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The First Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Tales

by Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison

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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):

UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor

CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany

EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds

ONE-SHOT, by James Blish

SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder

ZEN, by Jerome Bixby

LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond

SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson

THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone

THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova

YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown

HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds

LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond

RIYA'S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys

ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily

AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp

DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey

THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick

THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay

THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett

NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison

THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett

NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm

JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff

FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt

And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the Megapack series! Search on "Wildside Megapack" in this ebook store to see the complete list...covering more science fiction volumes, plus adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, westerns, and much more!

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This collection is uneven, but I'm grateful that it introduced me to Mack Reynolds. ( )
  J.Flux | Aug 13, 2022 |
Two dozen or so stories, mostly from the 1950s & 60s.

They remind me of the kind of pulp sci fi I read in junior and senior high school, in magazines and paperback anthologies. I recognized at least half of the authors by name, and might well have read and then forgotten some of these works. Some were easy to skim through or skip. Others, like Jerome Bixby's aliens in 'Zen', and Algis Budrys' gifted orphan with his maternal empath in 'Riya's Foundling', showed me why this was the golden age of sic fi.

This anthology helped me recall what kind of kid I was in those days, and what literature meant to me then. ( )
  mykl-s | Feb 12, 2021 |
I really enjoyed this. Some stories were great; some were a bit dated. This was classic 1950s sci-fi like I read as a child. ( )
  glindaharrison | Oct 19, 2015 |
I really enjoyed this. Some stories were great; some were a bit dated. This was classic 1950s sci-fi like I read as a child. ( )
  glindaharrison | Oct 19, 2015 |
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):

UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor

CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, by Samuel R. Delany

EXPEDITER, by Mack Reynolds

ONE-SHOT, by James Blish

SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando Binder

ZEN, by Jerome Bixby

LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson Bond

SENTIMENT, INC., by Poul Anderson

THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS, by J. F. Bone

THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, by Ben Bova

YEAR OF THE BIG THAW, by Marion Zimmer Bradley

EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS, by Fredric Brown

HAPPY ENDING, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds

LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK, by Nelson Bond

RIYA'S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys

ACCIDENTAL DEATH, by Peter Baily

AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE, by C. C. MacApp

DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey

THE CRYSTAL CRYPT, by Philip K. Dick

THE JUPITER WEAPON, by Charles L. Fontenay

THE MAN WHO HATED MARS, by Randall Garrett

NAVY DAY, by Harry Harrison

THE JUDAS VALLEY, by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett

NATIVE SON, by T. D. Hamm

JUBILEE, by Richard A. Lupoff

FINAL CALL, by John Gregory Betancourt

And don't forget to check out all the other volumes in the Megapack series! Search on "Wildside Megapack" in this ebook store to see the complete list...covering more science fiction volumes, plus adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, westerns, and much more!

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Identical to the unnumbered The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories Kindle Edition
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