The Mack Reynolds Megapack: 23 Classic Science Fiction Stories

by Mack Reynolds, Fredric Brown (Contributor)

Mack Reynolds was a frequent and prolific contributor to the science fiction magazines from the 1950s through the 1980s. This volume collects 23 choice tales, ranging from space opera to social science fiction -- nearly a thousand pages vintage work from a master storyteller! Included

HAPPY ENDING
ULTIMA THULE
GUN FOR HIRE
ADAPTATION
STOWAWAY
MEDAL OF HONOR
I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF
STATUS QUO
UNBORN TOMORROW
SUMMIT
FREEDOM
DOGFIGHT -- 1973
THE COMMON MAN
COMBAT
REVOLUTION
BLACK MAN'S BURDEN
SUBVERSIVE
OFF COURSE
POTENTIAL ENEMY
BORDER, BREED NOR BIRTH
FRIGID FRACAS
EXPEDITER
MERCENARY

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Genres: Science Fiction

888 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2013

About the author

Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Clark Collins, Mark Mallory, Guy McCord, Dallas Ross and Maxine Reynolds. Many of his stories were published in "Galaxy Magazine" and "Worlds of If Magazine". He was quite popular in the 1960s, but most of his work subsequently went out of print.

He was an active supporter of the Socialist Labor Party; his father, Verne Reynolds, was twice the SLP's Presidential candidate, in 1928 and 1932. Many of MR's stories use SLP jargon such as 'Industrial Feudalism' and most deal with economic issues in some way

Many of Reynolds' stories took place in Utopian societies, and many of which fulfilled L. L. Zamenhof's dream of Esperanto used worldwide as a universal second language. His novels predicted much that has come to pass, including pocket computers and a world-wide computer network with information available at one's fingertips.

Many of his novels were written within the context of a highly mobile society in which few people maintained a fixed residence, leading to "mobile voting" laws which allowed someone living out of the equivalent of a motor home to vote when and where they chose.

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was very old school. A lot of the stories are set in the world of the Cold War, or have to do with politics.

"Expediter" was my favorite.

I liked the novella-length "Black Man's Burden" a lot.

[Andrew Ceyton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quit. Started out good, speculations on economics, Cold War politics, spycraft. And then it got into a boring rut, the worst being a theme of Black American spies 'saving' Africa from itself with a fake rebel leader.

[Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Severely dated now.

[Timothy Morrison]

O no! A dAmsel in distress may die of plot pox! Thanks, Star fighter!

[CRAB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Last Warning.

[David Lucas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I purchased this after reading Time Gladiator. It contains prequels to that enjoyable novel as well as other stories by the same author. While there are some similar stories, for the price the book can't be faulted. A few minutes after finishing, I purchased megapack 2. If you like 150's style sf, I can't recommend this book higher