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"You can see it--you can watch it--but mustn't touch!" And what could possibly be more frustrating ... when you need, most violently, to get your hands on it for just one second...

In another dimension, Jimmy might have been the one to suffer the fatality, and in another they might have both survived. He had his sights set on a goal - to

Discovering intelligent life was the last thing Fleet Captain Iversen wanted to happen to his watch. Especially when the ship in question was commanded by his absolute worst officer. And yet, here he was.

the tensions, anxieties, and jealousies of the suburban household. It is a theme that Dick commonly returns to and is one of the most memorable of his motifs. Larry is a patriarchal jealous husband. Lacking a child, he brings a gift to his wife that he immediately claims as his own morally.

readers are taken on an insightful and captivating journey into the depths of our solar system.

Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible—and inescapable!

The Dream of Debs” describes a general strike in a city which ends only when the workers win all their demands. What if, one day, the Latino workers in my town decided to do the same? Our wealthy little village might have trouble functioning at all.

The year is 2137. Two hundred years ago -- in our time, more or less -- Eurasia fought a war to end all wars, a war that meant, for all intents and purposes, the end of the Old World. The Americas managed to retain their civilization -- but only by engaging by the most extreme form or isolationism imaginable for two centuries, now, no American has ventured east of the thirtieth parallel. "East for the East . . ." the slogan went, "The West for the West!" Until a terrible storm at sea forced American lieutenant Jefferson Turck to disobey the law, seeking safe harbor in England -- where he found that two centuries of isolation have desolated the land. The damaged ship found a Europe that is no longer an enemy -- a ruined land that is utterly unable to be an enemy -- or a friend.

Assassin is a gripping tale of suspense and intrigue where a skilled operative faces moral dilemmas and personal conflicts. As the protagonist navigates the shadows of an assassin's life, the narrative unfolds with unexpected twists, exploring the complexities of loyalty, justice, and the consequences of choices.

on a history-line slipped slightly sidewise. A history in which a great man acted differently, and Magic, rather than physical science, was developed....Excerpt: ...as you know." As he spoke, the sorcerer was carefully clamping the little handgun into the padded vise so that its barrel was parallel to the surface of the table. "Anyhow," he went on, "this apprentice, all on his own, decided to get rid of the cockroaches in his house

Henry knew his wife had been married once before; now he expected her to start a new life with him—but to her the past was alive, and—

Helpless, doomed, into the graveyard of space floats the wrecked freighter Pallas.

I could try either to kill her or go to bed with her.” That old chestnut is the conundrum . The Night of the Long Knives drops you right into what life is like in the Deathlands, a large swath of irradiated land roamed by scavengers armed to the teeth and driven by two primal urges: murder or sexual release.

How could a human body be found actually splintered-broken into sharp fragments like shattered glass! Once again Dr. Bird probes deep into an amazing mystery.

The domination of the minds of tractable Man is not new. Many men have dreamed of it. Certainly some of them have tried. This man succeeded.

It's a funny thing, but most monsters seem to be of the opinion that it's men who are the monsters. You know, they have a point.ExcerptTen minutes after the crackup, somebody phoned for the Army. That meant us. The black smoke of the fire, and the oily residues, which were later analyzed, proved the presence of a probable petroleum derivative. The oil was heavily tainted with radioactivity. Most likely it was fuel from the odd, conchlike reaction-motors, the exact principles of which died, as far as we were concerned, with the crash.The craft was mainly of aluminum, magnesium and a kind of stainless steel, proving that, confronted with problems similar to ones we had encountered, aliens might solve them in similar ways. From the crumpled-up wreckage which we dug out of that Missouri hillside, Klein even noticed a familiar method of making girders and braces lighter. Circular holes were punched out of them at spaced intervals.I kept hunting conviction by telling myself that, for the first time in all remembered history, we were peeking behind the veil of another planet. This should be the beginning of a new era, one of immensely widened horizons, and of high romance--but with a dark side, too. The sky was no longer a limit. There were things beyond it that would have to be reckoned with. And how does unknown meet unknown? Suppose one has no hand to shake?The mass of that wreck reeked like a hot cinder-pile and a burning garbage dump combined. It oozed blackened goo. There were crushed pieces of calcined material that looked like cuttlebone. The thin plates of charred stuff might almost have been pressed cardboard. Foot-long tubes of thin, tin-coated iron contained combined chemicals identifiable as proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Food, we decided.

Deep in the Future he found the answer to Man’s age-old problem.

All the world’s a stage, so there was room even for this bad actor . .

His name is just the Chemist. He has discovered new worlds -- microscopic worlds. In these Lands Infinitesimal he finds a Love larger than the Universe! Somehow, the Chemist told his friends, the Banker, the Big Business Man, the Very Young Man, the Doctor . . . Somehow he was able to peer into subatomic worlds within his mother's wedding ring through a special microscope. There he found a beautiful woman named Lylda, full of mystery and promise. He must find this woman again! He invents pills to make him smaller and pills to make him larger. But this otherworldly place -- at first a seeming Utopia -- is full of alien strife and civil war. The Chemist does not return! Can his friends use his pills to shrink themselves and find him -- and save him and his love?

The story of an experiment gone wrong--a planet seeded with primitive bacterial, plant, and insect life forms, then forgotten until a spaceship crash-lands, stranding its crew.

The colonists are struggling to survive in the harsh environment, constantly battling the blightvine and facing other challenges. However, they discover that the blightvine is not a natural phenomenon but a highly intelligent alien life form that is trying to communicate with them. The blightvine is capable of telepathically influencing the thoughts and actions of the colonists, leading them to unwittingly aid in its expansion across the planet. As the story unfolds, the protagonist, a biologist named Dr. Richard Maddox, uncovers the truth about the blightvine's nature and intentions. He realizes that the colonists' only hope for survival lies in understanding and resisting the manipulative influence of the alien plant. With the help of his colleagues, Maddox devises a plan to outsmart the blightvine and reclaim control over their destiny. "The Judas Valley" explores themes of environmentalism, communication, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

The book follows the journey of characters confronting the daunting trials posed by the inhospitable planet. Their challenges escalate as they face the threat of a mad genius whose fervent mission is the destruction of all individuals from Earth.?

There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step What happens if "book-learnin'" is held responsible...? It's the Literates verses the Illiterates in the 22nd century

Professor Challenger and his companions travel to find a large plateau in South America where dinosaurs still live. After a long journey they find the plateau, and witness not only dinosaurs, but two tribes - an ancient Native American people and ape-men who resemble the missing link.

this story recounts the valiant efforts of intrepid explorer Calhoun to save a race of outcast blue-skinned beings afflicted with a crippling health condition.