The Men in the back room at the country club Rudy Rucker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2621 en 2005 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2621.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2621.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2621.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2621.mobi The Hunted Heroes Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2540 en 1956 Short Fiction Science Fiction The planet itself was tough enough--barren, desolate, forbidding; enough to stop the most adventurous and dedicated. But they had to run head-on against a mad genius who had a motto: Death to all Terrans! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2540.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2540.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2540.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2540.mobi Last Enemy Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/377 urn:isbn:1603129898 en 1950 Short Fiction Science Fiction The last enemy was the toughest of all--and conquering him was in itself almost as dangerous as not conquering. For a strange pattern of beliefs can make assassination an honorable profession! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/377.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/377.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/377.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/377.mobi Hellhound of the Cosmos Clifford Donald Simak http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3274 en 1932 Short Fiction Science Fiction Horror Dimensional degeneration. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3274.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3274.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3274.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3274.mobi Danger in Deep Space Carey Rockwell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2372 urn:isbn:B000VUNXK8 en 1953 Novels Young Readers Science Fiction Tom Corbett and his friends, Astro and Roger Manning, participate in the most daring undertaking in all space history. While on an experimental trip in the Polaris to test out some new equipment they and Captain Connel learn of a scheme of a pair of notorious space freebooters to steal the rich mineral resources of one of the planet Tara's small satellites. To foil the scheme the members of the Polaris crew themselves land on the satellite with the daring plan to blast it out of Tara's orbit and into Earth's orbit where its valuable mineral wealth may replenish Earth's shortages. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2372.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2372.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2372.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2372.mobi The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855 urn:isbn:1600961630 en 1921 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Professor Maxon performs secret experiments to make a "perfect race" of humans, finally succeeding with "Number Thirteen." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/855.mobi The Black Star Passes John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/845 urn:isbn:1557429316 en 1953 Novels Science Fiction A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention.... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets.... The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/845.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/845.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/845.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/845.mobi Genesis Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/372 en 1951 Short Fiction Science Fiction Was this ill-fated expedition the end of a proud, old race--or the beginning of a new one? There are strange gaps in our records of the past. We find traces of man-like things--but, suddenly, man appears, far too much developed to be the "next step" in a well-linked chain of evolutionary evidence. Perhaps something like the events of this story furnishes the answer to the riddle. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/372.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/372.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/372.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/372.mobi The Happy Unfortunate Robert Silverberg http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2493 urn:isbn:B0017R5NHK en 1957 Short Fiction Science Fiction Dekker, back from space, found great physical changes in the people of Earth; changes that would have horrified him five years before. But now, he wanted to be like the rest--even if he had to lose an eye and both ears to do 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/2493.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2493.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2493.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2493.mobi Star-begotten H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2600 urn:isbn:B0013XW2TA en 1937 Short Fiction Science Fiction Star Begotten is a 1937 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a series of men who conjecture upon the possibility of the human race being altered by Martians to replace their own dying planet. The protagonist of the story Joseph Davis, who is an author of popular histories, becomes overtaken with suspicion that he and his family have already been exposed and are starting to change. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2600.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2600.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2600.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2600.mobi The Skylark of Space Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/830 urn:isbn:0803292864 en 1928 Novels Science Fiction We know so little about intra-atomic forces, that this story, improbable as it will appear in spots, will read commonplace years hence, when we have atomic engines, and when we have solved the riddle of the atom. You will follow the hair-raising explorations and strange ventures into far-away worlds with bated breath, and you will be fascinated, as we were, with the strangeness of it 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/830.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/830.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/830.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/830.mobi The Moon Men Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1224 urn:isbn:1846772427 en 1926 Short Fiction Science Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1224.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1224.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1224.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1224.mobi The Mantooth Christopher Leadem http://www.feedbooks.com/book/893 en 2000 Novels Science Fiction Fantasy Ten thousand years after nuclear holocaust, Earth has reverted to the savage garden, and Man to his Neanderthal roots. Yet a man-child is born, fully human, and a young woman wakes to find the world she knew is gone. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/893.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/893.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/893.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/893.mobi This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2564 urn:isbn:B0019OO8SQ en 1958 Novels Science Fiction A frighteningly possible future world as seen through the strange and demonic imagination of Robert Bloch. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2564.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2564.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2564.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2564.mobi The Coming Race Edward Bulwer-Lytton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2582 urn:isbn:1438215754 en 1871 Novels Science Fiction The Power of The Coming Race is a powerful novel that fired the imagination of readers starting in the 1870's. Among the earliest examples of what would become the genre of science fiction, among many authors it influenced H. G. Wells, Samuel Butler, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book tells the story of a young American adventurer who discovers a portal to an underground world at the bottom of a mine shaft. In this world lives a highly advanced race, with a dark secret. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2582.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2582.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2582.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2582.mobi A Spaceship Named McGuire Randall Garrett http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2155 en 1961 Short Fiction Science Fiction The basic trouble with McGuire was that, though "he" was a robot spaceship, nevertheless "he" had a definite weakness that a man might understand.... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2155.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2155.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2155.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2155.mobi Supermind Randall Garrett Laurence Mark Janifer http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1961 urn:isbn:1603123032 en 1963 Novels Science Fiction Malone lives in a world where psionic powers such as telepathy and teleportation exist. Malone must cope with them as well as an FBI Director who leaves Malone continually confused about what situation he is being asked to handle and what he is expected to do about it. Published in Analog as "Occasion for Disaster," Supermind has Malone investigating a series of incidents in which people make mistakes -- sometimes minor, and sometimes major -- that lead to disasters. It looks like a secret cabal of psis may be behind events, influencing the behavior of those involved. Are they? And if so, why? Malone must find out if it kills him -- which is a very real possibility. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1961.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1961.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1961.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1961.mobi Badge of Infamy Lester Del Rey http://www.feedbooks.com/book/851 urn:isbn:160312053X en 1957 Novels Science Fiction As a doctor, Daniel Feldman once made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now he's a pariah, shunned by all, and forbidden to touch another patient. But rules are looser on Mars -- there, Doc Feldman is welcomed by the colonists, even as he's hunted by the authorities. But when he discovers a Martian plague may soon wipe out two planets, Feldman finds himself a pivotal figure. War erupts, Earth is poised to completely destroy the Mars colony, and a cure to the plague is the price of peace. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/851.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/851.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/851.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/851.mobi The Street That Wasn't There Clifford Donald Simak Carl Richard Jacobi http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2513 en 1941 Short Fiction Science Fiction Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2513.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2513.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2513.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2513.mobi The Night Land William Hope Hodgson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417 urn:isbn:1605971685 en 1912 Novels Science Fiction Horror Fantasy The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human. To leave the protection of the Circle means almost certain death, or worse, but as the story commences, the narrator establishes mind contact with an inhabitant of another, forgotten, Redoubt, and sets off into the darkness to find her. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2417.mobi Four-Day Planet Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/310 urn:isbn:B001713C4W en 1961 Novels Science Fiction Fenris isn't a hell planet, but it's nobody's bargain. With 2,000-hour days and an 8,000-hour year, it alternates blazing heat with killing cold. A planet like that tends to breed a special kind of person: tough enough to stay alive and smart enough to make the best of it. When that kind of person discovers he's being cheated of wealth he's risked his life for, that kind of planet is ripe for revolution. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/310.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/310.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/310.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/310.mobi Islands of Space John Wood Campbell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836 en 1956 Novels Science Fiction "Their space-drive engine shattered the intergalactic barriers" Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/836.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 Naudsonce Henry Beam Piper http://www.feedbooks.com/book/380 en 1962 Short Fiction Science Fiction Bishop Berkeley's famous question about the sound of a falling tree may have no standing in Science. But there is a highly interesting question about "sound" that Science needs to consider... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/380.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/380.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/380.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/380.mobi The Defiant Agents Andre Alice Norton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301 en 1962 Novels Science Fiction Alien technology scavenged by U.S. and Russian scientists has started a race to colonize planets outside our solar system -- and the U.S. scientists are losing! In a desperate move the U.S. government decides to use a group of Apache volunteers in an experimental attempt to colonize a primitive planet, but before they can even begin their spaceship crashes on the planet Topaz... Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2301.mobi The Galaxy Primes Edward Elmer "Doc" Smith http://www.feedbooks.com/book/826 urn:isbn:0586040021 en 1959 Novels Science Fiction The Pleiades was Earth's first starship, and it could travel anywhere instantaneously -- but where it ended up could not be predicted... or even if the ship could return to Earth! Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/826.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/826.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/826.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/826.mobi Equality Edward Bellamy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/824 urn:isbn:1410100383 en 1897 Novels Science Fiction Politics The sequel to Bellamy's Looking Backward, his utopian novel of several years earlier, where a young man falls asleep in 1887 and wakes in a utopian year 2000, where all social ills are solved. This novel continues the thread of his utopian vision. Equality begins when Julian West returns to the year 2000 to continue his education. The book describes an ideal society in that year. Equality was published just before his death and was not received nearly as well as Looking Backward. Bellamy was born in 1850 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. As a young man he studied law and entered the bar, but never practiced. He was a journalist and social theorist as well as a novelist. Bellamy's theory of public capitalism would greatly affect American political thought in the 20th century. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/824.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/824.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/824.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/824.mobi The World Set Free H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831 urn:isbn:080329820X en 1914 Novels Science Fiction THE WORLD SET FREE was written in 1913 and published early in 1914, and it is the latest of a series of three fantasias of possibility, stories which all turn on the possible developments in the future of some contemporary force or group of forces. The World Set Free was written under the immediate shadow of the Great War. Every intelligent person in the world felt that disaster was impending and knew no way of averting it, but few of us realised in the earlier half of 1914 how near the crash was to us. The reader will be amused to find that here it is put off until the year 1956. Noteworthy for its depiction of fictional ''atomic bombs'' which eerily prefigure the development of real nuclear weapons. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/831.mobi