Contents:
"The Dean of Science Fiction" [introduction] (John J. Pierce)
"Sidewise in Time" (from Astounding Stories, Jun. 1934)
"Proxima Centauri" (from Astounding Stories, Mar. 1935)
"The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator" (from...
What are the "Aliens?" Scattered throughout the vastness of infinite space live the "Aliens," those fantastic but intelligent beings. Some day we will find them or they will find us... Just as the human race had expanded throughout the galaxy, so...
Murray Leinster's "Planets of Adventure" (2003), ed. Eric Flint is an omnibus of two novels and five short stories by the Dean of Science Fiction. The novels are "The Forgotten Planet" (1954) and "The Planet Explorer" (aka, "Colonial Survey",...
FEAR RIDES THE ROCKETS
The Interstellar Medical Service was just about the only remaining galactic organization that every one of the hundreds of inhabited planets respected. So when their service broke down in Star Sector Twelve, it created a...
The Med Service people hit strange problems as routine: if they weren't weirdos, they weren't tough enough to merit Med Service attention. Now the essence of a weird problem is that it involves a factor nobody ever thought of before ... or the...
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds.
The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic...