IN DENVMAKE MINE MARSTHE MARCHING MORONS

p>On a remote world, a hard-worked battalion of space marines still follows orders handed down from a vanished empire. Life is crude, discipline is old-fashioned, and most of the men no longer understand the technology they are sworn to maintain. When an impulsive young soldier discovers more than he should, he stumbles into a crisis that reaches far beyond his isolated garrison.Across the stars, a failing regime hunts enemies both real and imagined while its machines, ships, and l...