For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...

    Serling's legendary television series The Twilight Zone consistently demonstrated his remarkable gift for storytelling. In the years that have followed, millions have experienced and remembered these timeless scenarios, now airing regularly on the Sci-Fi Channel.These haunting stories by the fabled creator, producer, and series host were the basis for some of the most celebrated, eerie programs ever seen on the home screen. In this collector's edition, compiled from three previously published volumes, we rediscover the brilliance of these beautifully turned, inspired stories by a uniquely American writer.Rod Serling continues to leave us spellbound with his imaginative and unsettling tales.

    Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead of aid, Newton discovers loneliness and despair that ultimately ends in tragedy.

    But what his neighbors must never know is that, inside his unchanging house, he meets with a host of unimaginable friends from the farthest stars.More than a hundred years before, an alien named Ulysses had recruited Enoch as the keeper of Earth's only galactic transfer station. Now, as Enoch studies the progress of Earth and tends the tanks where the aliens appear, the charts he made indicate his world is doomed to destruction. His alien friends can only offer help that seems worse than the dreaded disaster. Then he discovers the horror that lies across the galaxy...

    THE STRANGEST MANHUNT IN INTERSTELLAR HISTORY: when the three mutated men known as The Furies searched across the galaxy for Victor Corgo, captain of the Wallaby, ex-hero of Interstel, now traitor to mankind.THE PARTY THAT LASTED FOREVER: where the ultra-rich members of "The Set" reveled for a night, then slept for years, then partied again, and slept again...and all the while they traveled into a more and more alien future in which they were increasingly lost.THE LEVIATHAN OF VENUS: which had destroyed every Earth expedition sent to capture it...but still one man had to risk his life in a final desperate attempt.THE LAST OF THE ANCIENT MARTIANS: who was an awesomely lovely girl with a mission she could not fulfill...and a secret for the future...Here are four great stories of wonder and adventure, beauty and danger in the stars, by today's most exciting writer of science fiction.Four novelettes including:The FuriesThe Graveyard HeartThe Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His MouthA Rose for Ecclesiastes Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon.

    You meet a souvenir hunter in the Thirtieth Century and a schoolgirl who tries to cope with the teaching methods of the Twenty-second Century. You share the terror of an astronaut in a “haunted” space suit and the dilemma of a wife whose husband knows a common chemical formula for destroying the earth. In short, you feel the impact, the originality, and the uncanny atmosphere created by these science fiction experts not once—but 50 times.Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales have been selected for their concise writing, and for punch lines that leave the reader “surprised, shocked, and delighted at the final sentence.” According to the editors, another important aspect of this literary form is “evocation of a background differing from our own.” Consequently, though some of the stories are just a page long, the reading experience is always excitingly unique.Ballade of an artificial satellite / Paul Anderson --Fun they had / Isaac Astimov --Men are differenct / Alan Bloch --Ambassadors / Anthoy Boucher --Weapon / Fredric Brown --Random sample / T.P. Caravan --Oscar / Cleve Cartmill --Mist / Peter Cartur --Teething ring / James Causey --Haunted space suit / Arthur C. Clarke --Stair Trick / Mildred Clingerman --Unwelcome tenant / Roger Dee --Mathematicians / Arthur Feldman --Third level / Jack Finney --Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! / Stuart Friedman --Figure / Edward Grendon --Rag thing / David Grinnell --Good provider / Marion Gross --Columbus was a dope / Robert A. Heinlein --Texas Week / Albert Hernhuter --Hilda / H.B. Hickey --Choice / W. Hilton-Young --Not with a bang / Damon Knight --Altar at midnight / C.M. Kornbluth --Bad day for sales / Fritz Leiber --Who's cribbing? Jack Lewis --Spectator sport / John D. MacDonald --Cricket ball / Avro Manhattan --Double-take / Winston K. Marks --Prolog / John P. McKnight --Available data on the worp reaction / Lion Miller --Narapoia / Alan Nelson --Tiger by the tail / Alan E. Nourse --Counter charm / Peter Phillips --Fly / Arthur Porges --Business, as usual / Mack Reynolds --Two weeks in August / Frank M. Robinson --See? / Edward G. Robles, Jr. --Appointment at noon / Eric Frank Russell --We don't want any trouble / James H. Schmitz --Built down logically / Howard Schoenfeld --Egg a month from all over / Idris Seabright --Perfect woman / Robert Sheckley --Hunters / Walt Sheldon --Martian and the magician / Evelyn E. Smith --Barney / Will Stanton --Talent / Theodore Sturgeon --Project hush / Willian Tenn --Great judge / A.E. Van Vogt --Emergency landing / Ralph Williams --Obviously suicide / S. Fowler Wright --Postlude --Six Haiku / Karen Anderson

    The group includes a forward-thinking millionaire and his family, a levelheaded Jewish scientist, a playboy, an aging African American servant and his daughter, a gigolo and the glamorous woman who has been his mistress, a beautiful Chinese girl, a young meter reader, two children, and a Japanese engineer. Fully aware of the outcome of the war that had raged briefly above them, the survivors seethe with hatred, fall into depression over their losses, rise to moments of superhuman bravery, and lapse into behavior that reflects their human weaknesses. Philip Wylie mercilessly predicts the inevitable end of a world that continues to function as selfishly and as barbarously as our own.

    He has many adventures and is adopted by a human family.

    The adventures of CDC (Corps Diplomatique Terra) diplomat Jame Retief loom large in six highly classified missions where brain and brawn save land and lives despite red-tape bound superiors amid conspiracy and conflct across alien planets - guaranteed astounding, amazing, startling, galactic, weird, and thrillingly wonderful.1 Protocol2 Sealed Orders3 Cultural Exchange4 Aide Memoire5 Policy6 Palace Revolution

    Lord have pity on us!"With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world, civilization is turned upside down: apes are men and men are apes; apes rule and men run wild; apes think, speak, produce, wear clothes, and men are speechless, naked, exhibited at fairs, used for biological research. On the planet of the apes, man, having reached to apotheosis of his genius, has become inert.To this planet come a journalist and a scientist. The scientist is put into a zoo, the journalist into a laboratory. Only the journalist retains the spiritual strength and creative intelligence to try to save himself, to fight the appalling scourge, to remain a man.Out of this situation, Pierre Boulle has woven a tale as harrowing, bizarre, and meaningful as any in the brilliant roster of this master storyteller. With his customary wit, irony, and disciplined intellect and style, the author of The Bridge Over the River Kwai tells a swiftly moving story dealing with man's conflicts, and takes the reader into a suspenseful and strangely fascinating orbit.

    published by the Berkley Pub. Corp., New York.Stories Included:1. No, No, Not Rogov!2. The Lady Who Sailed The Soul3. Scanners Live In Vain4. The Game Of Rat And Dragon5. The Burning Of The Brain6. Golden The Ship Was - Oh! Oh! Oh!7. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard8. Mark Elf

    What might those intrepid explorers of the solar system and beyond encounter? Here are the speculations, some terrifying, some delightful, all thought-provoking, by science fiction's greatest writers.Lester del Rey: The Wings of NightJerome Bixby: The Holes Around MarsRay Bradbury: KaleidoscopeJack Vance: I'll Build Your Dream CastleA.E. Van Vogt: Far CentaurusMurray Leinster: ProgagandistDamon Knight: Cabin BoyArthur C. Clarke: A Walk in the DarkIsaac Asimov: Blind AlleyPoul Anderson: The Helping HandEric Frank Russell: Allamagoosa

    The ultimate possibility—that life exists beyond earth—is no longer a fantasy but the subject of scientific experimentation. Humans and extraterrestrial beings may be making CONTACT today—certainly tomorrow.The first, explosive, grappling instant of encounter between Man and Alien is the subject of this extraordinary journey of man's imagination into the unknown, by the masters of Science Fiction.Contents:Introduction • essay by Noel Keyes First Contact • (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster Intelligence Test • (1953) • short story by Harry Walton The Large Ant • (1960) • short story by Howard Fast What's He Doing in There? • (1957) • short story by Fritz Leiber Chemical Plant • (1950) • short story by Ian Williamson Limiting Factor • (1949) • shortstory by Clifford D. Simak The Fire Balloons • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury Invasion from Mars • (1938) • short fiction by Howard Koch The Gentle Vultures • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov Knock • (1948) • short story by Fredric Brown Specialist • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley Lost Memory • (1952) • short story by Howard Browne (as by Peter Phillips)

    Represented in this anthology are a number of practicing physicians -- including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (M.D.!) -- as well as such well-known science fictioneers as Arthur C. Clarke, C.M. Kornbluth, and Murray Leinster, and such classical writers as Poe and Hawthorne. Some of the stories ("The Man Without an Appetite" and "Family Resemblance") are lighthearted. Some ("The Little Black Bag" and "A Matter of Ethics") are biting. Some ("Rappacini's Daughter" and "The Brothers") are ghoulish. All are compelling, and all project a sometimes titillating, sometimes macabre, but always incisive view of the far-out worlds of medicine. The editors prescribe this collection for the fun of it: to relax tensions and expand the imagination. But if you come across some provacative, serious ideas, don't be startled -- science fiction is full of such intriguing surprises.CONTENTS:The Man Without an Appetite by Miles J. BreuerOut of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Brothers by Clifton Dance, Jr.The Great Keinpatz Experiment by Arthur Conan DoyleCompound B by David Harold FinkRappacini's Daughter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Psychophonic Nurse by David H. KellerThe Little Black Bag by C.M. KornbluthRibbon in the Sky by Murray LeinsterMate in Two Moves by Winston K. MarksBedside Manner by William MorrisonThe Shopdropper by Alan NelsonFamily Resemblance by Alan E. NourseFacts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan PoeEmergency Operation by Arthuer PorgesA Matter of Ethics by J.R. ShangoBolden's Pets by F.L. WallaceExpedition Mercy by J.A. Winter

    Lobsenz Jobo • novella by Henry Slesar The Right Side of the Tracks • shortstory by Albert Teichner A Soviet View of American SF • essay by Alexander Kazantsev The Deep Space Scrolls • shortstory by Robert F. Young The Road to Sinharat • novelette by Leigh Brackett Where Is Everybody? • essay by Ben Bova