Space Opera Books

Synthetic Hero

Erik Fennel

The idea of building a spaceship did not enter George Carlin's mind until after he contracted the dread—and at that time incurable—Matson's Disease. And then he thought of it only as the most spectacu..

Temptress of Planet Delight

Betsy Curtis

Herl was still seeing him six hours later, sitting across a castered utility table from almost exactly the bull of a man he'd visualized ... about Herl's own height but broader all the way from should..

Give Back a World

Raymond Z. Gallun

Rick also thought that he would have liked to like Fane if he could. Now didn't seem the right time. His veiled bragging and shows of insolence had begun to exceed the limit, even for rough men. And t..

Murderer's Base

William J. Brittain

Hervey was good at this damned, dull, hateful task. Not many men were willing to spend nine months out of the year blasting from asteroid to asteroid, checking and servicing and reporting on the great..

Homecoming Horde

Robert Silverberg

Word was coming from the States of alien advances. New York was in Lanthaii hands, and no broadcasts were being made from there. The United Nations delegates had fled to an unnamed city and were conti..

Voyage to Procyon

Robert Silverberg

Conroy, working his way down the tube, suddenly felt emptiness as he lowered one foot. He had come to the end of the vertical tube. Twisting himself upright, he dropped the remaining six feet into the..

Not in the Rules

Mack Reynolds

Suzi was surprised when I stepped up to her table in the spacer's lounge. At least, her eyebrows raised. The little minx was as pretty as a Venusian rose-orchid. She was sitting with Alger Wilde, a ma..

Death Walks on Mars

Alan J. Ramm

The SWOOOOSH could hardly be picked up. There was a long shadow; then a scream from Fatso. The Sand Vulture's tail came out of his belly red. Then the Vulture was away; circling high and out of range...