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Stepsons of Terra

What do you do when your planet is under threat from aliens, you have travelled light years to make contact with Earth (after 500 years of silence) and you then find no-one cares? A classic novel by the Hugo and Nebula award winner.

A Man Called Destiny

Suddenly he became the most valuable human in space.

The Earth in Peril

Contents:

• Things Pass By - (1945) - novelette by Murray Leinster
• Letter from the Stars - (1950) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Dear Pen Pal 1949)
• The Silly Season - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Plant Revolt - (1930) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Mary Anonymous - (1954) - shortstory by Bryce Walton
• The Star - (1897) - shortstory by H. G. Wells

Who Speaks of Conquest?

Earth faced a choice between eventual colonization at the hands of a ruthless aggressor or immediate action against the whole galaxy! And Stephen Brady, Commander of the Terran forces, was the man to make that decision of cosmic importance.

Behind the immediate enemy--the Centaurans--the diabolical Rihnans ruled with unchallenged might, backed by the most advanced psychological and technological weapons. To attack now would be the greatest challenge the Earth would ever have to meet!

The odds were deadly, but Brady knew that if he would not speak now for conquest, he--and all Earth--might remain silent in defeat for all eternity!

The Golden People

Planeteers, go home!

The planet was called Golden in honor of the planeteer whose ship had crashed there years before. It was an Earth-type world, with humanoid natives, and other creatures that were--something less.

Or maybe more, for almost all of the planet was covered by an invisible Field which blanked radar, damped the power of the Earthmen's stunners, immobilized their robots and caused watches to run backward. No machine or weapon more complicated than the lever or knife could work inside the Field.

Which meant that the Space Force had to revert to the primitive to explore the world of Golden. And obviously, someone or something hidden in the vast reaches of the planet had planned it that way...

Exile From Xanadu

Regan's last waking memory was of the clamor of alarm bells--a sound that lasted a bare second before it dissolved and was lost in a holocaust of roaring noise and flame. He never did recall the reflex action that flung his screaming body towards the survival capsule.

When he awoke at last, there was nothing but blackness, yet the pain was gone. His body was compressed and comforted in an all-embracing nest of yielding softness that was like a vast mother-womb, so close did it enfold him. He moved slightly, and at once a voice said, "Can you hear me?" In a panic Regan tried to open his eyes, but could not. With dread, he lay very still, waiting. For the voice was not human...

The Pictures of Pavanne

What was the frightning reality behind their alien allure?

The Youth Monopoly

What price eternal life?