Farewell to the Master Harry Bates http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797 en 1940 Short Fiction Science Fiction <p>"Farewell to the Master" is a science fiction short story written by Harry Bates. It was first published in the October 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It provided the basis of the noted 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still and its 2008 remake. In 1973, the story was adapted by Marvel Comics for its Worlds Unknown series with Bates' blessing.</p> Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3797.mobi John Carter and the Giant of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1217 urn:isbn:1846772133 en 1940 Novels Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1217.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1217.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1217.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1217.mobi Mr Polton Explains R. Austin Freeman http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2141 urn:isbn:075510367X en 1940 Novels Crime/Mystery <p>Told through the eyes of a watchmaker, Dr Thorndyke is once again faced with a nettly mystery involving a mysterious fire in a Soho house filled with supposedly inflammable objects. What transpires is an entertaining and amazing twist thanks to the eagle eyes of the Doctor and his friend the watchmaker, Mr Polton.</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2141.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2141.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2141.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2141.mobi Sapphira and the Slave Girl Willa Cather http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2119 urn:isbn:1844084248 en 1940 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2119.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2119.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2119.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2119.mobi Tarzan and the Castaways Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1446 en 1940 Novels Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1446.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1446.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1446.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1446.mobi The Creature from Beyond Infinity Henry Kuttner http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2316 urn:isbn:B000J0T9EY en 1940 Novels Science Fiction <p>Cosmic terror strikes as a messenger of death sweeps through the universe.</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2316.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2316.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2316.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2316.mobi The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1517 urn:isbn:0441142486 en 1940 Novels Western This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1517.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1517.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1517.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1517.mobi The Pat Hobby Stories Francis Scott Fitzgerald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1168 urn:isbn:0684804425 en 1940 Short Fiction Collections <p>The setting: Hollywood: the character: Pat Hobby, a down-and-out screenwriter trying to break back into show business, but having better luck getting into bars. Written between 1939 and 1940, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was working for Universal Studios, the seventeen Pat Hobby stories were first published in Esquire magazine and present a bitterly humorous portrait of a once-successful writer who becomes a forgotten hack on a Hollywood lot. "This was not art" Pat Hobby often said, "this was an industry" where whom "you sat with at lunch was more important than what you dictated in your office."</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1168.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1168.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1168.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1168.mobi The Prince of Mars Returns Philip Francis Nowlan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2685 en 1940 Short Fiction Science Fiction <p>Because his name is similar to that of a legendary Martian prince, whose return from the dead has long been prophesized, Hanley finds himself elected to wed a beautiful warrior maid and then lead a revolution against the Red Planet's tyrannical ruler.</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2685.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2685.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2685.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2685.mobi