Science Fiction Books
Space-Trap At Banya Tor
W. J. MatthewsSpace-Trap At Banya Tor, a short story by W. J. Matthews. Wheelwright leaned back, clasping his knee in its black and silver hose. His eyes fell. "I can't quite feature it. Perhaps he thought he..
Design For Doomsday
Bryce WaltonWith infinite caution, Venard disclosed the memory-crystal, taking it with a kind of dignified stealth from beneath the rags that had once been a shirt. Dreamily he studied the small, delicate translu..
The Green Dream
Bryce WaltonOutside the synthetic shell of the hut, in the fetid heart of the Venusian swamp Sector 5, a serpent hissed as it raised its pointed head from the slime and sank back again. A gigantic flying Gruoon g..
The Outcasts of Solar III
Emmett McDowellThere were two others behind the blond man but Saxon kept his eyes on Emil, recognizing a dangerous type. Obviously well educated, intelligent, the blond man was fiercely loyal to General Atomic. Not ..
Maru, A Dream of the Sea
H. De Vere StacpooleThere was the Spanish ship that came into the lagoon when he was seven. The picture of her remained with him, burning and brilliant, yet tinged with the atmosphere of nightmare, a big topsail schooner..
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Dorothy De CourcyBrace stared at the glass in his hand, prolonging the moment, for he knew many curious eyes watched him. Blood brother to sulphuric acid, someone had called it; Borl, distilled from the roots of a poi..
When the Spoilers Came
Robert Moore WilliamsBeyond the city lay the desert with its fretwork of canals and its pathetic patches of green growth, pathetic because where once grain had grown as far as the eye could reach now only a few patches we..
Pillar of Fire
Ray BradburyHe looked at the graveyard. It was cold and empty. All of the stones had been ripped up and piled like so many flat bricks, one atop another, in the far corner by the wrought iron fence. This had been..