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. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz


 

Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz

The most dangerous of animals is not the biggest and fiercest—but the one that's hardest to stop. Add intelligence to that ... and you may come to a wrong conclusion as to what the worst menace is....

Legacy by James H. Schmitz

 Legacy by James H. Schmitz

In LEGACY, Trigger Argee has been sent by her boss to the University Planet to oversee a plasmoid project. So why aren't Professor Mantelish or Trigger's boss anywhere to be found -- and why is Trigger being kept in the dark? And why is Pilch of the Psychology Service so keen to dig through Trigger's mind?