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Ten From Infinity

by Paul W. Fairman

Ten men walked Earth--ten men in different cities in the United States. Each one was the exact replica of the other--from the tips of his fingers down to the beating of his twin hearts.Where they came from,...

Marley's Chain

by Alan Nourse

Tam's problem was simple. He lived in a world that belonged to someone else.

The Romantic Analogue

by W. W. Skupeldyckle

Norm Venner's fancy was pretty well fixed on thoughts of electronic calculators—until the invention started making passes at the inventor!

The Beasts in the Void

by Paul W. Fairman

Holloway was used to big game hunters and their expeditions to other worlds. But this trip was sheer madness—a space ship stalking among—The Beasts in the Void

Tangle Hold

by Floyd L. Wallace

Jadiver objected to being the greatest influence for good on Venus ... because what was good for Venus was bad for Jadiver!

Prison of a Billion Years

by C.H. Thames

Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the— Prison of a Billion Years

Unbegotten Child

by Winston K. Marks

If this was true, there ought to be another edition of What Every Young Girl Should Know!

The Variable Man

by Philip K. Dick

He fixed things—clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth’s only hope—and its sure failure!

The Dictator

by Stephen Marlowe

Ellaby's society was a perfect democracy, where all men were equal. But some still wanted more personal attention, and they got it, like— The Dictator.

The Graveyard of Space

by Stephen Marlowe

Nobody knew very much about the Sargasso area of the void; only one thing was certain: if a ship was caught there it was doomed in—The Graveyard of Space.

The Kenzie Report

by Mark Irvin Clifton

If this story has a moral, it is: "Leave well enough alone." Just look what happened to Kenzie "mad-about-ants" MacKenzie, who didn't....

The Enormous Room

by Horace Leonard Gold

One big name per story is usually considered to be sufficient. So when two of them appear in one by-line, it can certainly be called a scoop; so that's what we'll call it. H. L. Gold and science-fiction go together...

Freudian Slip

by Franklin Abel

Things are exactly what they seem? Life is real? Life is earnest? Well, that depends.

To Choke an Ocean

by Jesse Franklin Bone

Gourmets all agree that nothing can beat oysters on the half-shell—not even the armed might of the Terran Confederation!

Turning Point

by Alfred Coppel

The man is rare who will give his life for what is merely the lesser of two evils. Merrick's decision was even tougher: to save human beings at the expense of humanity, or vice versa?

Weels Within

by Charles V. de Vet

Never ask "Who am I and where do I come from?" The answers may not be what you'd expect!

The Ego Machine

by Henry Kuttner

When a slightly mad robot drunk on AC, wants you to join an experiment in optimum ecology—don't do it! After all, who wants to argue like Disraeli or live like Ivan the Terrible?

The Executioner

by Frank Riley

The vote was three to two for death! Jacques had no choice. He was a public servant with a duty....

The Hills of Home

by Alfred Coppel

''Normality'' is a myth; we're all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common. And some types (providing the subject is not...

The Planet Strappers

by Raymond Z. Gallun

The Planet Strappers started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to...