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Jeffrey Collins’s fate was sealed when he stopped his car to help a man who appeared to be an injured motorcyclist. When the injured man vanished before his eyes, Collins turned to a scientist, Dr. Whittaker, to make sense of the mystery. But when Whittaker was found dead, a victim of poisoning, Collins was accused of his murder. The evidence against him was damning. Where had he been during the period when Dr. Whittaker had died? Had he not quarrelled with him, and had they not both stood to make a fortune from some kind of formula? Unable to explain, Collins was found guilty, and so began an astounding odyssey of space, time, and destiny.
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It came originally from the merciless, frost-bound wilderness of the night side of Mercury, the hellish planet nearest to the Sun. But when space explorer Harry Dagenham brings a long-dead, petrified snake–or something–back to Earth from Mercury, he discovers–quite suddenly–that the rock-hard creature is not quite so inert as it first appears! Here are six extraordinary stories from the golden age of the pulps: «Something from Mercury,» «The World That Dissolved,» «Pre-Natal,» «Beyond Zero,» «Across the Ages,» and «Twilight Planet.» Great science-fiction adventure from the pulp magazine era!
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Randle Manton has brought the Earth back from the brink of nuclear disaster, painstakingly rebuilding a nearly destroyed civilization, even reaching out to space. But now he's told that the clouds covering the world will soon unleash upon the reeling planet yet another disaster: a great flood that will cover most of the Earth's surface. Despite his wealth, despite his great power, Manton knows that he'll only be able to save a fraction of humanity. Can mankind rebuild and survive yet a third time?
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JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1908-1960) sold his first novel to the pulp magazine Amazing Stories , and quickly became a prolific and popular contributor to all of the American science fiction magazines of the day. Later he switched to the U.K. market, writing scores of SF, detective, and western novels. He is best remembered for his famous superwoman 'Golden Amazon' series, currently available from Wildside Press.
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JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1908-1960) sold his first novel to the pulp magazine Amazing Stories , and quickly became a prolific and popular contributor to all of the American science fiction magazines of the day. Later he switched to the U.K. market, writing scores of SF, detective, and western novels. He is best remembered for his famous superwoman 'Golden Amazon' series, currently available from Wildside Press. British writer, JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1908-1960) sold his first novel to the pulp magazine Amazing Stories, and quickly became a prolific and popular contributor to all of the American science fiction magazines of the day. Later he switched to the U.K. market, writing scores of SF, detective, and western novels. He is best remembered for his famous superwoman ‘Golden Amazon’ series, currently available from Wildside Press. "Space Trap" was originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories , Fall 1945.
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In «Robbery Without Violence,» gold worth fifty million pounds vanishes overnight from an impregnable bank vault, Chief Inspector Hargraves of Scotland Yard finds himself completely baffled. And when the owner of the bank then dies under mysterious circumstances, Hargraves is again spurred to seek outside help from scientist Sawley Garson, a specialist in solving «impossible» crimes. But can even he explain the inexplicable? Also included in this collection is «Death at the Observatory.» Two baffling science fiction crime stories by a master of the classic mystery tale.
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In cars, trains, buses and tube, the one topic of conversation was the black sky and mysterious disappearance of dust. It was remarkable, too, how incredibly well washed and neat everybody looked, from the grimiest labourer to the proprietress of a beauty salon. Dust was on the march, from skins, clothes, streets, buildings – everywhere. Even the slums, rotten with the accumulated dirt of years, were bright and resplendent, something for the train travelers to gaze upon in stunned wonder. This removal of dust seemed to be a boon to mankind – but it turned out to be a deadly scourge, and unless it was stopped millions of people would die!
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After their whirlwind marriage and honeymoon, Jane and Dick went to their new home in rural England…a gloomy place rumored to be haunted. A creepy house, strange neighbors, and newlyweds – quite a mix! A classic tale by John Russell Fearn, author of the Black Maria series!
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When drifter Terry Carlton encounters the little town of Verdure in Arizona, he's only seeking some hospitality and shelter for the night, before moving on. But what he learns from his hosts, old man Marchland and his daughter Hilda, piques his curiosity. <P> Their home, like all the others in town, is boarded up at night; the entire community is living in fear of four ghostly horsemen, who ride only at night. Refusing to share the terrified townsfolk's fear of the supernatural, Terry trails the mystery riders, but they seem to vanish into thin air in Star Canyon. Then Hilda receives unwelcome overtures from the corrupt Sheriff and, worse yet, her father is abruptly murdered. Can Carlton solve the mystery of Verdure's sudden deteriorization, and save the town from destruction? <P> A classic western novel based upon Matthew Japp's stirring story outline.
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When Milly Morton, confidential secretary to industrialist Mortimer Bland, deliberately smashes several astronomical plates created by Anton Drew, she does more than express her pique against Bland's Chief Scientist. She also destroys irreplaceable data that might have enabled Drew to convince a skeptical world that it needs to prepare for the coming cosmic disaster. Without proof, no government official takes Drew's theories seriously. And so the world continues on its way, living in a Fool's Paradise. The signs of approaching doom soon become evident–with unprecedented thunderstorms, the huge growth of unbridled vegetation, and the appearance of giant insects. By the time Drew, aided by friends Ken and Thayleen West, is finally able to convince the Prime Minister of the danger, it looks as if it might be too late. Can ANYTHING save the Earth and its precious human cargo?