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101 Science Fiction Short Stories

by Bruce McAllister, Julian F. Grow, Algis Budrys, Donald Dale, Keith Laumer, Frank Banta, Clifford Simak, Andrew Fetler, Allen Kim Lang, David Mason, Albert Teichn, Kris Neville, Albert Teichner, William Harris, Fritz Leiber, Robert Lory, Frederick Pohl, Gary Wright, Jim Harmon, Vance Aandahl, Bryce Walton, Robert Scott, C.C. MacApp, Charles V. De Vet, Richard Sheridan, James Stame, R.A. Lafferty, Stephen Barr, Donald E. Westlake, Charles Minor Blackford, Jack Sharkey, H.B. Fyfe, Lester Del Rey, William W. Stuart, Robert F. Young, Sylvia Jacobs, Max Williams, James Stamers, Robert Wicks, Christopher Anv, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Scott F. Grenville, Hayden Howard, Art Lewis, Joseph Wesley, Bascom Jones, E. Mittlema, Philip Jose Farmer, James Bell, Arnold Castle, A.M. Lightner, Charles Fontenay, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harry Harrison, Ron Goulart, Bob Farnham, Mack Reynolds, Jerry Sohl, Miriam Allen DeFord, Rosel George Brown, F.L. Wallace, Theodore L. Thomas, H. Beam Piper, Andre Norton, Frank Herbert, Don Berry, Sol Boren, Poul Anderson, Randall Garrett, Ben Bova ...

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites. ... Read more

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This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.
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Tales of the Dying Earth

The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, Rhialto the Marvellous

by Jack Vance ...

Series series Dying Earth
Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is his 1964 novel, The Dying Earth, and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever.This omnibus volume comprised all four books in ... Read more

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Jack Vance is one of the most remarkable talents to ever grace the world of science fiction. His unique, stylish voice has been beloved by generations of readers. One of his enduring classics is his 1964 novel, The Dying Earth, and its sequels--a fascinating, baroque tale set on a far-future Earth, under a giant red sun that is soon to go out forever.This omnibus volume comprised all four books in
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Tschai

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The four Planet of Adventure volumes chronicle Adam Reith's saga on the planet Tschai, under the amber glow of the star Carina 4269. Reith is a Terran first-in scout stranded on a planet which he learns is now occupied, after an ancient struggle which has come to a standstill, by three technically advanced cultures who now guardedly share the surface while the original inhabitants- the mysterious ... Read more

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The four Planet of Adventure volumes chronicle Adam Reith's saga on the planet Tschai, under the amber glow of the star Carina 4269. Reith is a Terran first-in scout stranded on a planet which he learns is now occupied, after an ancient struggle which has come to a standstill, by three technically advanced cultures who now guardedly share the surface while the original inhabitants- the mysterious
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The Cadwal Chronicles

by Jack Vance ...

For centuries the breathtakingly beautiful planet Cadwal has been held in trust by a centuries-old Charter of Conservancy, created by the now-defunct Naturalist Society on Old Earth.Over time, restrictions on population expansion written into the Charter have become irksome to some who live on Cadwal—those who would take the unexploited wealth of Cadwal for themselves, also those forced to leave ... Read more

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For centuries the breathtakingly beautiful planet Cadwal has been held in trust by a centuries-old Charter of Conservancy, created by the now-defunct Naturalist Society on Old Earth.Over time, restrictions on population expansion written into the Charter have become irksome to some who live on Cadwal—those who would take the unexploited wealth of Cadwal for themselves, also those forced to leave
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Three Trips in Time and Space

by John Brunner, Larry Niven, Jack Vance ...

Each major advance in the technology of communication or transportation has brought profound transformations and dislocations to human society. Three of science fiction's greatest authors--Larry Niven, Jack Vance, John Brunner--explore what would happen if teleportation were invented.Suppose it were possible, technologically and economically, to transport oneself to any point on the earth's ... Read more

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Each major advance in the technology of communication or transportation has brought profound transformations and dislocations to human society. Three of science fiction's greatest authors--Larry Niven, Jack Vance, John Brunner--explore what would happen if teleportation were invented.Suppose it were possible, technologically and economically, to transport oneself to any point on the earth's
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Demon Princes

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In a far-off future, criminals have the freedom to pursue their most violent passions among the civilized worlds of the Oikumene, assured that justice cannot follow when they escape into the lawless Beyond—a vast playground where the most elusive and monomaniacal murderers, thieves, and slavers can conquer a world of their own, play out complex fantasies of bloodlust, pursue revenge and ... Read more

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In a far-off future, criminals have the freedom to pursue their most violent passions among the civilized worlds of the Oikumene, assured that justice cannot follow when they escape into the lawless Beyond—a vast playground where the most elusive and monomaniacal murderers, thieves, and slavers can conquer a world of their own, play out complex fantasies of bloodlust, pursue revenge and
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Een stad vol Chasch

by Jack Vance ...

Series Book 1 - Tschai
Tweehonderd jaar na ontvangst van een signaal uit de richting van Carina 4269 komt de Explorator IV aan bij de oude gele ster en haar enige planeet: een grijsbruine Aarde-achtige wereld. Nauwelijks zijn verkenners Adam Reith en Paul Waunder eropuit gestuurd, of een projectiel vernietigt het moederschip. Reith en Waunder storten met hun verkennersboot neer op de planeet Tschai die lang geleden werd ... Read more

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Tweehonderd jaar na ontvangst van een signaal uit de richting van Carina 4269 komt de Explorator IV aan bij de oude gele ster en haar enige planeet: een grijsbruine Aarde-achtige wereld. Nauwelijks zijn verkenners Adam Reith en Paul Waunder eropuit gestuurd, of een projectiel vernietigt het moederschip. Reith en Waunder storten met hun verkennersboot neer op de planeet Tschai die lang geleden werd
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Magnus Ridolph

by Jack Vance ...

Een schriel mannetje op leeftijd met witte haren, een zorgvuldig gecultiveerde sik en fattige maniertjes: niet het voorkomen dat je zou verwachten van een interstellaire speurneus, befaamd wiskundige, beruchte schelm en levensgenieter. Maar wee de tegenstander die het geslepen intellect van Magnus Ridolph onderschat... In deze tien verhalen aanvaardt Magnus Ridolph, immer krap bij kas, een aantal ... Read more

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Een schriel mannetje op leeftijd met witte haren, een zorgvuldig gecultiveerde sik en fattige maniertjes: niet het voorkomen dat je zou verwachten van een interstellaire speurneus, befaamd wiskundige, beruchte schelm en levensgenieter. Maar wee de tegenstander die het geslepen intellect van Magnus Ridolph onderschat... In deze tien verhalen aanvaardt Magnus Ridolph, immer krap bij kas, een aantal
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Cugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight

by Jack Vance ...

For the second time, Iucounu the Laughing Magician has magicked Cugel the Clever to the farthest reaches of The Dying Earth. Beset by thieves and schemers whose cunning almost equals his own, Jack Vances most incorrigible rogue must fight the long way back to Iucounus manse, where he means to exact a comprehensive and memorable revenge before the old red sun goes out forever.SF Grandmaster Jack ... Read more

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For the second time, Iucounu the Laughing Magician has magicked Cugel the Clever to the farthest reaches of The Dying Earth. Beset by thieves and schemers whose cunning almost equals his own, Jack Vances most incorrigible rogue must fight the long way back to Iucounus manse, where he means to exact a comprehensive and memorable revenge before the old red sun goes out forever.SF Grandmaster Jack
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Miro Hetzel

by Jack Vance ...

Time and technology will change the role of the modern literary private investigator. Rather than don a trench coat, engage in snooping, interrogation, prying, and producing disheartening snapshots, detectives of the future will by necessity command stealth and a variety of arcane techniques to satisfy their stingy and demanding clients, who seek results over interstellar distances.Miro Hetzel is ... Read more

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Time and technology will change the role of the modern literary private investigator. Rather than don a trench coat, engage in snooping, interrogation, prying, and producing disheartening snapshots, detectives of the future will by necessity command stealth and a variety of arcane techniques to satisfy their stingy and demanding clients, who seek results over interstellar distances.Miro Hetzel is
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Clarges

by Jack Vance ...

In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever if you can make the grade.In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize: immortality. Gavin Waylock had that prize the live-forever rank of Amaranth, but lost it when he was accused of murder. Now, after seven years in hiding he begins again the struggle to reach the top. But a strong-willed woman,The Jacynth Martin, is determined to ... Read more

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In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever if you can make the grade.In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize: immortality. Gavin Waylock had that prize the live-forever rank of Amaranth, but lost it when he was accused of murder. Now, after seven years in hiding he begins again the struggle to reach the top. But a strong-willed woman,The Jacynth Martin, is determined to
... Read more
Space Opera

by Jack Vance ...

A society matron underwrites the interstellar tour of an Earth opera company, performing Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini for bewildered human and alien audiences on a kaleidoscopic range of planets. But intrigue and secret agendas complicate what was already a doubtful enterprise, and the matrons feckless nephew finds that the simple country girl he plans to marry is far more mysterious than she ... Read more

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A society matron underwrites the interstellar tour of an Earth opera company, performing Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini for bewildered human and alien audiences on a kaleidoscopic range of planets. But intrigue and secret agendas complicate what was already a doubtful enterprise, and the matrons feckless nephew finds that the simple country girl he plans to marry is far more mysterious than she
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