but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood.By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.How long can one man survive like this?

    Don t miss the adventures of Chuck and David, two boys who travel to the alien planet Basidium in their homemade spaceship. This timeless series is a classic that is sure to be read over and over again.

    Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?I am legend --Buried talents --The near departed --Prey --Witch war --Dance of the dead --Dress of white silk --Mad house --The funeral --From shadowed places --Person to person.

    The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore throughout the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing. He straightened and nodded to Dwar Reyn, then moved to a position beside the switch that would complete the contact when he threw it. The switch that would connect, all at once, all of the monster computing machines of all the populated planets in the universe -- ninety-six billion planets -- into the supercircuit that would connect them all into one supercalculator, one cybernetics machine that would combine all the knowledge of all the galaxies."

    She remembers the sun shining on Earth, something it rarely does on Venus. "All Summer in a Day" takes place on the one day when Venus's rain will stop, and the sun will shine for a couple of hours only.

    Contents:PatternPlacet Is a Crazy Place Answer Etaoin Shrdlu PreposterousArmageddon Politeness The Waveries Reconciliation The Hat Trick Search Letter to a PhoenixDaisies The Angelic AnglewormSentence The Yehudi Principle Solipsist

    It was first published in 1954 in Star Science Fiction Stories No.3, an anthology of original stories edited by Frederik Pohl, and later reprinted in the 1969 collection Nightfall and Other Stories.Set in the year 2117, the story presents District A-3, a newly built suburb of San Francisco, and the world's first community to be built entirely using Doors, a method of travel via teleportation.

    ContentsNoiseDust of Far SunsWhen the Five Moons RiseThe New PrimeMen of the Ten BooksThe Masquerade on DicantropusWhere Hesperus FallsTelekUllward's RetreatDodkin's JobThe Devil on Salvation BluffEcological Onslaught

    Contents:· Born of Man and Woman · vi F&SF Sum ’50 · Third from the Sun · ss Galaxy Oct ’50 · Lover, When You’re Near Me · nv Galaxy May ’52 · SRL Ad · ss F&SF Apr ’52 · Mad House · nv Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53 · F--- [“The Foodlegger”] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’52 · Dear Diary · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954 · To Fit the Crime · ss Fantastic Nov/Dec ’52 · Dress of White Silk · ss F&SF Oct ’51 · Disappearing Act · ss F&SF Mar ’53 · The Wedding · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul ’53 · Shipshape Home · ss Galaxy Jul ’52 · The Traveller · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954

    Content: Honorable opponent The big front yard Operation Stinky Jackpot LuLu Neighbor.

    Quinn The Colonists • novelette by Raymond F. Jones No Strings Attached • shortstory by Lester del Rey Snaring the Human Mind • essay by Fritz Leiber The First Day of Spring • novelette by Mari Wolf The Valley • shortstory by Richard Stockham The Ordeal of Colonel Johns • shortstory by George H. Smith The Link • shortstory by Alan E. Nourse The Holes and John Smith • shortstory by Edward W. Ludwig

    But when George investigates an odd noise in the exhibit, he stumbles upon a strange reality existing inside of his replica.Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer and essayist. His first short story, “Beyond Lies the Wub,” was published shortly after his high school graduation. Some of his most famous short stories were adapted for film, including “The Minority Report,” “Paycheck,” “Second Variety” (adapted into the film Screamers) and “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” (adapted into the film Total Recall).HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

    

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    CONTENTSLine to Tomorrow A Gnome There Was What You Need Private EyeThe TwonkyCompliments of the AuthorWhen the Bough Breaks

    9 • First Person Singular • (1950) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell55 • The Witness • (1951) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell79 • Last Blast • (1952) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell129 • Homo Saps • (1941) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell141 • The Timid Tiger • (1947) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell163 • A Little Oil • (1952) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell185 • Rainbow's End • (1951) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell205 • The Undecided • (1949) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell237 • Second Genesis • (1952) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell