Toy Shop Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction The gadget was strictly, beyond any question, a toy. Not a real, workable device. Except for the way it could work under a man's mental skin.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2396.mobi The Misplaced Battleship Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2394 urn:isbn:B000W7KNAI en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship... but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. But a misplaced battleship--in the wrong hands!--can be most dangerous. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2394.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2394.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2394.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2394.mobi The Repairman Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1409 urn:isbn:B000XCUV5Y en 1958 Short Fiction Science Fiction Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn’t be so bad … if I could shoot the trouble! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1409.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1409.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1409.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1409.mobi Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395 urn:isbn:0812535073 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Hugo nominated in 1962, originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction as "Sense of Obligation." Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition to test achievements in 20 categories of human activities -- but before he can enjoy his victory he's forced to leave his homeworld to help salvage Dis, the most hellish planet in the galaxy. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2395.mobi Deathworld Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3749 urn:isbn:1932100415 en 1960 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Some planet in the galaxy must—by definition—be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn't it ... it was an awfully good approximation! 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Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4017.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4017.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4017.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4017.mobi The Velvet Glove Harry Harrison http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4102 en 1956 Short Fiction Science Fiction SF writer and editor Harry Harrison explores a not too distant future where robots—particularly specialist robots who don't know their place—have quite a rough time of it. True, the Robot Equality Act had been passed—but so what? New York was a bad town for robots this year. In fact, all over the country it was bad for robots.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4102.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4102.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4102.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4102.mobi The Burning Bridge Poul William Anderson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2385 urn:isbn:B000X3KFZE en 1960 Short Fiction Science Fiction Usually there are two "reasons" why something is done; the reason why it needs to be done, and, quite separate, the reason people want to do it. The foul-up starts when the reason-for-wanting is satisfied ... and the need remains! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2385.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2385.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2385.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2385.mobi Operation Haystack Frank Herbert http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2444 en 1959 Short Fiction Science Fiction It's hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men. But the problem Orne had was one step tougher than that! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2444.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2444.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2444.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2444.mobi Missing Link Frank Herbert http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2443 urn:isbn:B0015SY0JI en 1959 Short Fiction Science Fiction "Missing Link" is vintage Frank Herbert. It tells the story of Lewis Orne, junior I-A field man, on the planet Gienah III. He is there to investigate a missing ship, and the natives are nothing but trouble... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2443.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2443.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2443.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2443.mobi Invaders from the Infinite John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844 urn:isbn:1603120491 en 1961 Novels Science Fiction The alien spaceship was unthinkably huge, enormously powerful, apparently irresistible. It came from the void and settled on Earth, striking awe into the hearts of all who saw it. Its burden, however, was not conquest -- but a call for help! First contact was a job for the brilliant team of scientists, Arcot, Wade, and Morey,explorers of the Islands of Space. And what they learned was an offer of an alliance against an invading foe so powerful that no known force could turn them back! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/844.mobi Security Poul William Anderson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2384 urn:isbn:B000X3KFZO en 1953 Short Fiction Science Fiction In a world where Security is all-important, nothing can ever be secure. A mountain-climbing vacation may wind up in deep Space. Or loyalty may prove to be high treason. But it has its rewards. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2384.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2384.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2384.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2384.mobi Postmark Ganymede Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2539 en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction Consider the poor mailman of the future. To "sleet and snow and dead of night"--things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds--will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won't stay put. Maybe he'll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain't worth it. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2539.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2539.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2539.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2539.mobi The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835 urn:isbn:1603120475 en 1961 Novels Science Fiction ... across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebellious world have turned against their own people and sided with the men of Terra; not from fear, but from a sense of dedication. There has never been open war. The battle for these worlds is fought in the minds of a few men who stand between worlds; bound to one world by interest, loyalties and allegiance; bound to the other by love. Such a world is Wolf. Such a man was Race Cargill of the Terran Secret Service. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/835.mobi I, Robot Cory Doctorow http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337 urn:isbn:1560259817 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction "I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type of robot is allowed. The story follows single Father detective Arturo Icaza de Arana-Goldberg while he tries to track down his missing teenage daughter. The detective is a bit of an outcast because his wife defected to Eurasia, a rival Superpower. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/337.mobi The Scarlet Plague Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2379 urn:isbn:1843911752 en 1912 Short Fiction Science Fiction This novella explores life following a devastating plague that wipes out most of humanity. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2379.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2379.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2379.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2379.mobi The Cosmic Computer Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/311 urn:isbn:B00171G1IQ en 1963 Novels Science Fiction Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, “The Junkyard Planet”, with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real, or just an old rumor? And if they find it will it save them, or tear them apart? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/311.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/311.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/311.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/311.mobi Plague Ship Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858 urn:isbn:1406835560 en 1956 Novels Science Fiction A fast-moving suspense tale, full of unusual detail and unexpected turns. Several highlights make the book really shine: the sunset gorp hunt on the reefs of an oily sea; a raid on an asteroid's emergency station; and a landing in the Big Burn, resulting in an encounter with the mutant life-forms that reside there... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/858.mobi The Penal Colony Richard Herley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2264 en 1987 Novels Science Fiction Thriller It is 1997. The British government now runs island prison colonies to take dangerous offenders from its overcrowded mainland jails. Among all these colonies, Sert, 25 miles off the north Cornish coast, has the worst reputation. There are no warders. Satellite technology is used to keep the convicts under watch. New arrivals are dumped by helicopter and must learn to survive as best they can. But not all the islanders are savages. Under the charismatic leadership of one man a community has evolved. A community with harsh and unyielding rules, peopled by resourceful men for whom the hopeless dream of escape may not be so hopeless after all ... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2264.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2264.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2264.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2264.mobi Voodoo Planet Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866 urn:isbn:1406835609 en 1959 Novels Science Fiction ''From between the two shuffling dancers padded something on four feet. The canine-feline creature was more than just a head; it was a loose-limbed, graceful body fully eight feet in length, and the red eyes in the prick-eared head were those of a killer.... Words issued from between those curved fangs, words which Dane might not understand.... ''Dane slid his blade out surreptitiously, setting its point against the palm of his hand and jabbing painfully; but the terrible creature continued to advance.... There was no blurring of its lines....'' Dane Thorson of the space-ship Solar Queen knew there was only one way to win out over this hideous thing—a battle to the end between his rational mind and the hypnotic witchcraft of Lumbrilo, the mental wizard of the planet Khatka. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/866.mobi