Научная фантастика
Различные книги в жанре Научная фантастикаThe Comic Novel MEGAPACK®
Included are three comic novels:<P> CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE, by Jay Franklin: When Charles E. Hoskins wishes for champagne and it suddenly materializes, he finds that his powers of conjure extend to all intoxicants. In the many predicaments this provokes, Charles is committed into the hands of a psychiatrist, escapes, decides to open up a bar but runs afoul of the union and later of Treasury agents, is summoned by Washington and is wanted as a good will gesture by the British Ambassador, is taken by the Russians who are about to deport him....<P> PAN SATYRUS, by Richard Wormser: The thirteenth chimp launched into orbit returns with the strange and sudden ability to speak…<br> THE GOLDEN KAZOO, by John G. Schneider: The bestselling novel about Madison Avenue and its wildly hilarious captaign to elect a colorless candidate President, using the greatest vote-getting gimmick of them all!<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!
Code Duello
United Planets' spy team included a man who could never lose a bet – but this time the odds were astronomical!
Zagribud: A Classic Space Opera
In this sequel to John Russell Fearn’s classic Liners of Time, Time Liner Pilot Sandford Lee continues his battle against Elnek Jelfel, the Jovian wizard of science intent on galactic domination. Zagribud carries out their contests against an interstellar canvas, with Jelfel using his scientific powers to ultimately take possession of the Earth and carry out mass vivisection on humanity.<P> This is the first unabridged book edition of a classic pre-war serial from the pages of Amazing Stories. It’s a cosmic saga of super-science from a bygone era of science fiction, in the tradition of E. E. 'Doc' Smith!
Firefly: A Novel of the Far Future
In the far future Earth is dying. Society has reverted to a more primitive life, much like the Middle Ages. Two men, Matthew and his brother John, who calls himself «Firefly,» set out to find the time traveller, the one person who can give purpose to their existence, the one individual who can still access past technology. The Firefly, he who lights his own way, seeks the age of Man's greatness, the time when the human race once owned the stars, when great cities stood in places that have now become rust-bowls.
The Memory Bank
Catastrophe had visited Earth and left it completely destroyed. But mankind had already bridged the galactic gap, and on the planets of the Centaurus system the discovery of the Memory Bank had brought man to the brink of immortality. The custodian of the Bank and ruler of the Centauran council was the most beautiful woman of the Centauran world, thousand-year-old Marian.<P> Lieutenant-Commander Merck was a non-depositor. He had an intuitive feeling of the danger of the Memory Bank: that it would Weaken the people, leaving them easy prey to hostile civilizations. He was to meet the ravishingly beautiful Barbarian girl, Iskra, who was to play a vital part-in his resolve – to defy the powerful Centauran culture!
The Science-Fantasy MEGAPACK®: 4 Classic Novels
Science fiction and fantasy have going hand-in-hand since long before the term «science fiction» was coined. Among the earliest examples is Gulliver of Mars, by Edwin L. Arnold (originally published in 1905) – and the genre grew and flourished through the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs (A Princess of Mars, etc.), Poul Anderson (Three Hearts and Three Lions , etc.) Lin Carter (Jandar of Callisto , etc.) and so many more. Here are four novels – and four very different takes on the mix of fantasy and science fiction: THE RAT RACE, by Jay Franklin<BR> THE MEMORY BANK, by Wallace West<BR> GULLIVER OF MARS, by Edwin L. Arnold<BR> REBELS OF THE RED PLANET, by Charles L. Fontenay<P> If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction – and much, much more!
Dark Angels: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War
The Human-Knacker War Continues!<P> Humanity continues to resist the onslaught of the Knackers, carnivorous crab-like aliens whose nomadic fleet is sweeping through inhabited star systems, decimating the populations of entire worlds. At the edge of known space, a solitary SpaceForce destroyer searches desperately for a stranded alien vessel full of human captives. Commanding the Goliath is Captain Taramay Dent, a decorated war hero battling her own demons as she fights against humanity’s impending doom. Alone in enemy territory, the ship’s crew races against time to complete their rescue before they are discovered. However, things are not as they seem, and they encounter a new danger that threatens their ship from within, one that may lead to the Goliath’s destruction – or salvation.<P> Dark Angels is the fourth book in the continuing Space Adventure Saga created by Ardath Mayhar in her novel, Slaughterhouse World: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War.
A Planet Called Heaven
Stranded on a Hell planet ironically named Heaven, the Thomas family must flee their protective biodome in order to have any chance of survival on this strange new alien world.
Monkey Station: The Macaque Cycle, Book One
A plague is devasting mankind. Deep within the Amazon jungle, scientists have altered the genetic makeup of macaque monkeys, making them self-aware and giving them the power of speech. Only by working together can the two races–man and monkey–find some common road to a future earth.