Dr. Eric Sweetscent has problems. His planet is enmeshed in an unwinnable war. His wife is lethally addicted to a drug that whips its users helplessly back and forth across time -- and is hell-bent on making Eric suffer along with her. And...
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Comprising:Nanny (1955)The Turning Wheel (1953)The Defenders (1953)Adjustment Team (1954)Psi-Man (Psi-Man Heal My Child!) (1955)The Commuter (1953)A Present for Pat (1954)Breakfast at Twilight (1954)Shell Game...
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