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Before Earth Came

BEFORE EARTH CAME launches a new series collecting the early pioneering pulp magazine novelettes of John Russell Fearn, with the first-ever reprinting of «Before Earth Came» and «Subconscious.» Both stories abound with unbridled imagination and a sense of wonder, examples of the pioneering stories being written in SF more than 80 years ago. In «Before Earth Came,» Fearn’s storyline of how alien scientists, facing the imminent utter destruction of their planet, seek to preserve their heritage by sending it to Earth, was later copied by the creators of Superman. And «Subconscious» was one of the very first SF stories to utilize the theory of Charles Fort that «We are Property!» … a theme that has echoed down science fiction ever since!

The John Russell Fearn Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

John Russell Fearn

British author John Russell Fearn was one of the most popular – and prolific – authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, selling work to all of the classic American science fiction magazines. Under his own name (and several pseudonyms), his novels and short stories appeared in Astounding Stories, Astonishing Stories, Startling Stories, Amazing Stories – and many more! Included in this volume are 25 of his best works, selected by editor Philip J. Harbottle (who also contributes an introduction): RED HERITAGE HE CONQUERED VENUS HE WALKED ON AIR THE MASTER MIND ISLAND IN THE MARSH SECRET OF THE MOON TREASURE SUPERHUMAN SEEDS FROM SPACE THE SILVER COIL PHANTOM FROM SPACE ARCTIC GOD THE GHOST SUN WHITE MOUSE KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT LEARNING WORLDS WITHIN THE VOICE COMMANDS THE JEWELS FROM THE MOON THE RED MAGICIAN FLIGHT OF THE VAMPIRES WEDDING OF THE FORCES MARTIAN AVENGER THE OTHERS LATER THAN YOU THINK FIRST OF THE ROBOTS SECOND GENESIS If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! (And try Wildside's «Golden Age of Science Fiction» Megapack series for even more classic SF!)

The Mad Scientist Megapack

Lawrence Watt-Evans

"The Mad Scientist Megapack" assembles 23 tales of Scientists, their Creatures, and Experiments both Diabolical and Dangerous! Included are: MYSHKIN, by David V. Reed A LIGHT THAT SHAMED THE SUN, by C. J. Henderson INCOMPLETE DATA, by H.B. Fyfe THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING, by Hugh B. Cave COSMIC TELETYPE, by Carl Jacobi MONSTER KIDNAPS GIRL AT MAD SCIENTIST'S COMMAND!, by Lawrence Watt-Evans GREAT MINDS, by Edward M. Lerner THE MAN WHO EVOLVED, by Edmond Hamilton NO GUTS, NO GLORY, by Edward M. Lerner THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL, by Clark Ashton Smith SONG OF DEATH, by Ed Earl Repp STATUS: COMPLETE, by Leslie J. Furlong FOOD FOR THOUGHT, by Jack Dolphin DR. VARSAG'S EXPERIMENT, by Craig Ellis PUBLIC SAFETY, by Matthew Johnson THE WORLD IN A BOX, by Carl Jacobi MACHINE RECORD, by Theodore R. Cogswell THE BIRTHMARK, by Nathaniel Hawthorne HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR, by H.P. Lovecraft ZAPT'S REPULSIVE PASTE, by J.U. Giesy THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, by Robert Louis Stevenson THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE EARTH, by Henry J. Kostkos SYMPATHY FOR MAD SCIENTISTS, by John Gregory Betancourt If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

The Sentinel Stars

Louis Charbonneau

THE SENTINEL STARS – a novel of our world as the Bureau of Internal Revenue would run it! Rigid, locked, enslaved – this is our Earth in 2200. East and West have merged at last, so there are no more wars, no more political differences. Citizens everywhere can concentrate on important things, like working off their tax debts. If you are capable and industrious, you may be able to make freeman status for the last few years of your life. No one questions the status quo. No one speaks out. No one rebels … until one bright morning when Citizen TRH-247 decides not to go to work – and even worse, becomes desirous of a girl below his own classification! Thus he makes himself an outcast, with the whole world against him – and his mere survival depends on his wits, his daring, his strength! But how can you fight the ultimate bureaucracy?

The Space Patrol Megapack

Eando Binder

Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of the Captain Marvel Adventures comic book included a 2-page short story by «Eando Binder» (Otto O. Binder). All featured Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas – designed to appeal to kids – featured the daring adventures of a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon can support life (and the asteroid belt harbors numerous space pirates and criminals), Jon Jarl always seems to save the day. If you've seen the early TV adventures of Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Space Patrol, or Tom Corbett, Space Cadet—which were clearly influenced by Binder's writing (as well as the shared universe of «space opera» that had been developed in Amazing Stories magazine under editor Ray Palmer) – you will know what you're in for…a ride into the Wild West of outer space, where physics and logic never get in the way of a good story!

The Fred M. White Disaster MEGAPACK ®

Fred M. White

Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) was a pioneer in many fields – the spy story, the detective story, and most especially the epic disaster story. His «Doom of London» series (1903), consisting of six tales in which various catastrophes beset London (including diphtheria, killer smog, and a devastanzing freeze), proved quite popular. The Yorkshire Observer wrote of him: “Mr. White is a master of the breathless pace which whirls a reader along whether he will or not." Included in this volume are all six «Doom of London» stories, plus 9 more tales: THE FOUR WHITE DAYS (1903) THE FOUR DAYS' NIGHT (1903) THE DUST OF DEATH (1903) A BUBBLE BURST (1903) THE INVISIBLE FORCE (1903) THE RIVER OF DEATH (1903) THE ISLAND OF SHADOWS (1892) A GOLDEN ARGOSY (1886) NABOTH’S VINEYARD (1889) THE CARDINAL MOTH (1905) THE CRIMSON BLIND (1905) THE SLAVE OF SILENCE (1906) THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN (1906) THE FIVE KNOTS (1908) THE MYSTERY OF THE FOUR FINGERS (1908) HARD PRESSED (1910) If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

Arthur Leo Zagat

Arthur Leo Zagat was one of the most versatile pulp writers in the 1930s-1950s, the author of more than 500 short stories in many different genres. His work appeared in most of the top science fiction, mystery, and adventures magazines, including Astounding Stories, Planet Stories, Weird Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Argosy, and many, many more. Wildside Press is preparing multiple volumes assembling his classic fiction, and we are pleased to kick off the line with a collection of his science fiction from Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories. Included are: THE TOWER OF EVIL THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA THE DEATH-CLOUD THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES VENUS MINES, INCORPORATED THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURY WHEN THE SLEEPERS WOKE THE LANSON SCREEN LOST IN TIME FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE THE CAVERN OF THE SHINING POOL THE GREEN RAY THE TWO MOONS OF TRANQUILLIA GRIM RENDEZVOUS NO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Star Gladiator

Dave Van Arnam

Survival to Jonnath Gri was merely a word droning incessantly in the ancient rites from mother Earth. His parents had been slaughtered by the Star Guards; his fiancee had been abducted; and now Jonath would be forced to fight in the blood-soaked arena for the amusement of the citizens of the Ten Star Complex. Weaponless and naked, he would battle the most treacherous and deadly animals found on 50 worlds…and the most advanced weaponry ever developed. Yet he had one last hope his captors never reckoned on – the will for revenge!

Greyland

Dave Van Arnam

It was an alien world of infinite peace…or was it? He awoke as from some misty, prolonged, vaguely disturbing dream, yet somehow he knew that what had happened and what was happening had a strange reality. It was not the kind of reality his disciplined mind would have accepted in the past, though his consciousness rejected the concept of present and past. This reality seemed to exist outside thought and apart from emotion. There was the lingering physical sensation of having traveled infinite distances through unimaginable dimensions. There was, too, the sense of unthreatening mystery, of soft, overpowering greyness. This total greyness meant limitless peace, he seemed to know. He knew his name. He spoke it aloud. The beautiful girl bending over him repeated it. Her skin was grey…

Starmind

Dave Van Arnam

Benjy Tyler…idiot mind in a beautiful body. Jailyn Rose…one very rich, and very clever, woman. Joe Winslow, multi-wave expert – caretaker and attendant on Asteroid 770. Whether they know it or not, these three are linked – and in a way no humans have ever been before. Only time will tell whether the link destroys them…