Fiction

Alfred Coppel was a science fiction writer in the middle of the 20th century.

As Felix Henriot came through the streets that January night the fog was stifling, but when he reached his little flat upon the top floor there came a sound of wind.

By accident Bobby discovered the rocket was about to be shot to the Moon. Naturally he wanted to go along. But could he smuggle himself aboard?

"Normality" is a myth; we're all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common.

This double story-within-a-story is presented by Ivan Petrovich Belkin, a gregarious but even-tempered army officer who committed to paper much of what others had told him before his untimely death. The first of his tales, which was related to him by Lieutenant-Colonel I. L. P., takes place among the garrison stationed in the village of N

Man Made is presented here in a high quality paperback edition

For thousands of years the big brain served as amaster switchboard for the thoughtsand emotions of humanity. Now the central mind was showing signs of decay... and men went mad.

One of the chief purposes of psychiatry is to separate fantasy from reality. It is reasonable to expect that future psychiatrists will know more about this borderline than the most learned doctors of today.

The following excerpts from Amy Ballantine's journal have never actually been written down at any time before.

It was almost dark when he awoke, and lay on the bed, motionless and trembling, his heart sinking in the knowledge that he should never have slept.

Rejuvenation for the millions—or rejuvenation for the five hundred lucky ones, the select ones, that can be treated each year?

Welcome to the future, an impossible future where by some miracle the workers have managed to get a majority of the stock and are calling the shots.

It was nearly winter when the ship arrived. Pete Farnam never knew if the timing had been planned that way or not.

The senator took an elevator directly to the helicopter landing on the roof of the building. It was several minutes before he had located the little runabout he had bought for his wife the previous Christmas. Jack Woodvale, their caretaker, gardener, and chauffeur, was just retrieving his suitcase from the baggage lift as the senator arrived. Waiting until Woodvale had secured the suitcase in the luggage compartment and climbed into the pilot's seat, Duran squeezed himself into the cabin. A minute or two later the little craft was rising from the port, directed automatically into the appropriate channel and guided off toward the city.

Shepherd of the Planets is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Alan Mattox is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition.

The Women of the Wood, written by Abraham Merritt in the year 1926, is one of his most popular novels and has been translated into several other languages around the world. A beautiful but poor servant girl traveled with the family she worked for when robbers attacked them. She hid behind a tree, but no one else survived.

This early work by Abraham Grace Merritt was originally published in 1917. 'Through the Dragon Glass' is a fantasy short story by the author of the 'Moon Pool'. It tells the tale of adventurous explorers who discover an unknown world.

The Merchants of Venus: A pioneer movement is like a building—the foundation is never built for beauty!

The Drone was written in the year 1934 by Abraham Merritt. This book is one of the most popular novels of Abraham Merritt, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.