In this collection there are tales of Hyperborea, Zothique, Averoigne, Atlantis, Xiccarph, and other vanished worlds of Smith's unparalleled creation. Here are such unforgettable tales as Vulthoom, The Colossus of Ylourgne, The Charnel God, The Black Abbot of Puuthuum, The Weaver in the Vault, and others.None strikes the note of cosmic horror as well as Clark Ashton Smith. In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living - H.P. LovecraftHe had a monstrously vivid imagination, a keenly ironic sense of humour, and an uninhibited bent for the macabre. - L. Sprague de CampCover illustration by Brice Pennington

    Heard, Lewis Padgett, Robert Heinlein, Murray Leinster, A. E. Van Vogt, Arthur Clarke, and many others. Edited by the master of early science fiction anthologies, Groff Conklin.Contents:vii · Introduction · Groff Conklin · in · Part One: The Atom and After 3 · The Nightmare · Chan Davis · nv Astounding May ’46 19 · Tomorrow’s Children · Poul Anderson & F. N. Waldrop · nv Astounding Mar ’47 40 · The Last Objective · Paul Carter · nv Astounding Aug ’46 62 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Apr ’46 67 · The Figure · Edward Grendon · ss Astounding Jul ’47 · Part Two: The Wonders of Earth 75 · The Great Fog · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales, Vanguard, 1944 85 · The Chrysalis · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Astounding Apr ’36 97 · Living Fossil · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Feb ’39 110 · N Day · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Jan ’46 · Part Three: The Superscience of Man 129 · With Folded Hands... [Humanoids] · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Jul ’47 164 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Dec ’44 201 · With Flaming Swords · Cleve Cartmill · nv Astounding Sep ’42 234 · Children of the “Betsy B” · Malcolm Jameson · ss Astounding Mar ’39 · Part Four: Dangerous Inventions 247 · Child’s Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Mar ’47 268 · The Person from Porlock · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Aug ’47 286 · Juggernaut · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Aug ’44 294 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories Aug ’29 · Part Five: Adventures in Dimension 303 · Mimsy Were the Borogoves · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Feb ’43 329 · Time and Time Again · H. Beam Piper · ss Astounding Apr ’47 342 · Housing Shortage · Harry Walton · ss Astounding Jan ’47 358 · Flight of the Dawn Star · Robert Moore Williams · ss Astounding Mar ’38 369 · Vintage Season [by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore] · Lawrence O’Donnell · na Astounding Sep ’46 · Part Six: From Outer Space 407 · Of Jovian Build · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’38 418 · Wings Across the Cosmos · Polton Cross · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’38 429 · The Embassy · Martin Pearson · ss Astounding Mar ’42 435 · Dark Mission · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Jul ’40 · Part Seven: Far Traveling 451 · The Ethical Equations · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Jun ’45 464 · It’s Great to Be Back! · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 26 ’47 476 · Tools · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Jul ’42 496 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding May ’46

    Four exciting stories for Doc Savage and his amazing crew.Includes:The All-White ElfThe Running SkeletonsThe Angry CanaryThe Swooning Lady

    He didn't get the job, but he met Jim. That chance encounter with a young black boy led David into strange and thrilling adventures that took him far from home, involved him in the mysteries of the Underground Railroad, and ended with his meeting President-elect Abraham Lincoln, whom David had long wanted to meet for a particular reason.How David rescued Jim, who had been kidnapped and taken to Missouri, and how the two boys escaped to the free state of Illinois with the help of courageous "conductors" on the Underground, makes a fascinating yarn which holds the interest of young readers to the last line. But By Secret Railway is more than an absorbing adventure story. It is the account of a loyal friendship between two boys in a situation with important implications for young Americans of today. It is also a vivid picture of uneasy times during which ideals of individual freedom were on trial in America, as they are now throughout the world.

    But other than cooking three squares a day for the cowpunchers over at the Lazy G ranch, Laramie’s not good for much. He’s about as heroic as Walter Brennan on a bender.But Laramie’s luck—and life—are about to take an amazing turn. Quite by accident, he somehow manages to save a family of Mexicans from bandits, and as a token of their gratitude they give him The Magic Quirt—a horsewhip that he’s told will turn him into a new man.The transformation is indeed magical. Suddenly Laramie is performing feats of ingenuity and courage that would make even the Lone Ranger proud. But magic is a funny thing—and as Laramie’s about to discover, sometimes it’s all an illusion.L. Ron Hubbard wrote of his childhood: “The weather of Montana is, of course, brutal. The country is immense and swallows up men rather easily, hence they have to live bigger than life to survive. There were still Indians around living in forlorn and isolated tepees. Notable among them was Old Tom, a full-fledged Blackfoot medicine man.” Hubbard and Old Tom became blood brothers, and the medicine man shared with him the kind of lore that make stories like The Magic Quirt as compelling as they are.Also includes the Western adventures, Vengeance Is Mine!, the story of a young man who sets out to avenge his father’s death only to commit an act beyond redemption, and Stacked Bullets, in which a game of chance is fixed, a whole town is cheated, and nothing but a stack of bullets can make things right. “Outstanding audiobook collection.” –The Midwest Book Review

    Edith Heal's guide to how to be a successful teen-ager published in 1948.

    When he becomes trapped in the underground domain of the evil toymaker Malkin, Rudi Toymaker tries to find a way of destroying his rival's power.