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. Floyd L. Wallace (1915-2004) is one such unjustly forgotten author. An engineer by trade, Wallace wrote science fiction (and mysteries) in the 1950s, and worked best at shorter lengths. He only wrote one novel. The Eleventh... [click here for more]
Sam Merwin, Jr. (1910-1996) is one of those great "lost" authors. Equally adept and mystery and science fiction, he produced a significant body of work in both fields. In fact, this volume adds as a bonus two of his classic mystery stories, in addition to a selection of 7 science fiction stories. Included are:
JUDAS RAM
THE AMBASSADOR
THE FINAL FIGURE
REEL LIFE FILMS
A WORLD APART
IT'S... [click here for more]
Edward Paul Wellen (1919-2011) wrote primarily short stories throughout his long career, primarily in both the mystery field, but also (especially early in his career) in science fiction magazines. This is the second collection of his science fiction stories we have published, and it's another good one. Included are:
ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW
THE BIG CHEESE
ROOT OF EVIL
THE VOICES
THE WORLD IN... [click here for more]
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935) was an American science fiction writer. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months. Included in this volume are:
THE DARK OTHER
A MARTIAN ODYSSEY
VALLEY OF DREAMS
THE IDEAL
PYGMALION'S... [click here for more]
Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. He wrote not only under his own name, but as John S Browning, H. H. Hermon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name shared with other writers). Rereading his work in preparation for assembling this volume, we were impressed by how well much of his fiction holds up today. His writing style is smooth and... [click here for more]
Edward Wellen (1919-2011) was a writer primarily of short stories, most in the mystery genre. However, he penned a not-insubstantial number of science fiction over the course of his career -- starting (sort of!) with a "non-fact article" "Origins of Galactic Slang" for Galaxy magazine. This MEGAPACK™ collects 25 of his best tales from those early years...plus a few... [click here for more]