Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and listen to the stories spun by time travelers, cybernetic aliens, telepaths...and a bunch of regular folks on a mission to save the world, one customer at a time.Callahan's Crosstime Saloon contains the following stories, virtually all of which were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact: * "The Guy With the Eyes" * "The Time-Traveler" * "The Centipede's Dilemma" * "Two Heads Are Better Than One" * "The Law Of Conservation of Pain" * "Just Dessert" * "A Voice is Heard in Ramah..." * "Unnatural Causes" * "The Wonderful Conspiracy"

    Not if you're Jang: a caste of libertine teenagers in the city of Four BEE. But when you're expected to make trouble--when you can kill yourself on a whim and return in another body, when you're encouraged to change genders at will and experience whatever you desire--you've got no reason to rebel...until making love and raising hell, daring death and running wild just leave you cold and empty.Ravenous for true adventures of the mind and body, desperate to find some meaning, one restless spirit finally bucks the system--and by shattering the rules, strikes at the very heart of a soulless society....

    Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships any more, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable. DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself & the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who is planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds. DiGriz' dilemma is whether he will turn Angelina over to the Special Corps, or join with her, since he's fallen in love with her. The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970): DiGriz & Angelina are happily married, expecting the birth of sons. The planet Cliaand is waging interstellar war. Against the odds, its Grey Men are invading & taking over planet after planet. The Rat is sent to Cliaand to start a one-man guerrilla campaign to put a stop to the plans of the planet's leader, Kraj. He is aided by the Amazons, a force of liberated freedom fighters, & eventually by his wife who arrives to help him win the war & keep him out of the arms of the Amazons. The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (1972): The villainous He has travelled back in time to humankind's distant past on the legendary planet Earth ('Dirt') of '84, where he's altering events so that people who opposed him in the Rat's present cease to exist, Angelina amongst them. Using the Helix, a time-travel device invented by the Special Corps' Prof. Coypu, diGriz travels to '84 America, then to Napoleonic France where tanks & aircraft are helping bring about Napoleon's victory.

    Introduction · Algis Budrys · in The Phantom of Kansas · nv Galaxy Feb ’76 Air Raid [as by Herb Boehm] · ss IASFM Spr ’77 Retrograde Summer · nv F&SF Feb ’75 The Black Hole Passes · nv F&SF Jun ’75 In the Hall of the Martian Kings · na F&SF Feb ’77 In the Bowl · nv F&SF Dec ’75 Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance · nv Galaxy Jul ’76 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank · nv Galaxy May ’76 The Persistence of Vision · na F&SF Mar ’78

    It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to the streets of LA. It destroys the links between the brain's two hemispheres, causing, first, disorientation and then complete and irreversible brain damage.The undercover narcotics agent who calls himself Bob Arctor is desperate to discover the ultimate source of supply. But to find any kind of lead he has to pose as a user and, inevitably, without realising what is happening, Arctor is soon as addicted as the junkies he works among...

    Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilizationBut for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival—a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known….

    A hidden stargate hurls him and his passengers to the Well World, the master control planet for the cosmos created by the now-gone godlike race who designed the universe. Now someone wants to find the Well of Souls to seize control of all the cosmos--and it's up to Nathan to stop them.

    An indispensable work of science fiction criticism revised and expanded

    

    Then the aliens arrived, and there was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. The only hope was Shara, with her stardance.

    These were her very own planets, with such fascinating features as the Sea of Morning Opals, the Mountains of White Cloud, wicked Canal cities, and lost lands full of magic and mystery.That girl's name is Leigh Brackett. And today, more than 35 years after selling her first science fiction story, she continues to thrill and excite all lovers of imaginative writing. Her haunting tales of ancient Mars, wind-swept Venus, and remote worlds beyond human technology have become almost instant classics in the genre; and now Edmond Hamilton, Leigh's husband and a great SF writer in his own right, has personally collected ten of her best stories into a beautiful hardcover anthology. Here's a preview of the amazing tales:THE JEWEL OF BAS. There's an ancient legend passed down among the people of the outermost planet. It tells of Bas the Immortal, possessor of the Stone of Destiny—a jewel of such power that owning it gives a man rule over the whole world. Ciaran and Mouse, two unscrupulous gypsies, only half-believed the story until they found themselves at the mercy of Bas's fierce android army ... pawns in a sinister plan to enslave the human race.THE VANISHING VENUSIANS. For years the space colonists had wandered the hellish eternal seas of Venus, seeking the home that was their birthright, death constantly stalking in their wake. And now they were making their final bid—three of their bravest fighting toward a promised land guarded by nightmare creatures. Who would emerge victorious? Close to 4000 desperate people waited anxiously for the answer...THE VEIL OF ASTELLAR. Tough, hardbitten Steve Vance ... once he was human! But three hundred years ago he betrayed his homeland for a race of alien vampires who fulfilled his every desire in return for a small "favor." All he had to do was lure innocent Earth spaceships to their doom on the vampires' world. He knew his soul was forever damned. But there was one way in which he might atone...THE QUEER ONES. Hank Temple was at the editor's desk when the hospital called him in to see the X-rays. They were of a hill girl's illegitimate baby, and they showed insides like no child ever had. That was the beginning ... and the end came on an enshrouded Ozark mountain, with deadly green lightning flickering and a sound in the sky that was not wind or thunder...

    

    This account chronicles how his concern with artistic & human values led him to cross what he called the 'river of fire' & become a committed socialist--committed not only to the theory of socialism but also to the practice of it in the day-to-day struggle of working people in Victorian England. While both the British Labor Movement & the Marxists have venerated Morris, this legacy of his life proves that many of his ideas didn't accord with the dominant reforming tendencies, providing a unique perspective on Morris scholarship.

    She's the golden darling of a wealthy genius. A child-prodigy. Yogi adept. And dying of brain tumor. She wants to heal herself, but the courts and the doctors cry "no" - and enter her brain with an incredible million-dollar probe that cures her body, while it splits her soul -- and sends it hurtling into a psychic hell... Only Anatol Klane knows of his daughter's spirit-death. Now he must take her life... and convince an astonished world that he has set her free...

    This comprehensive eBook is complemented with numerous illustrations, informative introductions, scarce texts and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Le Fanu's life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* ALL 14 novels, with individual contents tables* Rare novels like THE FORTUNES OF COLONEL TORLOGH O’BRIEN appearing for the first time in digital publishing history* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Several novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Rare novellas from CHRONICLES OF GOLDEN FRIARS, available nowhere else* The complete 54 short stories – with many supernatural tales appearing here for the first time* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories* Includes Le Fanu's poetry and memoir - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works* Special criticism section, with two detailed essays evaluating Le Fanu’s contribution to literature* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The NovelsTHE COCK AND ANCHORTHE FORTUNES OF COLONEL TORLOGH O’BRIENTHE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARDWYLDER’S HANDUNCLE SILASGUY DEVERELLALL IN THE DARKTHE TENANTS OF MALORYA LOST NAMEHAUNTED LIVESTHE WYVERN MYSTERYCHECKMATETHE ROSE AND THE KEYWILLING TO DIEThe Shorter FictionTHE PURCELL PAPERSGHOST STORIES AND TALES OF MYSTERYGHOSTLY TALESCHRONICLES OF GOLDEN FRIARSIN A GLASS DARKLYSPALATROA STABLE FOR NIGHTMARESUNCOLLECTED TALESThe TalesLIST OF TALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF TALES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PoemsTHE POETRY OF SHERIDAN LE FANUThe CriticismA FORGOTTEN CREATOR OF GHOSTS: JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU by Edna KentonSHERIDAN LE FANU by E. F. BensonThe MemoirMEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

    *** These stories were selected (and edited) by his wife Leigh Brackett, an author and a screenwriter. Her screen-writing credits include works on such films as The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I*** This collection spans nearly half a century of Edmond Hamilton's work and was selected from a repository of hundreds of stories that he had written over that period.Contents:The Monster-God of Mamurth (1926)The Man Who Evolved (1931)A Conquest of Two Worlds (1932)The Island of Unreason (1933)Thundering Worlds (1934)The Man Who Returned (1934)The Accursed Galaxy (1935)In the World's Dusk (1936)Child of the Winds (1936)The Seeds from Outside (1937)Fessenden's Worlds (1937)Easy Money (1938)He That Hath Wings (1938)Exile (1943)Day of Judgment (1946)Alien Earth (1949)What's It Like Out There? (1952)Requiem (1962)After a Judgement Day (1963)The Pro (1964)Castaway (1969)

    It is the story of the last of the fabled Minotaurs, a tale of the shadowy world of Minoan Crete, of the pre-humans who found refuge there, and of wanderers who came among them....

    It would have been disastrous if a magnificent vampire story like Carmilla, or tales dealing with ghouls (Pickman's model), a werewolf (Gabriel-Ernest) and Black Magic (Casting the runes), had been excluded for the sake of adhering to a category which is at best imprecise. Any supernatural element in a story made it eligible for inclusion - those finally selected are the best.Contents:- Introduction (1977) by Charles Fowkes- The House and the Brain (1859) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton- The Masque of the Red Death (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe- Ligeia (1838) by Edgar Allan Poe- Carmilla (1872) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu- Was It a Dream? (1887, La morte) by Guy de Maupassant- The Horla (1887, Le Horla) by Guy de Maupassant- Count Magnus (1904) by M.R. James- An Episode of Cathedral History (1914) by M.R. James- The Diary of Mr. Poynter (1919) by M.R. James- Casting the Runes (1911) by M.R. James- The Furnished Room (1904) by O. Henry- The Monkey's Paw (1902) by W. W. Jacobs- The Novel of the White Powder (1895) by Arthur Machen- The Great God Pan (1894) by Arthur Machen- The Novel of the Black Seal (1895) by Arthur Machen- How Love Came to Professor Guildea (1897) by Robert Hichens- Lukundoo (1907) by Edward Lucas White- The Man Who Went Too Far (1904) by E.F. Benson- Negotium Perambulans (1922) by E.F. Benson- The Willows (1907) by Algernon Blackwood- The Glamour of the Snow (1911) by Algernon Blackwood- The Decoy (1921) by Algernon Blackwood- Ancient Sorceries (1908) by Algernon Blackwood- Gabriel-Ernest (1909) by Saki- The Music on the Hill (1911) by Saki- All Hallows (1926) by Walter de la Mare- Mr. Kempe (1925) by Walter de la Mare- The Beckoning Fair One (1911) by Oliver Onions- The Story of a Panic (1904) by E.M. Forster- The Story of the Siren (1920) by E.M. Forster- The Sailor-Boy's Tale (1942) by Karen Blixen- Pickman's Model (1927) by H.P. Lovecraft- The Dunwich Horror (1929) by H.P. Lovecraft- The Music of Erich Zann (1922) by H.P. Lovecraft- The Rats in the Walls (1924) by H.P. Lovecraft- The Shout (1929) by Robert Graves- Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early? (1951) by John Collier- A Woman Seldom Found (1956) by William Sansom

    McIntyreThe Warlord of Saturn's Moons (1974) by Eleanor ArnasonThe Triumphant Head (1970) by Josephine SaxtonThe Heat Death of The Universe (1967) by Pamela ZolineSongs of War (1974) by Kit ReedThe Women Men Don't See (1973) by James Tiptree Jr.Debut (1970) by Carol EmshwillerWhen It Changed (1972) by Joanna RussDead In Irons (1976) by Chelsea Quinn YarbroBuilding Block (1975) by Sonya DormanEyes of Amber (1976) by Joan D. VingeFurther Reading (1977), uncreditedWhen It Changed by Joanna Russ won the Nebula Award for best short story in 1972.Eyes of Amber by Joan D. Vinge won the Hugo Award for best novelette in 1978.

    Manalone, outcast from society, must fight the entire machinery of a ruthless police state to discover the truth. And the truth is an awful, chilling one, that sounds only too real in today's world.

    Contents:Apollo (1976)The Asian Shore (1970)The Birds (1973)The Colors (1968)Death and the Single Girl (1976)Displaying the Flag (1974)Feathers from the Wings of an Angel (1971)Getting into Death (1974)The Joycelin Shrager Story (1975)Let Us Quickly Hasten to the Gate of Ivory (1970)The Master of the Milford Altarpiece (1968)The Persistence of Desire (1974)The Planet Arcadia (1971)Quincunx (1969)Slaves (1967)[X] Yes (1969)

    StocktonThe Peach Tree by H. E. BatesThe Loquacious Goblin by Alexander GrinRiddles in the Dark by J. R. R. TolkienThe Magician's Book by C. S. LewisThe Dufflepuds Made Happy by C. S. LewisThe Tall One by Mark Van DorenThe Foundling by Lloyd AlexanderCome Lady Death by Peter S. BeagleThe Rule of Names by Ursula K. Le GuinBeliard by Sylvia Townsend Warner