Daneel Olivaw, who would later become his favorite protagonists. The book's central crime is a murder, which takes place before the novel opens. Roj Nemmenuh Sarton, a Spacer Ambassador, lives in Spacetown, the Spacer outpost just outside New York City. For some time, he has tried to convince the Earth government to loosen its anti-robot restrictions. One morning, he is discovered outside his home, his chest imploded by an energy blaster. The New York police commissioner charges Elijah with finding the murderer. Elijah must work with a Spacer partner, a highly advanced robot who is visually identical to a human, named R. Daneel Olivaw, even though Elijah, like many Earth residents, has a low opinion of robots. Together, they search for the murderer and try to avert an interstellar diplomatic incident. Like its famous predecessor, The Nakes Sun is a whodunit story, in addition to being science fiction. The story arises from the murder of Rikaine Delmarre, a prominent scientist of Solaria, a planet politically hostile to Earth. Elijah Baley is called in to investigate, at the request of the Solarian government. He is again partnered with the humaniform robot R. Daneel Olivaw. The Robots of Dawn is the third novel in Asimov's Robot series. Elijah Baley and R. Daneel Olivaw team up to solve the roboticide of a robot identical to Olivaw on the Spacer world of Aurora. The robot's inventor, Han Fastolfe, has been implicated. Fastolfe, who was last seen in The Caves of Steel, is the best roboticist on Aurora. He has admitted that he is the only person with the skill to have done it, although he denies doing it. Fastolfe is also a prominent member of the Auroran political faction that favors Earth. Implication in the crime threatens his political career; therefore, it is politically expedient that he be exonerated.

    . .a nubile young witch who yearns to taste human love. . .an expedition that hunts dinosaurs across the fragile and dangerous chasm of time. . . These strange and wonderful tales of beauty and terror will transport you from the begininng of time to the outermost limits of the future. Selected from his best-selling collections "The Golden Apples Of The Sun" and "R Is For Rocket," here are thirty-two superb stories from one of the master fantastics of our age--the inimitable Ray Bradbury.

    Includes The Stars, Like Dust, The Currents of Space and Pebble in the Sky.Description: In the 1950s, after penning his Future History stories-what would become his most famous series, Robots and Foundation-Isaac Asimov published his first three novels, the classic works that make up this exclusive SFBC omnibus. Set thousands of years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged the Earth, the Empire novels trace the Grand Master's vision of mankind's first halting steps toward galactic civilization and the birth of the first Galactic Empire.The Stars, Like Dust: A native of one of the backward planets conquered by the cruel Tyranni Empire, Biron Farrill is only days away from graduating from the University of Earth when someone tries to murder him in his sleep. The attack is part of a Tyranni plot to eliminate all resistance leaders, one of whom had been his own father. Now Biron has been chosen to step into his father's shoes and rally the rebellion. But once he casts his lot with the freedom fighters, he will find himself guarding against treachery on every side and facing the most difficult choice of his young life: to betray either the woman he loves or the revolution his father died to protect.The Currents of Space: Thousands of years after the events of The Stars, Like Dust, a man named Rik is wiped of his mind and deposited on the planet Florina-a wimpering, thumb-sucking half-child. Valona, a lonely peasant girl, adopts and takes care of him, and slowly his memory returns. But what he remembers entangles the pair in a web of interplanetary intrigue, in which they're hunted by high-ranking officials and spies. For what Rik knows about the future could topple an empire.

    Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories told by Dogs about the end of human civilization, centering on the Webster family, who, among their other accomplishments, designed the ships that took Men to the stars and gave Dogs the gift of speech and robots to be their hands.Contents:· City · May 1944 · Huddling Place · Jul 1944 · Census · Sep 1944 · Desertion · Nov 1944 · Paradise · Jun 1946 · Hobbies · Nov 1946 · Aesop · Dec 1947 · The Simple Way [The Trouble with Ants] · Jan 1951.

    Flyball enjoys supervising the station's workers and takes particular interest in the big rocket ship that he's not allowed to explore. Regardless of the rules, the kitty is determined to hitch another ride, and before you know it, Flyball's wearing a custom-made pressurized suit and headed for the Moon. This new edition of a charmingly illustrated storybook from 1952 is the first of a four-book series starring the intrepid feline known as Space Cat. Young readers will delight in taking a look at space exploration from Flyball's point of view and following his escapades across the solar system.

    But who's behind it? Clarke's 1952 novel is read by Nicholas Boulton.

    Contributor John Cheever; Shirley Jackson; Henry Kuttner

    Until one fateful summer night when he meets Marty, a green-suited, three-foot-tall Junior Scientist Explorer from the planet Martinea. Now Eddie has joined forces with Marty to search for the Secret Power Z. A hilarious story of extraterrestrial friendship from a Caldecott Medalist.

    

    Gault ]The Reluctant Heroes • (1951) • novelette by Frank M. RobinsonSusceptibility • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonaldSecond Childhood • (1951) • short story by Clifford D. SimakThe Other Now • (1951) • short story by Murray LeinsterGood Night, Mr. James • (1951) • novelette by Clifford D. SimakInside Earth • (1951) • novelette by Poul AndersonI, the Unspeakable • (1951) • novelette by Walt SheldonField Study • (1951) • short story by Peter Phillips (1920-)Hostess • (1951) • novelette by Isaac AsimovAsk Me Anything • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightMan of Destiny • (1951) • short story by John ChristopherDon't Live in the Past • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightVenus Is a Man's World • (1951) • novelette by William TennCommon Denominator • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonaldSyndrome Johnny • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean [as by Charles Dye ]Beyond Bedlam • (1951) • novella by Wyman GuinThe Pilot and the Bushman • (1951) • novelette by Sylvia JacobsA Little Journey • (1951) • short story by Ray BradburyIf You Was a Moklin • (1951) • novelette by Murray LeinsterCabin Boy • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightThe Biography Project • (1951) • short story by H. L. Gold [as by Dudley Dell ]Judas Ram • (1950) • short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.Betelgeuse Bridge • (1951) • short story by William TennDark Interlude • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds The Stars Are the Styx • (1950) • novelette by Theodore SturgeonThird from the Sun • (1950) • short story by Richard MathesonThe Last Martian • (1950) • short story by Fredric BrownHoneymoon in Hell • (1950) • novelette by Fredric BrownComing Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz LeiberJaywalker • (1950) • short story by Ross RocklynneThe Waker Dreams • (1950) • short story by Richard MathesonRule of Three • (1951) • novelette by Theodore SturgeonMade to Measure • (1951) • novelette by William Campbell Gault [as by William C. Gault ]The Reluctant Heroes • (1951) • novelette by Frank M. RobinsonSusceptibility • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonaldSecond Childhood • (1951) • short story by Clifford D. SimakThe Other Now • (1951) • short story by Murray LeinsterGood Night, Mr. James • (1951) • novelette by Clifford D. SimakInside Earth • (1951) • novelette by Poul AndersonI, the Unspeakable • (1951) • novelette by Walt SheldonField Study • (1951) • short story by Peter Phillips (1920-)Hostess • (1951) • novelette by Isaac AsimovAsk Me Anything • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightMan of Destiny • (1951) • short story by John ChristopherDon't Live in the Past • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightVenus Is a Man's World • (1951) • novelette by William TennCommon Denominator • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonaldSyndrome Johnny • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean [as by Charles Dye ]Beyond Bedlam • (1951) • novella by Wyman GuinThe Pilot and the Bushman • (1951) • novelette by Sylvia JacobsA Little Journey • (1951) • short story by Ray BradburyIf You Was a Moklin • (1951) • novelette by Murray LeinsterCabin Boy • (1951) • novelette by Damon KnightThe Biography Project • (1951) • short story by H. L. Gold [as by Dudley Dell ]Judas Ram • (1950) • short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.Betelgeuse Bridge • (1951) • short story by William TennDark Interlude • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds

    A binge drinking session is just the thing to allow Gallegher's brilliant subconscious to emerge and save the day, but what weird critter keeps stealing all the liquor?

    "SIX AND TEN ARE JOHNNY" by Walter M Miller, Jr"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" by Sam Martinez" 'SOMEDAY THEY'LL GIVE US GUNS' " by Paul W Fairman"FULL CIRCLE" by H B Hickey"THE RUNAWAY" by Louise Lee Outlaw"THE OPAL NECKLACE" by Kris Neville"THE SMILE" by Ray Bradbury"AND THREE TO GET READY" by H L Gold"WHAT IF" by Isaac Asimov"PROFESSOR BINGO'S SNUFF" by Raymond Chandler