He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life—Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Urras, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

    A time traveler, observing him from within an invisible bubble, would not have marked him as anything more interesting than an undersized fourteen-year-old, seemingly always in hot water. Lively blue eyes, but basically just another kid." "But something was stirring, something was wakening in that nexus of energy. And in The Cleveland News of June 7th, little more than a week after he turned fifteen, Harlan Ellison's first professional writing appeared in print: the initial installment of a five-part adventure serial (liberally cribbed from Sir Walter Scott) titled "The Sword of Parmagon."" "Now, in a retrospective, 50 years of the best of Harlan Ellison has been assembled in a volume exceeding 1200 pages, encompassing fiction, essays, personal reminiscences, reviews and (published for the first time anywhere) a complete teleplay. Eighty-six complete and (with one exception) unabridged examples of the nonpareil writings of the man The Los Angeles Times labels "the 20th Century Lewis Carroll." Contents:1 · Introduction: Sublime Rebel · Terry Dowling · in 5 · Beginnings · Misc. Material · si 11 · The Sword of Parmagon · ss The Cleveland News, 1949 17 · The Gloconda · ss The Cleveland News, 1949 23 · The Wilder One · vi Sundial Jan ’55 25 · The Saga of Machine Gun Joe · vi Sundial Jan ’55 27 · Introduction to Glowworm · is Unearth Win ’77 30 · Glowworm · ss Infinity Science Fiction Feb ’56; slightly revised and expanded 41 · Life Hutch [Kyben] · ss If Apr ’56 53 · S.R.O. [as by Ellis Hart] · ss Amazing Mar ’57 63 · Worlds of Terror · Misc. Material · si 67 · Lonelyache · ss Knight Jul ’64 83 · Punky & the Yale Man · nv Knight Jan ’66 107 · A Prayer for No One’s Enemy · nv Cad Mar ’66 125 · Worlds of Love · Misc. Material · si 129 · In Lonely Lands · ss Fantastic Universe Jan ’59 135 · The Time of the Eye · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May ’59 143 · Grail · nv Twilight Zone Apr ’81 163 · That New Old-Time Religion · Misc. Material · si 167 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · ss If Mar ’67 181 · Corpse · ss F&SF Jan ’72 189 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973 205 · A Stab of Merriment · Misc. Material · si 209 · The Voice in the Garden · vi Lighthouse Jun ’67 211 · Erotophobia · ss Penthouse Aug ’71 217 · Mom · nv Silver Foxes Aug ’76 229 · Ecowareness · ss Sideshow Sep ’74 231 · The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists · ss F&SF Jan ’82 235 · Dept. of “What Was the Question?” Dept. · ms * 237 · From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year’s Worst Fantasy and SF · ms F&SF Apr ’73 238 · From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles · ms F&SF Sep ’74 239 · From Competition 23: Unwieldy SF Titles · ms F&SF Feb ’80 239 · From Competition 26: Imaginary Collaborations · ms F&SF Mar ’81 240 · From Competition 39: Complete the Following Sentence... · ms F&SF Mar ’86 241 · Trouble with Women · Misc. Material · si 245 · The Very Last Day of a Good Woman [“The Last Day”] · ss Rogue Nov ’58 253 · Valerie: A True Memoir · ar Los Angeles Free Press Nov 3-24 ’72 267 · The Other Eye of Polyphemus · ss Cosmos SF&F Magazine Nov ’77 275 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · ss Playboy Mar ’79 287 · To the Mattresses with Mean Demons · Misc. Material · si 293 · The Tombs: An Excerpt from Memos from Purgatory · ar Memos from Purgatory, Harlan Ellison, Regency, 1961 333 · “Our Little Miss” · ar Los Angeles Free Press, 1970 341 · A Love Song for Jerry Falwell · ar, 1984 347 · Telltale Tics and Tremors · ar Unearth Fll ’77 357 · True Love: Groping for the Holy Grail [“How I Survived the Great Videotape Matchmaker”] · ar Los Angeles Magazine, 1978 377 · Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54’ N, Longitude 77° 00’ 13" W · nv F&SF Oct ’74 407 · Rococo Technology · Misc. Material · si 413 · The Sky Is Burning · ss If Aug ’58 421 · The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World · nv Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967 439 · Along the Scenic Route [“Dogfight on 101”] · ss Adam Aug ’69; Amazing Sep ’69 449 · The Song the Zombie Sang · Harlan Ellison & Robert Silverberg · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’70 461 · Knox · ss Crawdaddy Mar ’74 475 · Heart’s Blood · Misc. Material · si 481 · From Alabamy, with Hate [“March to Montgomery”] · ar Knight Sep ’65 493 · My Father · ar Los Angeles Free Press, 1972 499 · My Mother · ar Saint Louis Literary Supplement, 1976 507 · Tired Old Man · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jan ’76 517 · Gopher in the Gilly · ss Stalking the Nightmare, Phantasia, 1982 523 · Strange Wine · ss Amazing Jun ’76 531 · Nights & Days in Good Old Hollyweird · Misc. Material · si 537 · The Resurgence of Miss Ankle-Strap Wedgie · na Love Ain’t Nothing But Sex Misspelled, Trident, 1968 607 · Flintlock: An Unproduced Teleplay (1972) · pl * 687 · The Man on the Mushroom · in Ellison Wonderland, Paperback Library, 1974 691 · Somehow, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas, Toto · ar Genesis Jun ’74; revised 707 · Face-Down in Gloria Swanson’s Swimming Pool · ar Los Angeles Magazine, 1978 711 · Petards & Hangings · Misc. Material · si 715 · Soldier [“Soldier from Tomorrow”] · nv Fantastic Universe Oct ’57 735 · The Night of Delicate Terrors · ss The Paper: A Chicago Weekly Apr 8 ’61 743 · Shattered Like a Glass Goblin · ss Orbit 4, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968 751 · At the Mouse Circus · ss New Dimensions I, ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 759 · Shadows from the Past · Misc. Material · si 763 · Free with This Box! · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar ’58 771 · Final Shtick · ss Rogue Aug ’60 781 · One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty · ss Orbit 8, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1970 795 · Jeffty Is Five · ss F&SF Jul ’77 813 · Contracts on the Soul · Misc. Material · si 817 · Daniel White for the Greater Good · ss Rogue Mar ’61 827 · Neither Your Jenny Nor Mine · ss Knight Apr ’64 861 · Alive and Well and on a Friendless Voyage · ss F&SF Jul ’77 871 · The Classics · Misc. Material · si 877 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · ss Galaxy Dec ’65 887 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · nv Knight May ’67 905 · A Boy and His Dog [Vic & Blood] · nv New Worlds Apr ’69; revised 939 · The Deathbird · nv F&SF Mar ’73 965 · Dark Liberation · Misc. Material · si 971 · The Thick Red Moment · ar The Los Angeles Weekly News, 1981 989 · The Man Who Was Heavily into Revenge · ss Analog Aug ’78 1003 · Driving in the Spikes · ar Los Angeles Magazine, 1983 1015 · Afterword · aw

    A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries.

    Intelligent beings are finally found from the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud. The bottled-up ancient civilization, at least one million years old, are welcoming, kind, yet evasive, with a dark problem they have not solved in over a million years.

    Arnipoor's family is wiped out when a virus carrier nears their camp - Arnipoor is immune but also carries the virus now. The story continues as he travels the dead cities and meets various groups of survivors on the east coast of America and makes contact with a US destroyer off the coast of Florida which is being followed by an eavesdropping Soviet submarine.

    Explore the most eerie lands in adult fantasy - The Lost Worlds of Clark Ashton SmithThe Contents:ZOTHIQUEThe Empire of the NecromancersThe Isle of the TorturersNecromancy in NaatXeethraAVEROIGNEThe Holiness of AzedaracThe Beast of AveroigneOTHERSThe Letter from Mohaun LosThe Light from BeyondThe Hunters from BeyondThe Treader of the DustCover illustration by Bruce Pennington

    Includes a previously unpublished story by Asimov, Big Game.Complete text in one volume;Contents: IntroductionPart 1: 1920 to 1930 by Isaac AsimovPart Two: 1931 by Isaac Asimov* The Man Who Evolved / Edmond Hamilton, Wonder Stories Apr ’31;* The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones, Amazing Jul ’31;* Submicroscopic / Captain S. P. Meek, Amazing Aug ’31;* Awlo of Ulm / Captain S. P. Meek, Amazing Sep ’31;* Tetrahedra of Space / P. Schuyler Miller, Wonder Stories Nov ’31;* The World of the Red Sun / Clifford D. Simak, Wonder Stories Dec ’31;Part Three: 1932 by Isaac Asimov* Tumithak of the Corridors / Charles R. Tanner, Amazing Jan ’32;* The Moon Era / Jack Williamson, Wonder Stories Feb ’32;Part Four: 1933 by Isaac Asimov* The Man Who Awoke / Laurence Manning, Wonder Stories Mar ’33;* Tumithak in Shawm / Charles R. Tanner, Amazing Jun ’33;Part Five: 1934 by Isaac Asimov* Colossus / Donald Wandrei, Astounding Jan ’34;* Born of the Sun / Jack Williamson, Astounding Mar ’34;* Sidewise in Time / Murray Leinster, Astounding Jun ’34;* Old Faithful / Raymond Z. Gallun, Astounding Dec ’34;Part Six: 1935 by Isaac Asimov* Parasite Planet / Stanley G. Weinbaum, Astounding Feb ’35;* Proxima Centauri ·/ Murray Leinster, Astounding Mar ’35;* The Accursed Galaxy / Edmond Hamilton, Astounding Jul ’35;Part Seven: 1936 by Isaac Asimov* He Who Shrank / Henry Hasse, Amazing Aug ’36;* The Human Pets of Mars / Leslie F. Stone, Amazing Oct ’36;* The Brain Stealers of Mars / John W. Campbell, Jr., Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’36;* Devolution / Edmond Hamilton, Amazing Dec ’36;* Big Game / Isaac Asimov [Written 11/18/41];Part Eight: 1937 by Isaac Asimov* Other Eyes Watching / John W. Campbell, Jr., Astounding Feb ’37;* Minus Planet / John D. Clark, Ph.D., Astounding Apr ’37;* Past, Present and Future / Nat Schachner, Astounding Sep ’37;Part Nine: 1938 by Isaac Asimov* The Men and the Mirror / Ross Rocklynne, Astounding Jul ’38.

    If a man in, say, Hawaii could commit murder in, say, Chicago and be back in the time it would take him to visit the men's room, he would have a perfect alibi. And the police would have a problem. But that's only one of the problems found in Larry Niven's universe, in this collection of stories all about teleportation, deep space, black holes, artificial worlds and Louis Wu--our old friend from the "Known Space" cycle--Niven once again proves he's a master builder of fantastic worlds!Stories include: RammerThe Alibi MachineThe Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot ClubA Kind of MurderAll the Bridges RustingThere Is a TideBigger Than Worlds$16,940.00The Hole ManThe Fourth Profession

    In this lost colony the inhabitants had forgotten the very existence of earth. Only one man remembered. He foresaw the awesome consequences if this paradise were ever rediscovered.MonumentThe novel of a frightening future - a planet in mortal combat with an alien universe.

    Contents:A Martian Odyssey (1934)Valley of Dreams (1934)The Adaptive Ultimate (1935)Parasite Planet (1935)Pygmalion's Spectacles (1935)Shifting Seas (1937)The Worlds of If (1935)The Mad Moon (1935)Redemption Cairn (1936)The Ideal (1935)The Lotus Eaters (1935)Proteus Island (1936)

    Explains a Group karmic experience that revealed details of Jesus's life and the previous incarnations of famous Americans.

    People Magizine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love ("Cold Friend", "Kiss of Fire", "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman"), hate ("Knox", "Silent in Gehenna"), sex ("Catman", "Erotophobia"), lost childhood ("One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty") and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue-skinned, eleven-armed Yiddish aliens, what it's like to witness the end of the world and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one's a doozy!

    P. Lovecraft and the Paperback era of Philip K. Dick, and arguably, is as influential as both these authors. From a historical context, Leiber in fact knew both of the authors, and his work can be seen as a bridge connecting the many different flavors of genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Edited by award-winning editors Jonathan Strahan and Charles Brown, this new collection of the grand master's fiction covers all facets of his work, and features an Introduction by Neil Gaiman and an Afterword by Michael Chabon.

    Does Anyone Else Have Something Further To Add? Stories About Secret Places and Mean Men (16 stories): About a Secret CrocodileMad ManNor Limestone IslandsThe Man UnderneathBoomer FlatsThis Grand Carcass YetIn the GardenGroaning Hinges of the WorldGolden TrabantHow They Gave It BackMaybe Jones and the CitySeven Story DreamAdam Had Three BrothersPig in a PokeyThe Weirdest WorldThe Ultimate Creature

    A ghost sues for the legal right to haunt a house...a new world is discovered, inhabited by robots, & only by robots...& the author of the famous Reginald de Meister detective series finds he has a new rival in love: Reginald de Meister.Contents 9 • Introduction (The Early Asimov Volume 2) • (1973) • essay by Isaac Asimov 13 • Homo Sol • [Homo Sol • 1] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov 35 • Half-Breeds on Venus • [Half-Breed • 2] • (1940) • novelette by Isaac Asimov 61 • The Imaginary • [Homo Sol • 2] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov 79 • Heredity • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov 105 • History • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov 119 • Christmas on Ganymede • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov 135 • The Little Man on the Subway • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh] 148 • The Hazing • [Homo Sol • 3] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov 165 • Super-Neutron • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov 180 • Not Final! • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov 199 • Legal Rites • (1950) • novelette by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl [as by Isaac Asimov and James MacCreigh] 231 • Time Pussy • [Probability Zero] • (1942) • short story by Isaac Asimov 235 • Appendix -- The Sixty Stories of the Campbell Years • (1973) • essay by uncredited

    dinAlt finds excitement and intrigue as he investigates Pyrrus, a strange place where all the beasts, plants, and natural elements are out to destroy man; the unknown second planet, where every man has to kill other men or live as a slave; and Felicity, where creatures are bred for thousands of years for a single deadly purpose. Well-known to fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts, this tale portrays exciting adventures filled with the elements of classic characters and plot twists.

    Jones; * Submicroscopic / Capt. S.P. Meek; * Awlo of Ulm / Capt. S.P. Meek; * Tetrahedra of Space / P. Schuyler Miller; * The World of the Red Sun / Clifford D. Simak. Originally 26 stories published in one hardcover volume.

    (1921) shortfiction by Karel Capek The Human Factor (1963) story by David Ely The Thinking Machine (1967) essay by Isaac Asimov Misbegotten Missionary (1950) story by Isaac Asimov (aka Green Patches)Elegy (1953) story by Charles Beaumont Aesthetics of the Moon • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-) Constant Reader (1953) story by Robert Bloch Who's There? (1958) story by Arthur C. Clarke We'll Never Conquer Space (1962) essay by Arthur C. Clarke The Sack (1950) story by William Morrison Mariana (1960) story by Fritz Leiber I Always Do What Teddy Says (1965) story by Harry Harrison The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1898) story by H.G. Wells Echoes of the Mind (1972) essay by Arthur Koestler The Reluctant Orchid/Tales from the White Hart (1956) story by Arthur C. ClarkeFounding Father (1965) story by Isaac Asimov The Wound (1970) story by Howard Fast The Sound Machine (1949) story by Roald Dahl Love Among the Cabbages (1972) essay by Peter Tompkins & Christopher BirdPuppet Show (1962) story by Fredric Brown Random Sample (1953) story by T.P. Caravan On the Wheel (1972) story by Damon Knight Orbiter 5 Shows How Earth Looks from the Moon (1969) poem by May SwensonThe King of the Beasts (1964) story by Philip José Farmer UFO Detective Solves 'em All-well Almost (1973) essay by Philip J. HiltsThe Good Provider (1952) story by Marion Gross A Sound of Thunder (1952) story by Ray Bradbury Who's Cribbing? (1953) story by Jack Lewis The Third Level (1950) story by Jack Finney Speed (1960) poem by Josephine Miles The Inn Outside the World (1945) story by Edmond Hamilton On the Relativity of Time (1949) essay by Wolfgang Pauli Relativity Wins Again (1972) Anonymous essay A Matter of Overtime (1969) Anonymous essayThere Will Come Soft Rains/The Martian Chronicles (1950) story by Ray BradburyThe Forgotten Enemy (1948) story by Arthur C. Clarke Earthmen Bearing Gifts (1960) story by Fredric Brown The IFTH of OOFTH (1957) story by Walter Tevis Electronic Tape Found in a Bottle (1971) poem by Olga Cabral Brace Yourself for Another Ice Age (1973) essay by Douglas Colligan The Census Takers (1956) story by Frederik Pohl Disappearing Act (1953) story by Alfred Bester Bulletin (1954) story by Shirley Jackson Autofac (1955) novelette by Philip K. Dick Toward the Space Age (1970) poem by William Stafford Biographies of Authors • uncredited essayScience-Fiction Awards • uncredited essaySpaceship Earth (1969) essay by Buckminster FullerPronunciation Key • uncredited essay Discussion Questions • uncredited essayIndex of Authors/Titles • uncredited essay

    

    This is a large format coloring book with a synopsis of a famous science fiction story/novel on one page and a large illustration to color on the facing page.

    The Earthmen and the natives of the planet Ziax join forces to find out why water seems to be disappearing from the planet.

    Gallun · ss Planet Stories Mar ’52 117 · Quest of Thig [Thig] · Basil Wells · ss Planet Stories Fll ’42 131 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spr ’50 175 · The Diversifal · Ross Rocklynne · ss Planet Stories Win ’45 193 · Duel on Syrtis · Poul Anderson · ss Planet Stories Mar ’51

    The Eden Cycle is a carefully written, slow-moving study of humans who, having received from aliens the gift of immortality and a capacity to reinhabit various epochs of world history (via virtual reality), find themselves less and less capable of responding to their experiences.

    

    

    G. Ballard, Alfred Bester, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Harlan Ellison, Philip José Farmer, Tom Godwin, Damon Knight, C. M. Kornbluth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, Robert Silverberg, Norman Spinrad, Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, and Roger Zelazny.Contents:Introduction (1974) essay by Norman SpinradThe Golden Age (1974) essay by Norman SpinradTwilight (1934) by John W. Campbell, Jr.Enchanted Village (1950) by A. E. van VogtHelen O'Loy (1938) by Lester del ReyNightfall (1941) by Isaac AsimovThe Postwar Awakening (1974) essay by Norman SpinradThe Star (1955) by Arthur C. ClarkeAffair with a Green Monkey (1957) by Theodore SturgeonStranger Station (1956) by Damon KnightThe Cold Equations (1954) by Tom GodwinThe Marching Morons (1951) C. M. Kornbluth5,271,009 (1954) by Alfred BesterThe Full Flowering (1974) essay by Norman SpinradThe Voices of Time (1960) by J. G. BallardThe Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius (1965) by Michael MoorcockNo Direction Home (1971) by Norman SpinradDescending (1964) by Thomas M. DischFor a Breath I Tarry (1966) by Roger ZelaznyDon't Wash the Carats (1968) by Philip José FarmerFaith of Our Fathers (1967) by Philip K. DickAye, and Gomorrah . . . (1967) by Samuel R. DelanyAt the Mouse Circus (1971) by Harlan EllisonIn Entropy's Jaws (1971) by Robert SilverbergNine Lives (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin

    Man as Part of NatureMartian Odyssey / S.G.A. WeinbaumArena / F. BrownPart II. Human Origins and EvolutionEnchanted Village / A.E. Van VogtRobot's Return / R.M. WilliamsPart III. Human Diversity and PotentialThe House the Blakeneys Built / A. DavidsonFrog Pond / C.Q. YarbroPart IV. The Commitment to Social LifeThe Vine / K. ReedStrikebreaker / I. AsimovPart V. The Ecological ImperativeThe Sharing of Flesh / P. AndersonSurvival Ship / J. MerrilPart VI. The Technological ImperativeFar from this Earth / C. OliverThe Cage / B. ChandlerPart VII. The Origins of CivilizationPyramid / R. AbernathyLost Newton / S. SchmidtPart VIII. The World Outside, Science and ReligionAunt Jennie's Tonic / L. TushnetNightfall / I. AsimovPart IX. Living Together in the UniverseUnhuman Sacrifice / K. MacLeanThe Monsters / R. Scheckley

    Malzberg Bigger Than Worlds • essay by Larry Niven Earth, Air, Fire and Water (Part 2 of 3) • serial by William Walling and Stephen Nemeth Some Are Born to Sweet Delight • shortstory by Wayne Barton Fourth Reich • shortstory by Herbie Brennan

    

    This anthology contains: Puppet Show By Fredric Brown; The Aquatic Uncle By Italo Calvino; The Machine Stops By E M Forster; The Subways of Tazoo By Colin Kapp; Evidence By Asimov; Ouch By Piers Anthony; The Conspirators By James White

    Originally 26 stories published in one hardcover volume