Maison d'édition: Wildside Press
Khallaf the Strong inflicted dire tortures on Hamed the Attar, and would have done him to death had not a beautiful woman intervened. Classic historical fantasy, first published in the Spring 1931 issue of Oriental Stories magazine. Introduction by Karl Wurf.
"The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London is a haunting dystopian novella first published in 1912. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story unfolds in the year 2073, sixty years after a devastating pandemic known as the Scarlet Plague wipes out most of humanity. Told through the perspective of an elderly survivor, James Howard Smith, the narrative recounts the collapse of civilization as he shares his memories with his grandsons, who struggle to comprehend the advanced world that once was. With vivid imagery and profound social commentary, London explores themes of human fragility, the loss of knowledge, and the cyclical nature of history. This short yet powerful tale serves as a timeless reflection on the consequences of societal hubris and the enduring spirit of survival.Voir livre
The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short stories ""White Nights,"" ""A Disgraceful Affair,"" and ""The Dream of the Ridiculous Man,"" three of Dostoevsky's most troubling, moving, and poignant works.Voir livre
The Gothic emo Prince of Darkness called Mr Average has grown up and took up the family business as a stage Illusionist when his wife, his assistant in his act dies of a trick going wrong after he predicted it he has the eyes of the press and law on him. Will he go to prison as a murderer or will he go free.Voir livre
Aliens and Nothing But Aliens 4 - Eighteen Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60sThe Weapon by Isaac Asimov The Monsters by Robert SheckleyThe Portable Star by Isaac AsimovThe Mystery of Deneb IV by Robert SilverbergFarewell Message by David MasonThe Time of Cold by Mary CarlsonDerelict by Alan E. NourseSecond Census by John Victor PetersonThe Ultimate Vice by A. Bertram ChandlerMembership Drive by Murray F. YacoSpawning Ground by Lester Del ReyArena by Fredric BrownCome Home From Earth by Edmond HamiltonS as in Zebatinsky by Isaac AsimovIn The Walls of Eryx by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth SterlingThe One Who Waits by Ray BradburyGunnison’s Bonanza by Dick Purcell Quarantined Species by J. F. BoneVoir livre
In a utopian future society, where all social unrest has been engineered away, a man has an awakening. Starting as a happy worker drone, he meets a woman who reveals to him the reality of life outside the state's control - the glories of chaotic nature in the world and in the heart. They become entwined with a conspiracy against the state, and eventually try to escape beyond the walls of the state's control... only to meet betrayal, failure, and a dark ending in the glorious light of the state's total control.Sound familiar? It's probably because you've read Orwell's nineteen eighty-four, which he wrote eight months after he read We, wrote a review of it, and said he was taking it as the model for his next novel. Or Huxley's Brave New World.Or maybe you've read Vonnegut's Player Piano, which of Vonnegut said he "cheerfully ripped off the plot of Brave New World, whose plot had been cheerfully ripped off from Yevgeny Zamyatin's We". You might even have come across other plays on the theme, such as Ayn Rand's Anthem or Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading, written while Nabakov was reading We. Or even possibly Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed.The tale is familiar, but the satirical and farcical comedy is a delight all of its own.Voir livre
Lost Sci-Fi Books 61 thru 70 - Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60sA Little Journey by Ray Bradbury - She'd paid good money to see the inevitable and then had to work to make it happen!Tony and The Beetles by Philip K. Dick - A ten-year-old boy grows up fast when history catches up with the human race.Piper In The Woods by Philip K. Dick - Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants!The Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ Winterbotham - A space-consuming creature reached its tentacles toward trembling planets. Who would battle the invulnerable monster?Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel - Why do the Martians drink wine, spout vile poetry and fight endless duels? How did Terence change their minds about invading the Earth?Jonah of the Jove-Run by Ray Bradbury - They hated this little old guy. Even if his crazy cosmic brain could track a meteor clear across the Galaxy...Rescue Mission by Robert Silverberg - Snaring Earthmen in a mind-web was easy for the telepath. But once you've caught your prey—how do you get rid of them?Rat Race by George O. Smith - The idea was to build a gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was accidental. And it turned out to have highly undesirable effects.Space-Lane of No-Return by George Whittington - You were bored—keeping the endless space-lanes clear. You wanted to see the weird planets of the System.And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown - Hank was spinning quite a lie—the crew got a boot out of the yarn until...Voir livre
