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The Lost King of Oz
"Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land of Oz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story…
The Adventure of the Red Circle
Sherlock Holmes uses his amazing brain to unravel another strange occurrence. A mysterious lodger in his own building who remains locked awa…
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears f…
Science Fiction Stories
These are three imaginative SF stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn. Venus is a Man's World, (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 19…
Apology of Socrates
The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC[2] against the charges of "corrupting t…
Science Fiction Stories
As the title indicates, here are three SF stories by Frank Herbert, Missing LInk, originaly purlished in Astounding SF, 1959; Operation Hays…
The Red Headed League
"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It firs…
4 SF Stories
4 Science Fiction Stories by the quirky Mack Reynolds from the golden age of SF, the 1950s - Summary by phil chenevert
The Royal Book of Oz
"Of course, we all knew the Scarecrow was a very fine fellow, but surely we never guessed he ascended from an emperor. Most of us desce…
As a Man Thinketh
This book is about our thoughts and how they determine our actions and very being. A few quotes will give a good taste of the riches in thi…
Skylark Three
Book 2 of the Skylark of Space series. More pulp daring do and the clash of inconceivable vast forces across the galaxies as only Doc Smith…
A Thousand Degrees Below Zero
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 in…
Revelation
The Book of Revelation, often known simply as Revelation or the Apocalypse, is the final book of the New Testament and occupies a central pl…
Wet Magic
A book about children who find magic in every day life .. and discover that mermen and mermaids actually have a whole underwater kingdom wit…
The Defenders
The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. …
Mowgli
In the Jungle Books, Kipling tells 9 wonderful and exciting tales about Mowgli, the human baby raised by a pack of wolves in the jungles of …
The Ambulance Made Two Trips
Big Jake Connors is taking over his town through violence, inimidation and bribery but Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald can only grind his teet…
Salvage in Space
This is an SF tale of excitement, danger, derring-do and strangely enough, love. A lonely and very poor asteroid miner, slowly collecting …
The Grandfathers' War
Another twisty tale from Murray Leinster about that busy little Med Ship fixing problems throughout the universe. In this case, the med serv…
Voodoo Planet
A Free Trader space ship visits the planet Khatka where magic and Voodoo are threatening to destroy the promising civilization that has been…