The "Golden Age of Science Fiction" Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Horace B. Fyfe (1918-1997) is one such unjustly forgotten author. Included here are 15 science fiction stories plus one novel, representing some of his best work. Included are:
THE WATER EATER (1953) UNBEGOTTEN CHILD (1953)... [click here for more]
H.B. Fyfe published dozens of science fiction stories during his three-decade career as a writer. Included in this volume are 16 of his best, originally published in classic science fiction magazines like Astounding Stories and Planet Stories. Included are:
LOCKED OUT COMPROMISE CONFIDENCE CONFORMITY EXPECTED IN VALUE DECEIVED AFTERTHOUGHT EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS IMPLODE AND PEDDLE KEY DECISION... [click here for more]
When a man wakes up in a pine coffin aboard an old train, his first priority is busting his way out of his box. When the landscape around him turns to a hellish wasteland and the train starts defying physical laws, he must race against time to solve his amnesia and save himself from whatever strange forces are afoot.
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"A great choice for anyone who loves science fiction that asks hard questions about sentience and what it really means to make ethical choices." Long and Short Reviews
Artificial intelligence. AI. The spark that brings about the robot apocalypse. In fiction, AIs always have weaknesses: they're vulnerable to logical paradoxes, back door viruses and pesky EMP blasts. Real AIs would have no such... [click here for more]
This volume contains twelve stories which, for one reason or another, have lain uncollected after their initial publication, an era spanning the years 1986 to 1999. Additionally, four never-sold stories of roughly the same vintage—pulled from Di Filippo's files, with the oldest dating from 1984—see print here for the first time. THE MAN WHOM THINGS HATED FLASHERS BELOW THE WRACK THE GREAT... [click here for more]