For aeons this golden-skinned, golden-eyed race had provided the universe mercenary soldiers of almost unimaginable ability. But now the mri have faced an enemy unlike any other - an enemy whose only way of war is widespread destruction. These "humans" are mass fighters, creatures of the herd, and the mri have been slaughtered like animals.Now, in the aftermath of war, the mri face extinction. It will be up to three individuals to save whatever remains of this devastated race: a warrior - one of the last survivors of his kind; a priestess of this honorable people; and a lone human - a man sworn to aid the enemy of his own kind. Can they retrace the galaxy-wide path of this nomadic race back through millennia to reclaim the ancient world which first gave them life?

    Heinlein, author of numerous New York Times best sellers. He starred in Heinlein's most popular novels, including Methuselah's Children, Time Enough For Love, The Number Of The Beast, To Sail Beyond The Sunset and others. The oldest living member of the human race due to his unique genes, Long has been a pioneer on eight planets, survived wars and lynch mobs, and explored most of the galaxy. His adventures have given him a breadth of experience distilled through the irony of an immortal viewpoint. But there is nothing pompous about Long's reflections on the human condition. As the noted editor and critic David G. Hartwell has observed, "Lazarus' comments are acute, lively and intelligent." And here they are, compiled in one beautifully designed trade paperback, filled with illuminations and illustrations by renowned Science Fiction artist Stephen Hickman, for the delight of the millions of Heinlein fans around the world.

    It is the story of two mighty species fighting for a galaxy, humanity driving out from Earth, and the enigmatic regul struggling to hold their stars with mri mercenaries. It is a story of diplomacy and warfare, of conspiracy and betrayal, and of three flesh-and-blood people who found themselves thrown together in a life-and-death alliance.This is the 1st DAW paperback printing.Cover Artist: Gino D'Achille

    Featuring the stories "Deeper Than The Darkness", "Croatoan", "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" - (formatted in 3-D and includes the 3-D glasses!), "The Discarded", "An Ellison Tapestry", "Riding the Dark Train Out", and "I'm Looking For Kadak"

    Wells' most famous science fiction exactly as it appeared in illustrated popular magazines at the turn of the century.Presented here in their entirety - with all the original illustrations by leading artists of the day - are novels such as The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and When the Sleeper Wakes; nearly two dozen short stories, including the well known The Country of the Blind, The Empire of the Ants, The Valley of the Spiders, and The Man Who Could Work Miracles; and as a bonus, the five unusual Stories of the Stone Age (science fiction not of the future but of the past).The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H.G. Wells makes it possible to recapture the authentic flavor of the these thrilling stories - some not seen even by collectors for decades.

    One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a 12-year-old into one of the world's richest people and a spiritual guru.

    Heinlein23 • Fifteen Miles • [Kinsman] • (1967) • shortstory by Ben Bova39 • Dolphin's Way • (1964) • shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson63 • The Royal Opera House • (1972) • shortstory by Carl Jacobi77 • Special Aptitude • (1951) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon99 • The Underdweller • (1957) • shortstory by William F. Nolan (aka Small World)115 • I'm in Marsport Without Hilda • (1957) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov133 • A Nice, Shady Place • (1963) • shortstory by Dennis Etchison151 • Construction Shack • (1973) • shortstory by Clifford D. Simak169 • A Little Journey • (1951) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury181 • The Visible Man • (1975) • novelette by Gardner Dozois217 • Mister Magister • (1978) • shortstory by Thomas F. Monteleone225 • What Johnny Did on His Summer Vacation • (1978) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman and Robert Thurston239 • Little Old Miss Macbeth • (1958) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber

    Volume 1. The Collected Fiction of Isaac Asimov. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Club Edition.

    Weinbaum;* Proxima Centauri / Murray Leinster;* The Accursed Galaxy / Edmond Hamilton;Part Seven: 1936 by Isaac Asimov* He Who Shrank / Henry Hasse;* The Human Pets of Mars / Leslie F. Stone;* The Brain Stealers of Mars / John W. Campbell;* Devolution / Edmond Hamilton;* Big Game / Isaac Asimov [Written 11/18/41];Part Eight: 1937 by Isaac Asimov* Other Eyes Watching / John W. Campbell, Jr.;* Minus Planet / John D. Clark, Ph.D.;* Past, Present and Future / Nat Schachner;Part Nine: 1938 by Isaac Asimov* The Men and the Mirror / Ross Rocklynne.Originally 26 stories published in one hardcover volume.Each of these classics has an introduction by Dr. Asimov. "In an unusual 'autobiographical' science fiction anthology, Asimov has assembled all of his favorite stories that he read as a boy, that helped lead him to become a scientist and sf author...The slam-bang action is still enjoyable." - Library Journal

    Completes the author entries, plus listing by title, A-Z.

    This contains: Hyperpilosity; Language for Time Travelers; The Command; The Merman; Employment; The Gnarly Man; Reward of Virtue; Nothing in the Rules; The Hardwood Pile; The Reluctant Shaman; The Inspector's Teeth; The Ameba; The Guided Man; Judgment Day; A Gun for Dinosaur; The Emperor's Fan; Two Yards of Dragon; and The Little Green Men.