Shure and begorra, it was a great day for the Earth! The first envoy from another world was about to speak—that is, if he could forget that horse for a minute....
A world had collapsed around this man—a world that would never shout his praises again. The burned-out cities were still and dead, the twisted bodies and twisted souls giving him their last salute in death. And now he was alone, alone surrounded by memories, alone and waiting . . .
A gun is an interesting weapon; it can be hired, of course, and naturally doesn't care who hires it. Something much the same can be said of the gunman, too....
It's a crooked road to world peace…but it works. Warfare between nations has been banned. Taking its place are the Corporate Wars – full-scale battles between mercenary armies hired by large corporations, ostensibly to settle trade disputes.<P> But the wars are also free entertainment for the masses. In a world where most jobs have been taken over by automation, free tranquilizers have to be issued to the vast lower class to keep them subdued. The Corporate Wars offer what little excitement their lives hold; deadly serious fighting action – live and in color.<P> But when you play with armies, you play with fire. The world's leaders seem to have forgotten that…but Joe Mauser hasn't!
L-5, a point in the Earth-Moon System where orbits are forever and the new age of Freedom and Plenty can begin. Now, they're trying to kill the man in charge of the first L-5 colony, and Private Eye Rex Bader is the man who will have to find and stop them. But who are the killers? Only time – and blood – will tell!
"The Second Mack Reynolds Megapack" assembles a stellar collection of rare and classic works by a science fiction master! Here are 21 tales spanning space and time, including:<P> COME IN, SPACEPORT<BR> COMPOUNDED INTEREST<BR> THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL<BR> GOOD INDIAN<BR> NO RETURN FROM ELBA<BR> PACIFIST<BR> EARTHLINGS GO HOME!<BR> ALBATROSS<BR> THE ENEMY WITHIN<BR> SURVIVOR<BR> FAD<BR> SPACEMAN ON A SPREE<BR> THE ADVENTURE OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL<BR> UTOPIAN<BR> PRONE<BR> DOWN THE RIVER<BR> SECOND ADVENT<BR> ROMP<BR> FIDO<BR> ISOLATIONIST<BR> NOT IN THE RULES<P> And if you enjoy this volume, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more entries in this great series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics – and much, much more!
The Second Mystery Megapack selects 25 more tantalizing mystery tales, by modern and classic authors. Included are: <P>FUNNY STUFF, by Ron Goulart<BR> PIT ON THE ROAD TO HELL, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> WHAT IS COURAGE? by Mack Reynolds<BR> JUST THE FACTS, by Meg Opperman<BR> TEN GRAINS OF SAND, by Christopher B. Booth<BR> MORE ALLISONS THAN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, by Michael Hemmingson<BR> REFLECTION OF A DREAM, by Jean Lorrah<BR> GRIM REAPER'S HANDICAP, by Fergus Truslow<BR> CASH, by Arlette Lees<BR> SEAS OF MISUNDERSTANDING, by Ray Cummings<BR> HOCUS POCUS HOMICIDE, by Gene D. Robinson<BR> THE RIGHT BETRAYAL, by John L. French<BR> JEAN MONETTE, by Eugene Francois Vidocq<BR> THE SENDING OF DANA DA, by Rudyard Kipling<BR> PHANTOM GETAWAY, by Leon Mearson<BR> THE MURDER OF SILAS CORD, by Harold F. Sorensen<BR> A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE, by Ambrose Bierce<BR> DEAD WOMAN, by Dr. David H. Keller<BR> HOOK, LINE, AND SUCKER! by Robert Turner<BR> THE JUDGMENT OF THE GODS, by Robert Reginald<BR> WILL FOR A KILL, by Emil Petaja<BR> DYING FOR A CLUE, by C.A. Freeburn<BR> BODYGUARD, by James C. Glass<BR> THE MASKED ALIBI, by John Gregory<BR> DR. WATSON'S WEDDING PRESENT, by J. Alston Cooper<P> If you enjoy this volume, check out other entries (including literature, mysteries, westerns, science fiction, ghost stories, and much more) in this best-selling series. Search on «Wildside Press Megapack» in your favorite ebook store to see the complete list. (Sort by date to see the most recent additions.)
In Rolltown, Mack Reynolds turns his productive imagination towards the growing phenomenon of mobile living in America. Taking us decades into the future, he tells the story of a world where people have taken to the road en masse, in huge mobile «towns» composed of hundreds or even thousands of inhabitants, attempting to deal with a hostile and over-organized world.
The enemy has no face. It does not show on the scanners. It avoids the world's most sophisticated surveillance system. But it leaves a wake of profitless crime and motiveless murder…and puts the future of mankind's paradise-on-earth in peril!
It was the future perfect, the greatest society in human history, with peace and plenty, and total sexual freedom. Utopia paid you the Universal Guaranteed Income, whether you worked or not. Yet something was wrong it was a fractured Utopia.<P> By the thousands, the disenchanted fled the cities to join tiny, mobile towns that sprang up wildly. It was called The Commune Phenomenon. Super leaders of the super future challenged Swain to locate the worm of discontent. Strange, because Swain himself felt gnawed by corruption, distracted by lust, troubled by danger…