The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK™ Series focuses on unjustly forgotten science fiction writers from the 1960s and before. Horace B. Fyfe (1918-1997) was one. An engineer by trade, he also wrong a long string of popular science fiction and fantasy stories. He published extensively in genre magazines from his first appearance in Astounding (February 1940) until his last publication in... [click here for more]
Science fiction author Stanley G. Weinbaum died from cancer at 33 in December 1935. Short though his career was, his scientific imagination, smooth characterizations, and pervasive humor completely revolutionized the field, and profoundly influenced his contemporaries. Among his many imitators was English writer John Russell Fearn. Although his own distinctive work was very popular in the SF magazines... [click here for more]
"The Cosmic Crusaders find themselves on a truly strange world--a misfit planet that seems mysteriously cursed. Instead of evolving naturally from birth to death, it's a world out of step with the universe, leaping ahead into the future at unexpected moments. With each 50-year ""step,"" much of the population dies, and the young replace them as middle-aged individuals. The Crusaders are suspicious... [click here for more]
SF Author Stanley G. Weinbaum died from cancer at 33, in December 1935. Short though his career was, his scientific imagination, smooth characterization, and humor completely revolutionized the field, and profoundly influenced his contemporaries. Among his many imitators was English writer John Russell Fearn. Although Fearn's own distinctive work was very popular, he wanted to increase his number of... [click here for more]