The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern & Classic Stories
Language: English
Pages: 499
ISBN: 2:00182733
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Retail ePub of this series which has seven 25-story packs (#3 has 26 for some reason) to this date released since 2011. Not released annually.
"The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack" presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are:
OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy Kress
THE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. Dick
WALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal Asher
THE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes Bok
THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, by Arthur C. Clarke
HILLARY ORBITS VENUS, by Pamela Sargent
MAYBE JUST A LITTLE ONE, by Reginald Bretnor
THE ULTROOM ERROR, by Jerry Sohl
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS TO COME, by Lawrence Watt-Evans
THE ASTRONAUT FROM WYOMING, by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion
PRIDE, by Mary A. Turzillo
CAT AND MOUSE, by Ralph Williams
THE RECORD, by Forrest J Ackerman and Ray Bradbury
THE NEW REALITY, by Reginald Bretnor
WHAT HATH ME? by Henry Kuttner
BRIDGE OF SILENCE, by George Zebrowski
SUN’S UP, by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard Waldrop
CONSIGNMENT, by Alan E. Nourse
THE SYNDIC, by C.M. Kornbluth
AFTER BONESTELL, by Jay Lake
THE JEWELS OF APTOR, by Samuel R. Delany
THE MISSISSIPPI SAUCER, by Frank Belknap Long
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, by Murray F. Yaco
CANCER WORLD, by Harry Warner, Jr.
EGOCENTRIC ORBIT, by John Cory
And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering everything from science fiction and fantasy to horror, westerns, pulp fiction, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more!
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stink will infect us and poison us to death. We’ve got to do something. We’ve got to do something.” “What?” It stopped her cold. After a minute she uttered a shaky laugh. “The fat, sloppy, happy Syndic,” she said, “sitting around while the wolves overseas and the maniacs across the Mississippi are waiting to jump. Yes—do what?” Charles Orsino was not good at arguments or indeed at any abstract thinking. He knew it. He knew the virtues that had commended him to F. W. Taylor were his energy and
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