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The 15th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: 70 Classic and Modern Science Fiction Tales
The 15th volume of our MEGAPACK® series is truly MEGA—no less than 70 tales by some of the science fiction field's all-time greatest authors! Here are interplanetary tales, space opera, thought pieces, cats (how you you have science fiction stories without at least one cat?), and even a few modern classics. Included NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
CONSPIRACY ON CALLISTO, by Frederik Pohl
AFTER SOME TOMORROW, by Mack Reynolds
CATALYSIS, by Poul Anderson
FAMILY TREE, by Charles L. Fontenay
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, by Russ Winterbotham
A MATTER OF ORDER, by Fox B. Holden
FREEWAY, by Bryce Walton
BUT THE PATIENT LIVED, by Harry Warner, Jr.
COMMUNICATION, by Charles Fontenay
ROUTINE FOR A HORNET, by Don Berry
THE EARTHMAN, by Irving Cox, Jr.
DREAMTOWN U.S.A., by Leo P. Kelley
EASY DOES IT, by E. G. Von Wald
CRONUS OF THE D.F.C., by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
THE HEMINGWAY KITTENS, by A.R. Morlan
ESCAPE MECHANISM, by Charles E. Fritch
FIRTH’S WORLD, by Irving Cox, Jr.
BRIGHT ISLANDS, by Frank Riley
THE HAPPY CLOWN, by Alice Eleanor Jones
FORCED MOVE, by Henry Lee
JEKYLL-HYDE PLANET, by Jack Lewis
THE OLD GOAT, by Charles L. Fontenay
JUVENILE DELINQUENT, by Edward W. Ludwig
LOST ART, by G. K. Hawk
NIGHT COURT, by Norman Arkawy
NOR DUST CORRUPT, by James Mc Connell
THE DRIVERS, by Edward W. Ludwig
INHIBITION, by James Causey
DEAREST ENEMY, by Fox Holden
THEY WERE DIFFERENT, by Neil J. Kenney
SHOCK TROOP, by Richard Bolton
PIONEERS, by Basil Wells
THE CYBER AND JUSTICE HOLMES, by Frank Riley
REJECT, by John Johnson
YOUR SERVANT, SIR, by Sol Boren
SELLER OF THE SKY, by Dave Dryfoos
THE PATRIOT, by Charles L. Fontenay
SLOW BURN, by Henry Still
TASK MISSION, by Fox B. Holden
THE ALMOST-MEN, by Irving E. Cox, Jr.
THE BARBARIANS, by Tom Godwin
THE 3RD PARTY, by Lee B. Holum
WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT?, by Poul Anderson
THE ELROOM, by Jerry Sohl
THE FLOATER, by Kenneth O’Hara
SHANGO, by John Jakes
THE HAPPY HERD, by Bryce Walton
THE LABORATORIANS, by Edward Peattie
WRONG ANALOGY, by Joseph Shallit
THE RUMBLE AND THE ROAR, by Stephen Bartholomew
THE OUTER QUIET, by Herbert D. Kastle
THE SCAMPERERS, by Charles A. Stearns
TO PAY THE PIPER, by James Blish
UNTIL LIFE DO US PART, by Winston Marks
WAR GAME, by Bryce Walton
THE MARGENES, by Miriam Allen De Ford
WILLIE’S PLANET, by Mike Ellis <
CONSPIRACY ON CALLISTO, by Frederik Pohl
AFTER SOME TOMORROW, by Mack Reynolds
CATALYSIS, by Poul Anderson
FAMILY TREE, by Charles L. Fontenay
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, by Russ Winterbotham
A MATTER OF ORDER, by Fox B. Holden
FREEWAY, by Bryce Walton
BUT THE PATIENT LIVED, by Harry Warner, Jr.
COMMUNICATION, by Charles Fontenay
ROUTINE FOR A HORNET, by Don Berry
THE EARTHMAN, by Irving Cox, Jr.
DREAMTOWN U.S.A., by Leo P. Kelley
EASY DOES IT, by E. G. Von Wald
CRONUS OF THE D.F.C., by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
THE HEMINGWAY KITTENS, by A.R. Morlan
ESCAPE MECHANISM, by Charles E. Fritch
FIRTH’S WORLD, by Irving Cox, Jr.
BRIGHT ISLANDS, by Frank Riley
THE HAPPY CLOWN, by Alice Eleanor Jones
FORCED MOVE, by Henry Lee
JEKYLL-HYDE PLANET, by Jack Lewis
THE OLD GOAT, by Charles L. Fontenay
JUVENILE DELINQUENT, by Edward W. Ludwig
LOST ART, by G. K. Hawk
NIGHT COURT, by Norman Arkawy
NOR DUST CORRUPT, by James Mc Connell
THE DRIVERS, by Edward W. Ludwig
INHIBITION, by James Causey
DEAREST ENEMY, by Fox Holden
THEY WERE DIFFERENT, by Neil J. Kenney
SHOCK TROOP, by Richard Bolton
PIONEERS, by Basil Wells
THE CYBER AND JUSTICE HOLMES, by Frank Riley
REJECT, by John Johnson
YOUR SERVANT, SIR, by Sol Boren
SELLER OF THE SKY, by Dave Dryfoos
THE PATRIOT, by Charles L. Fontenay
SLOW BURN, by Henry Still
TASK MISSION, by Fox B. Holden
THE ALMOST-MEN, by Irving E. Cox, Jr.
THE BARBARIANS, by Tom Godwin
THE 3RD PARTY, by Lee B. Holum
WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT?, by Poul Anderson
THE ELROOM, by Jerry Sohl
THE FLOATER, by Kenneth O’Hara
SHANGO, by John Jakes
THE HAPPY HERD, by Bryce Walton
THE LABORATORIANS, by Edward Peattie
WRONG ANALOGY, by Joseph Shallit
THE RUMBLE AND THE ROAR, by Stephen Bartholomew
THE OUTER QUIET, by Herbert D. Kastle
THE SCAMPERERS, by Charles A. Stearns
TO PAY THE PIPER, by James Blish
UNTIL LIFE DO US PART, by Winston Marks
WAR GAME, by Bryce Walton
THE MARGENES, by Miriam Allen De Ford
WILLIE’S PLANET, by Mike Ellis <
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Published August 14, 2020
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Ray Bradbury
2,562 books25.1k followersRay Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
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February 28, 2023
This massive collection of science fiction stories dating mostly from the 195o's is the kind of stuff that I used to read as a kid, the kind of stories that made me a fan of SF in the first place. These were the times when there were still steaming jungles on Venus, and ruins of great cities along the canals of Mars, and when 2020 was "far in the future". True to the form of the time, at least one story contains a tribe of beautiful, scantily clad women living in the jungles of Venus, who are saved from the evil frog-like swamp dwellers by the (male) heroes from Earth. Reading it from a modern perspective however we find that the women (however clad) were actually strong and independent (and likely would have defeated the swamp monsters eventually), while the men are pretty much oafs.
April 19, 2021
Large selection of sf from the cold war era
Usual mix of the good, the good but dated, the good but scientifically balderdash, the average, the ludicrously dated but still interesting, and a few very poor ones. Thoroughly enjoyed reading the lot.
Usual mix of the good, the good but dated, the good but scientifically balderdash, the average, the ludicrously dated but still interesting, and a few very poor ones. Thoroughly enjoyed reading the lot.
June 3, 2022
Another fun collection of science fiction short stories, mainly from the late 50s but a few from the 40s. Most of the stories can be read in 20 minutes or less and a lot of them have drily humourous twists or turns in them, something that really makes a short story great. It includes stories by the likes of Ray Bradbury and Poul Anderson.
I enjoyed just about every story in here, there were only a few I didn’t really like.
The great thing about a collection like this is you can read a few stories then put it down for a week and a half and then pick it up again which is why I started this the first week of February and just finished it the first week of June.
I enjoyed just about every story in here, there were only a few I didn’t really like.
The great thing about a collection like this is you can read a few stories then put it down for a week and a half and then pick it up again which is why I started this the first week of February and just finished it the first week of June.
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May 24, 2022Wonderful stuff
Barely a dud in the whole collection. Reading old science fiction from the fifties (mostly) is like taking a holiday in a nicer, more optimistic world.
Barely a dud in the whole collection. Reading old science fiction from the fifties (mostly) is like taking a holiday in a nicer, more optimistic world.
November 18, 2024
A fine mix of mildly entertaining to good to very good stories that I understand have been largely out of print since the 1950s - many from scifi masters but also from many I was unfamiliar with. Its fantastic to read stories as if you were handling the old pulp magazines from nearly 80 years ago. My favorites were Catalysis by Poul Anderson; The Almost-Men by Irving E. Cox, Jr; The Outer Quiet by Herbert D. Kastle; and Outpost on Io by Leigh Brackett. If you're an old school scifi fan you can't go wrong with this collection. Get it. Enjoy it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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October 20, 2020
FANTASTIC
Many many stories that will make you wonder where these authors got their ideas from. Some stories appear to be autobiographical accounts, but is this possible? I'm not sure. So you'll have to read them and then decide. These stories are FANTASTIC!
Many many stories that will make you wonder where these authors got their ideas from. Some stories appear to be autobiographical accounts, but is this possible? I'm not sure. So you'll have to read them and then decide. These stories are FANTASTIC!
December 9, 2020
A huge collection, mostly classic ('50s and some '40s), all good to excellent.
March 21, 2023
very poor selection of stories, some not rven scifi or fantasy...not worth reading
May 1, 2024
Oh wow. What memories these stories brought back.. most stories are from the 1950’s. So yes, they are dated, and the science is off. But these are the type of stories I read as a kid. I loved them.
June 21, 2023
Excellent book
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