Fantastic Stories Presents the Science Fiction Super Pack #1: A Positronic Book

By Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury

Book Overview

Science fiction and fantasy have always belonged to the past, the present, and the future all at once-and this Super Pack brings that full range together in one giant collection. Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #1 gathers classic and contemporary speculative fiction from a wide field of writers, mixing Golden Age science fiction, pulp adventure, social speculation, strange fantasy, future history, alien contact, time-bending imagination, and sharp modern voices.

Inside are stories by some of the most important names in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, Frederik Pohl, Leigh Brackett, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Jack Williamson, H. Beam Piper, Harry Harrison, R. A. Lafferty, C. L. Moore, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many more. From first contact and far-future empires to private nightmares, cosmic mysteries, alien landscapes, and sly comic reversals, this collection offers a broad doorway into the worlds that made science fiction and fantasy endure.

Stories include:

The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein

They Twinkled Like Jewels by Philip Jos Farmer

Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell

Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum

Don't Jump by Jamie Wild

Youth by Isaac Asimov

Digger Don't Take No Requests by John Teehan

Lighter Than You Think by Nelson Bond

Garden of Souls by M. Turville Heitz

The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick

Starwisps by Edward J. McFadden III

Gorgono and Slith by Ray Bradbury

I Was There When They Made the Video by Cynthia Ward

The Perfect Host by Theodore Sturgeon

That Universe We Both Dreamed Of by Jay O'Connell

The Lake of Light by Jack Williamson

Lies, Truth, and the Color of Faith by Gerri Leen

Hopscotch and Hottentots by Lou Antonelli

No Place to Hide by James Dorr

Industrial Revolution by Poul Anderson

The Visitor by Ann Wilkes

Travel Diary by Alfred Bester

Encounter in Redgunk by William R. Eakin

The Second Satellite by Edmond Hamilton

The Indecorous Rescue of Clarinda Merwin by Brenda W. Clough

Lost Paradise by C. L. Moore

Siblings by Warren Lapine

Gun for Hire by Mack Reynolds

The Answer by H. Beam Piper

Pythias by Frederik Pohl

Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison

The Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn

The Intruder by Emil Petaja

The Six Fingers of Time by R. A. Lafferty

An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse

The Hoofer by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

The Stellar Legion by Leigh Brackett

Year of the Big Thaw by Marion Zimmer Bradley

If you enjoyed this collection, search for "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" to discover more giant science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and adventure collections from Positronic Publishing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633842533
• ISBN13: 9781633842533
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Positronic Publishing
• Length: 766 Pages
• Weight: 2.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"