If this story has a moral, it is: “Leave well enough alone.” Just look what happened to Kenzie “mad-about-ants” MacKenzie, who didn’t . . . .
The orphan system of Onzar was fuming under its leader's driving, paranoid megalomania.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you . . . . And the natives of Capella IV, philosophers at heart, were not ones to ignore the Golden Rule . . .
Book Excerpt : ...began cutting logs.It was odd, the basic pleasure she felt in seeing the sides of the cabin start to take form. Certainly she was not domestic by nature. And this could, in no sense, be considered a home.
In The Planet Savers Marion Zimmer Bradley introduced the world to her amazing Darkover series.
They wanted to go home—back to the planet they’d known. But even the stars had changed. Did the fate of all creation hinge upon an empty bottle?
The world of the new race was peaceful, comfortable, lovely—and completely static.
Almost anything, if it goes on long enough, can be reduced to, first a Routine, and then, to a Tradition. And at the point it is, obviously, Necessary.
Mack Reynolds was a well known American sci-fi writer during the mid-20th century. Many of his works are still read today.
Sometimes a story is best told by omission! A short story from prolific writer M.I. Mayfield.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Owing to the success of the demonstration and the fact that the press of the entire country had spread its description far and wide, the Professor seized the opportunity to launch a stock company to exploit his invention whose scope and possibilities, he averred, were well nigh limitless.
If you ever get to drinking beer in your favorite saloon and meet a scared little guy who wants to buy you the joint, supply you with fur coats and dolls and run you for Congress—listen well!
The advantages of specialization are so obvious that, today, we don't even know how to recognize a competent syncretist!
Like everyone else living in Haven, seventeen-year-old Sophie Harkness is an Immune - a carrier of the genetic mutation that protects her from the virus Hitler unleashed upon the world more than half a century ago.
Finnagle's Law shows that many times we don't get the effect we planned on. But ... there's an inverse to that famous law, too....
Valley of the Croen is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Lee Tarbell is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Lee Tarbell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Sometimes the very best thing you can do is to lose. The cholera germ, for instance, asks nothing better than that it be swallowed alive....