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The Golden Amazon’s arch-enemy, Sefner Quorne, discovers that all mental gifts, such as memory and creativity, are not inherent in human brains and mental make-up, but are something that is broadcast throughout the universe by a Central Intelligence, and then interpreted individually by the recipient! Quorne invents a device to block such thoughts selectively from reaching the Earth, thereby reducing the population to imbeciles–with the Amazon and Abna also being affected. The ambitious scientist then embarks on the most audacious voyage ever to be undertaken by man when, at the surprising suggestion of his wife Viona–daughter of the Amazon–he travels to the very center of the universe in order to seize the secrets to all knowledge from the Central Intelligence itself! Can Quorne be thwarted before he becomes the most powerful being in the cosmos? Another astounding adventure in the unfolding saga of the Golden Amazon!

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Tarnec Brodix, super-mathematician from an external cosmos, accidentally destroys his universe. The destruction begins to spread into our own cosmos in the form of a Dark Tide of Absolute Nothingness, destroying all light and heat. Stars, nebulae, galaxies–all are disappearing before the relentless advance of a mathematical fault in space-time. Unable to save himself, Brodix transfers his knowledge into the one mind in the Earth universe receptive enough to receive it: that of Sefian, the son of Sefner Quorne and Viona, daughter of the Golden Amazon! But how can a mere two-year-old boy save the universe from destruction–particularly when the Earth has been invaded and conquered by an alien race? Classic super-science adventure in the grand manner! The Golden Amazon Saga, Book Five.

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SF Author Stanley G. Weinbaum died from cancer at 33, in December 1935. Short though his career was, his scientific imagination, smooth characterization, and humor completely revolutionized the field, and profoundly influenced his contemporaries. Among his many imitators was English writer John Russell Fearn. Although Fearn's own distinctive work was very popular, he wanted to increase his number of acceptances by writing under pseudonyms–Thornton Ayre and Polton Cross–with a change of style imitating Weinbaum! These exciting and highly entertaining pastiches, first published in such magazines as Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories, are here collected for the very first time in book form, with fascinating historical background notes. The first of two must-have volumes for collectors, the second being VALLEY OF PRETENDERS. Great adventure reading from the classic period of the SF pulps!

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The human-occupied planets in the Solar System, Earth and Mars, are suddenly threatened with a space-borne plague that rusts and destroys all metals. If the «disease» continues unchecked, all of civilization is threatened. Behind this insidious menace is Sefner Quorne, the sinister master scientist of Atlantis. Quorne had earlier enslaved the humans on Earth, until he was deposed by the Golden Amazon and Abna, the real Lord of Atlantis. But now, with Abna dead, and the Amazon mortally wounded on one of the moons of Jupiter, nothing can halt Quorne’s plans–until a lone space traveller abruptly intervenes. Viona, a beautiful young woman whose origins are shrouded in mystery, is somehow connected to the mysterious Amethyst City of Saturn…a place that cannot possibly exist! Volume Four in this exciting continuing saga of Earth and space.

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The bacterial intelligences of Neptune plan to conquer Earth by replacing humans in key positions with alien duplicates. A disturbing new element is introduced when the Neptunians themselves fall under the dictates of the sinister Sefner Quorne, whom the Golden Amazon believes to be dead. Once alerted to the threat, the Golden Amazon hits back with all the ruthless scientific ingenuity at her command. She creates an ultimate doomsday weapon–only to precipitate a reprisal from the denizens of another universe, plunging the Amazon, her husband Abna, and their daughter Viona into another astonishing science fiction adventure in the ongoing saga of the Golden Amazon. The sixth thrilling chapter in this exciting space opera!

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Reaching another solar system, the three Cosmic Crusaders discover a fantastic world of mental parasites drawing form and substance from our own Earth, fifty light years away. The planet is ruled by a being identical to the Golden Amazon herself–but an «Amazon» that is coldly scientific and vicious, mirroring the original Amazon as she had once been early in her career. They become locked in a deadly duel, and the Amazon and Abna are marooned by the double on a planet of monsters. And while the pair fight to survive, Viona becomes engaged to Mexone, a human inhabitant of another planet in the same system–only to face death with her fiancé as the Amazon II seeks to electrocute them. Can the Amazon and Abna escape from their prison world in time to rescue their daughter? Great action adventure from the golden age of science fiction!

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Dr. Brutus Lloyd is no more than four feet ten inches tall, an amazingly gnome-like man. He's not a dwarf, simply vest-pocket size. His head has a brow like a baby cliff, capped by a tuft of jet-black hair that curled down the immense forehead. His face, though overbalanced by the brow, is powerful for all its smallness. The most surprising thing about him is his deep bass voice. A brilliant scientist and criminologist, his unorthodox methods in combating criminals sometimes causes consternation to Inspector Branson of the New York City Police. Branson never quite knows how to take his extraordinary scientific ideas–but he knows better than to ignore them, because they were invariably right! Four classic scientific mystery tales from the era of the pulp magazines.

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Maria Black, M.A., Principal of Roseway College for Young Ladies, does not expect to come face to face with murder in her favorite cinema, when a stranger seated in Number 11 on Row A is found to be dead–shot through the head with a copper bullet! The baffling crime enables her to take on her role of detective and become, once again, Black Maria–the tireless crime solver. Determined to get to the root of the mystery, she works side by side with the stolid Inspector Morgan, local police chief. Together they follow a tangled trail that takes them behind the scenes of a cinema, examining the lives of hardworking folk who strive to maintain the entertainment industry–and eventually leads them into the recesses of a ruthless killer’s dark mind. Another riveting classic British mystery torn from the pages of the pulps. Black Maria, Book Three.

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Clifford Brooks and his wife Joan believe that 'Herbert,' the frisky dinosaur who'd saved their lives in A THING OF THE PAST, has been lost forever in the Earth's underworld. But to their amazement, he returns to the surface of the Earth–and immediately raises once again all of the complicated problems attendant upon trying to house a fearsome, 80-ton prehistoric beast in the midst of modern society. He's eventually condemned to death as a menace to the community, but somehow he–or his owners–always managed to circumvent the final sentence. Which is just as well, since it appears that Herbert’s appearance is almost providential. When aliens from another star arrive to Earth bent on denuding the planet of one of its natural resources, only Herbert can save the day! Another delightful SF adventure from the pulp paperback era.

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Maria Black, Head of Roseway College for Young Ladies during World War II, and a textbook solver of crimes, finds herself faced with a problem after her own heart when the strange, haughty Frances Hasleigh, daughter of a somewhat mysterious British Major, enrolls in her school. Within a few days the girl is found hanged in a nearby wood, in circumstances that seem devoid of clues and without motive. Scotland Yard is called in to solve the horrifying crime, but Black Maria has her own unique system of finding a culprit. By degrees she follows a trail that leads her through a maze of intrigue. And then a second girl is found hanging in a school room…! The second novel in the classic Black Maria series!

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