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 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.

Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancée and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit and igniting a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back. The Skylark of Space is the first and one of the best space operas ever written. Breezy dialogue, romantic intrigue, fallible heroes, and complicated villains infuse humanity and believability into a conflict of galactic proportions. The Amazing Stories publication of The Skylark of Space in 1928 heralded the debut of a major new voice in American pulp science fiction and ushered in its golden age. Legions of interstellar epics have been written since that time, but none can match the wonder, dazzle, and sheer fun of the original. This commemorative edition features the author's preferred version of the story, the original illustrations by O. G. Estes Jr., and a new introduction by acclaimed science fiction writer Vernor Vinge.

The editors who first published this amazing scientifictional tale were incredibly excited to get it. "For two years readers of Amazing Stories have literally clamored for a sequel to the famous story," they said, "The Skylark of Space, which appeared exactly two years ago. Except that Skylark Three is more thrilling, more exciting and even more chockfull of science than the other." You're looking at a real treat. Enjoy it!

"TRIPLANETARY is the first of the six classic 'Lensman' books, long recognized as the greatest space opera ever written." -- John Clute "The Lensman books . . . are the books I cut my teeth on as a fan, and together they comprise one of the true milestones in science fiction literature." -- J. Michael Straczynski No single phrase can describe TRIPLANETARY, the first of the "Lensman" stories, the volume providing the background for the remaining novels in the series. It might be terned a Galactic Romance, or a Cosmological Fantasy -- but above all else it is a story. From the atomic age in Atlantis or a bloody Roman arena, you are borne to the watery world of Nevia, remote in space and time. You meet two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, and you view the ancient conflict between these worlds.

Product Description: First Lensman is a science fiction novel and space opera by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,995 copies. Although it is the second novel in the Lensman series, it was the sixth written...read more

Product Description: E.E. Smith was a 20th century American author who helped pioneer the sci-fi genre with works like the Lensman and Skylark series.

Product Description: E.E. Smith was a pioneer in the sci-fi genre, and he’s often considered one of the founders of space opera as a subgenre. This is one of his most famous works.

Product Description: A GOOD many of us, who are now certain beyond a doubt that space travel will forever remain in the realm of the impossible, probably would, if a rocket that were shot to the moon, for instance, did arrive, and perhaps return to give proof of its safe arrival on our satellite, accept the phenomenon in a perfectly blasé, twentieth century manner...read more

Product Description: From The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the fantastic work of E. E. 'Doc' Smith, one of the most influential authors of the pulp era. Working with legendary ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION editor, John W...read more

Product Description: "Times like these are about as unpredictable as boardinghouse stew!" says Teddy Soberjowski in the author's pervious book, Boardinghouse Stew. The year was 1943, midway through World War II, when no one knew what would happen next...read more

Product Description: In June of 1943, due to an acute labor shortage caused by the evacuation of all Japanese from the area, as well as many domestic workers preferring war work to house work, Mrs. Mumson is forced to hire a young schoolgirl named Eileen as a maid and cook for the summer...read more

When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's starship Arcturus took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned into a disastrous voyage. Attacked by a mysterious spaceship, the Arcturus crash-lands on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The survivors must learn to master Ganymede's primeval terrors, construct a new spacecraft, and deal with the warring intelligences of the Jovian system. Of course, true spacehounds can do anything, given sufficient time, resources, and freedom from attack. A rousing interplanetary adventure in the classic tradition!

Earth becomes the ultimate prize in an interstellar war in which the Arisians, the elder race of the galaxy, use their advanced mental science to embark on a breeding program throughout the galaxy to produce super warriors who can repel evil Eddorian invaders, in the first volume in the classic science fiction series. Reprint.

Virgil Samms becomes the first wearer of the Lens, an almost-living symbol of the forces of law and order, as he struggles to prove himself by establishing the Galactic Patrol, an incorruptible force assigned to protect the universe form the powerful Eddorians. Reprint.

Describes plant and animal fibers and how they are used to create a variety of textiles. (view table of contents)

Kim Kinnison of the Patrol uses his children as bait in a desperate plan to prevent the destruction of the universe (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Book by Smith, E. E.

Product Description: First Lensman is a science fiction novel and space opera by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,995 copies. Although it is the second novel in the Lensman series, it was the sixth written...read more