For a few seconds, however, the tall stranger seemed to lose all of his cockiness, and a somber look crept over his jovial features. "Have you ever heard of the hex of the white feather?"
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Eight, Keith Laumer and Others
by Poul Anderson, Walt Sheldon, and Clifford D. Simak
Now in Paperback! Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who has gone too far in Frankenstein from Edgar Allan Poe's balloon trip in the year 2848 to Jules Verne's p...
Isaac Asimov's timeless short story originally published in 1952. Two young friends, Slim and Red discover two small strange creatures. Red decides he has an opportunity to join the circus with his new pets, but Slim has his reservations.
There were two varieties of aliens-blue and bluer-but not as blue as the Earthmen!
Let the games begin! These thirteen original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level. From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man's grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention w...
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 2, No. 1 (April, 1930) (Volume 2)
by Arthur J Burks
Doctor Urinov's Time Machine and Other Really Really Short Science Fiction Anecdotes
by Jairo Sanchez