Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G. Weinbaum
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Stanley G. Weinbaum
Stanley G. Weinbaum is best known for his short story “A Martian Odyssey” which has been influencing Science Fiction since it was first publ…
This Crowded Earth
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Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch (1917 – 1994) was a prolific writer in many genres. As a young man he was encouraged by his mentor H. P. Lovecraft, and was a c…
Victory
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Lester Del Rey
Lester del Rey (1915 – 1993) was a Golden Age science fiction author and editor closely connected to John W. Campbell Jr. and Astounding Sci…
Deathworld
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Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison is best known for his Stainless Steel Rat stories and the novel Make Room! Make Room! which was adapted for film as Soylent G…
The Stars, My Brothers
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Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Hamilton (1904 – 1977) had a career that began as a regular and frequent contributor to Weird Tales magazine. The first hardcover pub…
The Fisherman and his Soul
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Oscar Wilde
”The Fisherman and his Soul” is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde’s “A House of Pomegranates”. It tells of a fisherm…
Security
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Poul William Anderson
“Security” tells the story of a compartmentalized government physicist ordered by secret police to complete experiments aimed at developing …
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 2)
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Mark Twain
In the afterlife grizzled sea captain Eli Stormfield finds himself piloting a ship to heaven. Despite a detour and some navigation errors he…
The Creature from Cleveland Depths
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Fritz Leiber
“The Creature from Cleveland Depths” also known as “The Lone Wolf” tells the story of a writer and his wife who refuse to move below-ground …
The People of the Crater
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Andre Norton
An air force pilot adrift in peacetime is recruited to join an Antarctic expedition. When a strange mist downs his plane he discovers an anc…
The Ethical Engineer (Deathworld 2)
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Harry Harrison
“The Ethical Engineer” also known as “Deathworld II” finds our hero Jason dinAlt captured to face justice for his crimes, but the ever-wily …
The Dueling Machine
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Ben Bova
The Dueling Machine is the solution to settling disputes without injury. After you and your opponent select weapons and environments you are…
Rastignac The Devil
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Philip Jose Farmer and Philip José Farmer
French colonists on a planet ruled by reptiles and amphibians are forced to wear living “skins” that subdue aggression and enforce vegetaria…
The Status Civilization
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Robert Sheckley
Will Barrent awakes without memories just before being deposited on Omega, a planet for criminals where the average life expectancy is 3 yea…
Second Variety
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Philip K. Dick
Early victories by the USSR in a global nuclear war cause the United Nations government to retreat to the moon leaving behind troops and fie…
The Variable Man
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Philip K. Dick
Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you’re going to win a war before you fire a shot. Unfortunat…
The Runaway Skyscraper
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Murray Leinster
Arthur Chamberlain has problems. His one-man engineering firm is faltering and his pretty secretary Estelle barely notices him. But these pr…
The Secret Sharer
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Joseph Conrad
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…
Red Nails
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Robert E. Howard
Conan the Cimmerian pursues the beautiful and deadly pirate Valeria after she kills a Stygian only to find himself cornered by a dragon. App…
The Knights of Arthur
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Frederik Pohl
Sailors Sam Dunlap and Arthur check in to a New York hotel to await their mate Vern Engdahl when a girl shows up proposing to purchase Arthu…
The Ego Machine
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Henry Kuttner
Celebrated playwright Nicholas Martin didn’t read the small print in his Hollywood options contract. Now he’s facing five years of servitude…
Stamped Caution
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Raymond Z. Gallun
When an alien spacecraft crashes in Missouri a team of army investigators is dispatched. Among the debris they find a Martian infant and dec…
The Thing in the Attic
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James B. Blish
Honath the Pursemaker is a heretic. He doesn’t believe the stories in the Book of Laws which claims giants created his tree-dwelling race. H…
Let'em Breathe Space
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Lester Del Rey
The old space freighter Wahoo is all Dr. Pietro can afford for his expedition to the rings of Saturn. Although built for a crew of 6 the goo…
Black Amazon of Mars
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Leigh Douglass Brackett
Carrying out the last wishes of a comrade, mercenary Eric John Stark takes on the task of returning a stolen talisman to a walled city near …
The Hate Disease
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Murray Leinster
Dr. Calhoun and his pet tormal Murgatroyd work for the Interstellar Medical Service making routine public health inspections on far-flung co…
The World That Couldn't Be
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Clifford D. Simak
Layard was a curiosity to sociologists. The planet supported thriving tribes of natives but they were genderless. How could tribes form with…
A Horse's Tale
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Mark Twain
Soldier Boy is the top steed at Fort Paxton. He is Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse and has led a life of glory and honor. One day General Alis…
The Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
The Idiot is anything but, yet his fellow boarders at Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog’s home for single gentlemen see him as such. His brand of creati…
Asteroid of Fear
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Raymond Z. Gallun
John Endlich needed to clean up his act. Gambling, drinking, a hot temper and wanderlust were the last things Rose and the kids needed. So h…
Fables in Slang
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George Ade
While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…
Make Mine Homogenized
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Rick Raphael
Widowed cattle rancher Hetty Thompson had done all right for herself since Big Jim’s death. She had Barney, a loyal if dim-witted ranch hand…