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Smith admitted he had made an error involving a few murders—and a few thousand years. He was entitled to a sense of humor, though, even in the Ultroom!

“They offer you three jokes,” said the stranger, “which shall make all who hear them simply die of laughter.” I think my friend was reluctant then to have anything more to do with it, he wanted to go home; he said he didn’t want jokes.

To live different and exciting lives, all I had to do was sign here—and give up my own life!

The world of the new race was peaceful, comfortable, lovely—and completely static. Only Eric knew the haunting loneliness that had carried the old race to the stars, and he couldn’t communicate it, even if he had dared to!

Harry Harrison was an American science fiction author, best known for his character the ‘Stainless Steel Rat’ and for his novel ‘Make Room! Make Room!’. He wrote rip-roaring adventures with a lot of heart, toeing the line between science fiction adventure, humor, and satire. Featured here are three of his finest short stories, ‘The Repairman,’ ‘Navy Day,’ and ‘Toy Shop.’

It was a fine day at the beach for Purnie’s game—but his new friends played very rough!

Stark disaster to a brave lad in space may—to the mind that loves—be a tragedy pridefully concealed.

Turnabout may not always be fair play in the gulfs between the stars. But so destructive and malicious are the Agronians of this story that we can readily forgive Richard Smith for filling their ship with an unexpected reversal of a victory technique almost too ghastly to contemplate. We have no sympathy...

“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 suffering so extreme a case as to have crossed the border into psychosis) can be not only useful, but perhaps necessary for certain kinds of work....

Conan becomes the captain of a pirate vessel and encounters a remote island with a mysterious pool that has powers of transmutation. Expect the unexpected in this exciting tale.

They were a charming family and everybody loved them to death—especially Amanda

THREE SHORT NOVELS OF SCIENCE FICTION SUSPENSE From the Hugo-winning author of Coyote, Arkwright, and Avengers of the Moon come three novellas that combine science fiction, mystery, and crime: The Doppler Effect -- Never before published, a satirical short novel about how a disgraced...

There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them!

Arthur made it alive through the Third World War. Well, if you can call a computer brain alive. He's not much more than a suitcase and a typewriter, but he has skills, skills that a lot of people want and need in a post-apocalyptic world. So he and his friends are on the run. But is there anywhere safe for them to run to?