Great Short Novels of Science Fiction

By C.M. Kornbluth, Wyman Guin, A. Bertram Chandler, et al.

When the Masters convene, anything is bound to happen . . .

Including--

The People, small, scurrying, shrewd, cannibalistic--strictly a survival of the fittest culture.

A terrifying world which never discovered how to split the atom.

An aristocracy of power that deliberately destroys itself in order to survive.

Can an Earthman beat the Veldans at their revered game and avoid a war?

AND MORE

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F7RR4BLF
• ISBN13: 9798282759730
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

The intro by Silverberg says the point of this book is to get some novellas back into print, that are hard to place and not often in anthologies because of length. A fine selection, too, at 3.75. Great Short Novels of SF : Giant Killer - A. Bertram Chandler Great Short Novels of SF : Two Dooms - C. M. Kornbluth Great Short Novels of SF : Telek - Jack Vance Great Short Novels of SF : Second Game - Charles V. DeVet and Katherine MacLean Great Short Novels of SF : Beyond Bedlam - Wyman Guin Great Short Novels of SF : The Graveyard Heart - Roger Zelazny Rat race ship slaughter. 4 out of 5 Different German discovery. 3 out of 5 More telekinesis, or less? Some violence, surely. 4 out of 5 The Player Of is a clever sneaky absorbing spy. 4.5 out of 5 Dealing with the alter-egos. 3.5 out of 5 In-crowd desire slowdown slaying. 3.5 out of 5 4.5 out of 5