There was a sheet of paper on the seat of his aircushion car. He frowned at it. It couldn't have been there before. He picked it up. It was a mimeographed throw-away. It was entitled, Freedom, and it began: Comrades, more than a hundred years ago the founders of scientific socialism, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, explained that the State was incompatible with liberty, that the State was an instrument of repression of one class by another. They explained that for true freedom ever to exist the State must wither away. Under the leadership of Lenin, Stalin, Krushchev and now Zverev, the State has become ever stronger. Far from withering away, it continues to oppress us. Fellow Russians, it is time we take action! We must. . . .

"For some forty years critics of the U.S.S.R. have been desiring, predicting, not to mention praying for, its collapse," says Mack Reynolds in this story's preface. "For twenty of these years the author of this story has vaguely wondered what would replace the collapsed Soviet system. A return to Czarism? Oh, come now! Capitalism as we know it today in the advanced Western countries?" Oh, if he'd only seen!, we find ourselves thinking. Still, Reynolds has seen something, and he has a lot to say about it. See for yourself!

"[...]"Listen to the man, is that any way to talk to El Hassan?" Elmer Allen said worriedly, "He's right, though, Homer. You shouldn't take chances." Homer Crawford went serious. "Actually, none of us should, if we can avoid it. In a way, El Hassan isn't one person. It's this team here, and Jake Armstrong, who by this time I hope is on his way to the States." Bey was shaking his head in stubborn determination. "No," he said. "I'm not sure that you comprehend this yourself, Homer, but you're Number One. You're the symbol, the hero these people are going to follow if we[...]".

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is -- not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status!

Product Description: Mack Reynolds was a well known American sci-fi writer during the mid-20th century. Many of his works are still read today.

It would, of course, take a trio of Ivory Tower scientists to conceive of tracking down that statistical entity, the Common Man, and testing out an idea on him. And only the Ivory Tower type would predict that egregiously wrongly!. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

Product Description: According to tradition, the man who held the Galactic Medal of Honor could do no wrong. In a strange way, Captain Don Mathers was to learn that this was true. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain...read more

Ronny Bronston wanted to see the galaxy -- and he asked to. But the work turned out to be a search-and-arrest mission -- and he was supposed to arrest Tommy Paine! The real, historical Tom Paine was quite character. But this fellow was slipperier, cleverer, more revolutionary -- and he hopped about the galaxy like a flea with the hot-foot!

An Alien landing on Earth might be readily misled, victimized by a one-sided viewpoint. And then again ... it might be the Earthmen who were misled.... Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk

Product Description: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Product Description: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Product Description: The Common Man Mercenary Combat Border, Breed Nor Birth Status Quo Ultima Thule Adaptation

Product Description: Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (1917 – 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding.He was a considerably popular author from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially with readers of science fiction and fantasy magazines...read more

Product Description: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

His assignment was to get things done; he definitely did so. Not quite the things intended, perhaps, but definitely done. How do you run a command economy when nobody wants to take an order?

Product Description: Counterfeiters were spreading phony bills throughout the country. It was Larry Woolford's job to investigate. But this was not a typical criminal ring. Someone had been sabotaging the country's Records tapes and the investigation was taking the strangest turns...read more

Product Description: Tangier is possibly the most cosmopolitan city in the world. In native costume you'll see Berber and Rif, Arab and Blue Man, and occasionally a Senegalese from further south. In European dress you'll see Japs and Chinese, Hindus and Turks, Levantines and Filipinos, North Americans and South Americans, and, of course, even Europeans—from both sides of the Curtain...read more

Product Description: A world had collapsed around this man -- a world that would never shout his praises again. The burned-out cities were still and dead, the twisted bodies and twisted souls giving him their last salute in death. And now he was alone, alone surrounded by memories, alone and waiting ...read more

The evening was dark, it was unlikely that the other even saw the circle of steel that was the mouth of the shotgun barrel, now resting on the car's window ledge. "Who's it?" he growled. Joe Prantera said softly, "Big Louis sent me, Al." And he pressed the trigger. And at that moment, the universe caved inward upon Joseph Marie Prantera. There was nausea and nausea upon nausea. There was a falling through all space and through all time. There was doubling and twisting and twitching of every muscle and nerve. There was pain, horror and tumultuous fear. And he came out of it as quickly and completely as he'd gone in. He was in, he thought, a hospital. His second thought was Something went wrong. Big Louis, he ain't going to like this.

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.

A facsimile edition of the first Star Trek novel, out of print for thirty years, follows Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to a primitive planet, populated by human inhabitants and clones with no civil rights, that is threatened by raids from high-tech neighbors. (view table of contents)

The disappearance of an important scientist in a world where differences are settled with gladitorial competitions threatens to bring back the possibility of world war

In a future society in which the Corporate Wars--battles between mercenary armies hired by large corporations--are entertainment for the masses, Joe Mauser, a mercenary, defies the tenets of society to achieve his ultimate goal

On a future Earth wracked by strife and shortages, Roy Cos buys into a lifetime of ease through the Deathwish Policy, but his privileged status makes him a target for killers hired by the elite Worldgov

When special agent Peter Kapitz is sent to Island One, America's first space colony, to investigate reports of low morale, shoddy workmanship, unexplained malfunctions, and avoidable accidents, he discovers a pervasive conspiracy involving the Soviets