Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Time Techs of Kra Science Fiction by Max Sheridan


 

The Time Techs of Kra by Max Sheridan

A story of time travel and alien invasion.  The blurb reads: "The elusive technical knowledge of eons, past and future, was held captive by the mighty Kralons—learned giant insects that seined the stream of Time for the great Truth that would mold them into unrivalled masters of the universe."

A Thousand Degrees Below Zero by Murray Leinster


 A Thousand Degrees Below Zero by Murray Leinster

 is a remarkable science fiction tale about a sudden cold spell on Earth.  The War to End All Wars has ended and the world has taken a deep breath and is trying to recover normal life in 1919. But a super Villan intent on ruling the entire world has other ideas. In his super fast helicopter (the Black Flyer) he sorties out to block the major ports and rivers of the world with icebergs made by his fiendishly clever devices until they admit his supremacy and kneel before his might. The might of nations are helpless before him but he does not count on our hero, a scientist specializing in low temperatures who was also a gunner in WWI. Teamed with a daring pilot flying the latest fastest bi plane in the army, they tangle with this brilliant but deranged person and might be able to bring him down. Do they? Read this fascinating tale and find out in this thrilling adventure where planes zoom at up to 200 mph!!!!  The paperback is HERE.

Monday, November 9, 2020

Last Call From Sector 9G by Leigh Brackett

Last Call From Sector 9G by Leigh Brackett

Last Call From Sector 9G by Leigh Brackett
Out there in the green star system; far beyond the confining grip of the Federation, moved the feared Bitter Star, for a thousand frigid years the dark and sinister manipulator of war-weary planets. An outstanding space opera by Leigh Brackett, one of the writers of The Empire Strikes Back.

Friday, November 6, 2020

A Matter of Order by Fox B. Holden Science Fiction


 

A Matter of Order by Fox B. Holden

A thrilling science fiction short story. Balance is a fundamental law of order. How, then, can integrity cancel such a principle even though the future of Mankind demands it?

Tuesday, October 27, 2020


 

Star Surgeon by Alan Nourse

A thrilling intergalactic adventure, Star Surgeon follows the journey of Dal Timgar as he strives to achieve his lifelong goal of becoming a physician. Published in 1959, the novel explores themes of discrimination, prejudice, and racial oppression, while also presenting key elements of science fiction including interplanetary travel, intergalactic medicine, aliens, and advanced technology.

Sunday, October 18, 2020


 

Earth Alert by Kris Neville

Tentacled, telepathic, baby-snatching aliens are coming to take over the world! They enhance (mutate) their human takings and train them telephathically n a hidden space station to one day head down to earth and kill all the non-mutant humans, and then themselves. One mutant was inadvertently left on Earth and as she discovers her powers becomes a grave threat to the alien plan. 


 

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine from February–July, 1912. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Barsoom series inspired a number of well-known 20th-century science fiction writers, including Jack Vance, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, and John Norman. The series was also inspirational for many scientists in the fields of space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life, including Carl Sagan, who read A Princess of Mars when he was a child.