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The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short): 
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds ONE-SHOT, by James Blish SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder ZEN, by Jerome Bixby LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond RIYA’S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt
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Algis Budrys Super Pack

Algis Budrys

Fourteen exciting stories by Hugo and Nebula nominated author Algis Budys. One of science fiction’s most influential authors. More than 250 pages of unforgettable adventure! If you enjoyed this book, you’ll want to search on “Positronic Publishing Super Pack” and check out all our other Super Packs!
The Barbarians The Stoker and the Stars Citadel Riya’s Foundling The Rag and Bone Men Desire No More Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night Die, Shadow! The Burning World Between the Dark and the Daylight Star Descending The Edge of the Sea Underestimation (with Jerome Bixby) Never Meet Again

The Cloak of Steel

Stephen Hayes

John and his circle of friends, wanted dead by the new ruler of the world, suddenly have their one and only sanctuary infiltrated and destroyed. Yet this catastrophe is also an opportunity for the group of teenagers to do what their elders have so far failed to do, and topple the tyrant once and for all. With the Woodward Base destroyed by Arnold Hammerson and his soldiers, John and his friends must take what little magic they have and put it to most effective use. But a problem remains: how to do what they know must be done? The problem is far too big to be solved with a single stroke of spellwork, as our heroes soon discover. Their only real chance is to put to use a piece of knowledge which almost no one in the world knows about, even though it would result in certain death for all of them if they fail.

Speculative Science Fiction Classics

H. G. Wells

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of speculative science fiction books: Looking Backward 2000-1887, Edward Bellamy Flatland, a romance of many dimensions, Edwin Abbott Abbott Utopia, Thomas More Gulliver of Mars, Edwin L. Arnold The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum The Time Machine, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells Anthem, by Ayn Rand A Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay 20000 Leagues Under the Seas, Jules Verne All Around the Moon, Jules Verne The Brick Moon, Edward Everett Hale The Land That Time Forgot, Edgar Rice Burroughs The Lost Continent, Edgar Rice Burroughs The Lost Continent, The Story of Atlantis, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Essential Lord Dunsany Collection

Lord Dunsany

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Lord Dunsany: The Book of Wonder Don Rodriguez A Dreamer's Tales Fifty-One Tales Gods of Pegana Plays of Near and Far Tales of Wonder Time and the Gods

A Fistful of Fire: Chronicles of Marsdenfel (Book 1)

Misti Inc. Wolanski

Tales of loathsome kings and prophesied saviors aren't so appealing when you are a royal bastard of prophecy… Evonalé Yunan has never cared for tales of loathsome tyrants, seduced maids, and prophesied saviors. She herself is supposed to somehow free her grandmother's enslaved queendom. But she's merely a child, and her father is the powerful fire mage who subjugates the realm. Evonalé has therefore fled home, her two half-siblings, and the father who really should've been her uncle. (If she could, she would flee her lethal and not quite insane faery godmother, too, but that's a side issue.) Unfortunately, it's the middle of winter. Fortunately, following her mother's directions has put her in another king's hunting grounds. To Evonalé's bewilderment, that king picks her up and gives her a place in his palace. The prince seeks her out to tease and befriend. Then one of Cook's daughters starts teaching her magic, and a scullery maid proves herself immune to poison. Evonalé isn't the only one with secrets. — (A novel of 78,000 words.) ALERT: Contains some mature themes and responsible use of alcohol. The narrator's family is sadistic.

MEM

Bethany C. Morrow

“Bethany C. Morrow achieves the nearly impossible feat of creating truly new speculative fiction; reading it feels like discovery.” – BuzzFeed In Jazz Age Montreal, an underground Vault imprisons living memories. Known as Mems, theses physical clones of other people are doomed to experience a single memory over and over—one that belongs not to them, but to the memory’s original Source. Lacking thoughts or personality of their own, Mems expire inside the Vault, where they are monitored by scientists known as Bankers. That is, except for one 19-year-old Mem—Dolores Extract n. 1—who shocks the world with the capacity to make her own memories. With the help of the doctor who created her, Dolores is released from captivity and establishes an independent life in the glittering city. She is a beautiful enigma, celebrated by a public obsessed with this dangerous procedure. When she is suddenly summoned back to the Vault, she must confront the Bankers and her own Source to discover the ultimate truth: is she human, or not?

The Odyssey (The Samuel Butler Prose Translation)

Homer

"The Odyssey" is a classical epic poem about the events following the fall of Troy and the end of the Trojan War which is generally thought to have been written at the end of the 8th century BC. The story centers on Odysseus and his ten year journey to reach his home of Ithaca, following the Trojan War. Odysseus's death is assumed during this long absence, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of suitors, the Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage. Generally attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer, «The Odyssey» is a sequel to «The Iliad» and is considered one of the most important works of classical antiquity. Presented here in this edition is the prose translation of Samuel Butler.

The Odyssey (The Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang Prose Translation)

Homer

Odyssey which in Greek literally means «the tale of Odysseus,» has becomes synonymous with a great journey. «The Odyssey» follows Homer's «The Iliad» where we find all the surviving warriors of the great Trojan War have returned home except for Odysseus, who has been detained by the nymph Calypso for her sexual pleasure. Odysseus however wishes to return to his family and loved ones who await his return at home. The Gods send the fleet-footed Hermes to order Calypso to free him and in doing so Odysseus begins his journey. Along the way Odysseus must overcome many obstacles and battle mythical creatures. Contained in this volume is the prose translation of Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang.

The Stonehenge Letters

Harry Karlinsky

While researching why Freud failed to win a Nobel Prize at the Nobel Archives in Sweden, a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery. Among the piles of papers in the 'Crackpot' file are letters addressed to the executor of Alfred Nobel's will, written by several notable Nobel laureates  including Rudyard Kipling and Marie Curie  each offering an explanation of why and how Stonehenge was constructed. Diligent research uncovers that Alfred Nobel added a secret codicil to his will, a prize for the Nobel laureate who solves the mystery of Stonehenge.Weaving together a wealth of primary sources  photos, letters, wills  The Stonehenge Letters tells the tale of a fascinating secret competition.Praise for The Stonehenge Letters:'This little novel is a delight from its first word to its last. The Stonehenge Letters is by turns thoughtful, whimsical, haunting and laugh-out-loud funny. Reading this book was like skating over the smoothest ice; I was blissfully unaware of the transition from history to fiction and back again' Annabel Lyon, author of The Sweet Girl'In his alarmingly smart and dangerously absorbing Freud-tinged romance/detective story, Harry Karlinsky deploys explosions, earthworms, radioactive particles and a passel of Nobel laureates to reinvent history in the golden age of invention.' Zsuzsi Gartner, author of Better Living Through Plastic ExplosivesHarry Karlinsky is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. His first novel, The Evolution of Inanimate Objects (HarperCollins UK), was longlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize.