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The Best of Planet Stories 1 by Leigh Brackett


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Riverworld and other stories


Philip José Farmer - 1979
    on the Dude Ranch · ss * · The Volcano [as by Paul Chapin] · ss F&SF Feb ’76 · The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol · ss Playboy Dec ’77 · The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others [as by Harry Manders] · nv F&SF Sep ’75 · Brass and Gold (or Horse and Zeppelin in Beverly Hills) · ss Quark #4, ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971 · The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod · ss Broadside, 1968; New Worlds #200 ’70 · The Voice of the Sonar in My Vermiform Appendix · ss Quark #2, ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971 · Monolog · ss Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon, 1973 · The Leaser of Two Evils · ss Playboy Jul ’79 · The Phantom of the Sewers [“It’s the Queen of Darkness, Pal”, as by Rod Keen] · ss F&SF Aug ’78

The Very First Damned Thing


Jodi Taylor - 2015
    The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning.How will he assemble his team?From where will his funding come?How can he overcome the massed ranks of the Society for the Protection of Historical Buildings?How do stolen furniture, a practical demonstration at the Stirrup Charge at Waterloo, students’ alcohol-ridden urine, a widowed urban guerrilla, a young man wearing exciting knitwear, and four naked security guards all combine to become the St Mary’s of the future?- See more at: http://www.accentpress.co.uk/Book/173...

Dauntless


Jack Campbell - 2006
    Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized, beyond belief...Captain John "Black Jack" Geary's legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic "last stand" in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics.Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance's one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic "Black Jack" legend...

UnHappenings


Edward Aubry - 2015
    His first girlfriend disappears the day after their first kiss with no indication she ever existed. This retroactive change is the first of many only he seems to notice.Several years later, when Nigel is visited by two people from his future, he hopes they can explain why the past keeps rewriting itself around him. But the enigmatic young guide shares very little, and the haggard, incoherent, elderly version of himself is even less reliable. His search for answers takes him fifty-two years forward in time, where he finds himself stranded and alone.And then he meets Helen.Brilliant, hilarious and beautiful, she captivates him. But Nigel’s relationships always unhappen, and if they get close it could be fatal for her. Worse, according to the young guide, just by entering Helen’s life, Nigel has already set into motion events that will have catastrophic consequences. In his efforts to reverse this, and to find a way to remain with Helen, he discovers the disturbing truth about the unhappenings, and the role he and his future self have played all along.

Empire


Michael R. Hicks - 2009
    Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their god-like Empress. Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born.