Publication Year: 2006
Type: Novel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Interplanetary Odysseys
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Leonaur
Genre: Science Fiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults,Adults
Edition: First Edition
Stanley G. Weinbaum Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 2006 First Edition
Interplanetary Odysseys
INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEYS: Classic Tales of Interplanetary Adventure Including A Martian Odyssey, Its Sequel Valley of Dreams, the Complete Ham Hammond Stories & Others
"One of the novas of the SF cosmos." The New Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Interplanetary Odysseys collects together all of Stanley G. Weinbaum's tales set on the planets and moons of our own solar system. With their colony cities and fast, easy space travel, these stories from the great romantic tradition of SF remain entertaining, readable and relevant. Weinbaum was noted as the first SF writer to create believable aliens that were a product of their own planetary environments and eco-systems. The lead story, the classic "A Martian Odyssey", demonstrates this talent perfectly and with the nine other tales included here it gives readers new and old a chance to relive the sense of wonder that sprang from the glory days of science fiction.
Other Earths
Almost a thousand years from now a new empire, governed by the immortals Joaquin Smith and his beautiful, but evil, sister Black Margot, has arisen on Earth after a planet wide holocaust. In the gigantic city of Urbs every aspect of life is monitored around the clock by security services, the inhabitants seem happy.....but in the wider world discontent is growing. This colourful vision of the future, in the novella "Dawn of Flame" and its sequel novel The Black Flame, is just one of the Other Earths in this remarkable book.
Strange Genius
Strange Genius: Classic Tales of the Human Mind at Work Including the Complete Novel the New Adam, the 'van Manderpootz' Stories And Others is a collection of stories about people whose minds are beyond the ordinary. Included is the hard to find novel The New Adam, a surprising tale of homo superior born among us, the first of a new human race, an evolutionary leap and a man whose mind is so different that he's an alien on his own planet. Also included are the humorous van Manderpootz stories about a scientific genius who wants everyone to know how great he is, and several more of Weinbaum's delightful tales of the human mind at work.
The black heart
This is a book of strange tales about strange people and sometimes stranger places. It includes Weinbaum's novel The Dark Other, in which Nicholas Devine and his girlfriend Pat are deeply in love, but before they can fulfil their dreams they must exorcise a demonic presence that threatens both their future together and their lives. Also included is another love story that takes place in a tranquil world of beauty and innocence that can only be seen through the lenses of "Pygmalion's Spectacles", and several other surprising tales.
