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Science Fiction
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 magazine publishing. It published many important stories' by some... See More
Science Fiction
The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK? series showcases great science fiction authors whose work might otherwise be forgotten. This time we focus on Alan E. Nourse, medical doctor and science fiction author, who paid... See More
Science Fiction
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. This is the third in our Worlds of If series... See More
Fantasy
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... See More
Science Fiction
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... See More
Science Fiction
Alan E. Norse was a leading science fiction author during the tail end of the Golden Age. His stories have stood the test of time and continue to entertain and enthrall generation after generation of readers. His thought... See More
Fantasy
A Sector General Novel. In the far future, humans are part of an intergalactic civilization populated with countless alien races. Humans are prized for their medical expertise and make up almost all of the doctors in the... See More
Science Fiction
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... See More
Fantasy
An indestructible alien had found its way aboard the hospital ship. Their orders were simple: destroy it. But how do you destroy an indestructible being? And even if you can figure out how, should you? See More
Science Fiction
'Space Science Fiction' was launched in may of 1952. During it's impressive run it published many of Science Fiction's top writers. Collected here in this massive six hundred-plus page anthology are all of the most important... See More
Fantasy
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... See More
Science Fiction
A Trio of Legendary Science Fiction Masterworks! in Alan Nourse's Star Surgeon, Dal Timgar, of all his medical class, was denied assignment to a general practice patrol ship going out from Hospital Earth to serve the medical... See More
Science Fiction
Classic science fiction stories taken from the pages of the December 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine - The Dark Door by Alan E. Nourse, Hall Of Mirrors by Fredric Brown, and One Man's Poison by Robert Sheckley... See More
Short Stories
From Science Fiction Adventures Magazine December 1953 Alan Edward Nourse (August 11, 1928 - July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction (SF) author and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well... See More
Science Fiction
It was almost dark when he awoke, and lay on the bed, motionless and trembling, his heart sinking in the knowledge that he should never have slept. For almost half a minute, eyes wide with fear, he lay in the silence of the... See More
Classics
Fantasy
Explore a Venus that never was. This is Venus as science fiction imagined it, as it might have been. Explore the hot, humid, muddy planet and meet the aliens that populate it. See More
Science FictionAll Flicker wanted was a chance to make the aliens understand. All the aliens wanted was a chance to kill him while they could. But there were things about Flicker that they hadn't counted on... See More
Science Fiction
An indestructible alien had found its way aboard the hospital ship. Their orders were simple: destroy it. But how do you destroy an indestructible being? And even if you can figure out how, should you? See More
Literary Fiction
In the jungle the vicious man-killer is king, but what chance would a tiger have in the Times Square traffic? Alan E. Nourse was a prolific golden age science fiction author. See More
Science Fiction
Four men set out to prove their mettle by crossing the bright side of Mercury when it is closest to the sun. A feat which no one has ever done and survived. The odds are against them and they will need all of their expertise... See More
Classics
Zeckler was a con-man, a human con-man. But he had no idea what he was up against when he decided to try to outwit the Altairians, an alien race that believes telling the truth is a weakness. Really he never had a chance. See More
Fantasy
When Greg and Tom Hunter learn of their father's accidental death during his exploration of the asteroid belt, they are certain that it was no accident. They know that Jupiter Equilateral, a mining corporation, was behind... See More
Action & AdventureBeing two men rolled out of one would solve my problems -- but which one would I be? See More
Science Fiction
Classics
When Roger Strang found that someone was killing his son -- killing him horribly and often -- he started investigating. He wasn't prepared for the results, nor was he prepared for the results of another investigation -- this... See More
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Classics
It was a proud day when Dr. Chauncey Patrick Coffin announced that he had discovered a cure for the common cold. But in the end, would the cure be worse than the affliction? See More
Classics
It was nearly winter when the ship arrived. Pete Farnam never knew if the timing had been planned that way or not. It might have been coincidence that it came just when the colony was predicting its first real bumper crop of... See More