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The Forgetful Robot

Fairman,Paul W

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

On his way to the American colonies as an indentured servant, a young English boy meets a stowaway black man searching for his wife sold as a slave in the Americas.

Five knucklebones,

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

That Girl

Popular Library

Two classic science fiction novels in one book, "The Girl Who Loved Death" by Paul W. Fairman and "Slave Planet" by Laurence M. Janifer.

The Girl Who Loved Death & Slave Planet

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Janifer, Laurence M.

Science Fiction

Armchair Fiction & Music

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “The Man Who Stopped at Nothing” is by veteran sci-fi author and editor, Paul W. Fairman. Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “The Man Who Stopped at Nothing” is by veteran sci-fi author and editor, Paul W. Fairman. Caught between life and death—Dorn Lattimore was just your average working joe taking a break from the wife and kids. Then BAM! He woke to find himself looking through a plate glass window enjoying a luscious nude, who was leisurely picking out her wardrobe from any number of department store mannequins. It was in this upper plane that Dorn began to really appreciate the finer things in life. What followed was a madcap adventure of two soul mates literally trapped in the next level up, the upper plane between life and death. These unlikely lovers even have their very own mad scientist—a twisted genius who unknowingly causes all kinds of collateral damage in this spirited tale from the golden age of fantasy and science fiction. The second novel, “Ten From Infinity,” is another Fairman gem. Something was terribly wrong… It all started innocently enough. A pedestrian was hit by a cab in New York City. No doubt it was the only motor mishap in history with ramifications that reached out to the stars—for at the instant the accident happened, a signal far out in space was registered. Something wasn’t quite right, for the doctors discovered their accident patient had two hearts. It was the beginning of the realization that Earth had been invaded by 10 such creatures from outer space. Every effort was made to learn their purpose. An orbital flight was launched to spot alien bodies—only to be destroyed in space. One of the alien men was captured—but no threat of pain or death could unlock the secret in his brain. Something had gone wrong. And somehow, some method had to be found to make it right—before the threat of danger overwhelmed all mankind.

Man Who Stopped at Nothing, The & Ten From Infinity

Fantasy

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is Paul W. Fairman’s “Secret of the Martians.” Were Martians really dangerous? No human being on Earth or Mars seemed to think so. Very few of the human colonists had ever even seen a Martian. Indeed, the Martians had essentially given way to Terran colonists centuries before and allowed them to have all the equatorial regions of the planet for farming and other human endeavors. The Martians themselves retreated to the northern countries near the polar ice cap. There they had lived in isolation for many generations. But then one day the slain body of a Terran botanist was found. When a security agent from Earth was sent in to investigate, he found himself in a web of interplanetary conspiracy that threatened the existence of every human being on Mars, and possibly Earth itself.. The second novel is from the man who gave us “The Minority Report,” Philip K. Dick. “The Variable Man” is about a man who liked to tinker. He was always tinkering with things, fixing things, everything from clocks to refrigerators to vidsenders…and to destinies. But one thing was certain, he had no business in the world of the future, where the calculators simply couldn’t handle him. On one hand he was Earth’s only hope…and on the other hand he was its sure failure. Join sci-fi maestro Philip K. Dick for one of his earliest works. “The Variable Man” was first published in the September issue of “Space Science Fiction” magazine, all the way back in 1953. Even at this early stage of his career, Dick’s talent for writing was obvious in this strange tale of strange man in the far-off future.

Secret of the Martians & The Variable Man

Dick,Philip K

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is 
Joe Gibson&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Venus Enigma.&rdquo; Kim Rothman was a seasoned space pirate, not afraid to take lives if necessary. Yet there was a purpose to his piracy&mdash;Earth&rsquo;s corporations had made it almost impossible to survive financially in the colonial settlements on Mars, Venus, and in the asteroid belt, charging astronomical prices for necessary provisions and machinery. But soon his piracy led to his chance meeting with Frances Freemont, a female survivor of his last raid. She then led him on a wild adventure back to Earth, and then back into space to the mysterious, rain-soaked planet of Venus, where tall mountain peaks were permanently hidden within the reddish-orange clouds that surrounded the planet. Hidden within these jagged mountains was an age-old secret that would soon shock all of mankind. The second novel is &ldquo;The Woman in Skin 13,&rdquo; another fine tale by sci-fi great Paul W. Fairman. The ship came down into Lake Michigan around four o&rsquo;clock in the morning, early in the month of June. It came very quietly for so large a ship, and the aliens riding within were amazingly swift and dreadfully efficient. These aliens&mdash;the Argans&mdash;were humanoid in appearance but the color of their skin was different. Like a quick-moving, deadly plague they moved in on Chicago, taking over the city before anyone really knew what was happening! They were intelligent and ruthless&mdash;and their hold over the city seemed impenetrable. But when a female alien was captured, the government came up with a desperate scheme: send in an Earth woman&mdash;her skinned tinted green&mdash;to impersonate a female alien and find a weakness to the aliens&rsquo; hold on the city.

Venus Enigma, The, & The Woman in Skin 13

Gibson, Joe

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel “Whom the Gods Would Slay” is written by long-time sci-fi author Paul W. Fairman. Ordinary women usually give birth to ordinary offspring. But Princess Lall of the planet Mars was far from being ordinary—and her children were even less so. In fact, they were hideous and hungry little things—such was the way of things on Mars. But soon after imposing total devastation upon her home planet, Princess Lall needed a new place to live…and a new place to breed. Her destination? Earth! But on Earth a mighty Viking, Rolf of the Golden Horn, had been forewarned of Princess Lall’s coming. And to stave off her maniacal threat he put together a band of heroes like no other ever assembled. With his brothers-in-arms, one Nubian slave, and the wonder of a new God not yet known to the Viking realms, Rolf and his cadre set out on a journey to the unknown with only one magic wolf’s paw and a grand notion of saving the world. The second novel “Men in the Walls” is another fine tale by William Tenn. What had happened to the human race? In the far off future humanity had been reduced to Stone Age tribes, living in an endless series of tunnels…or burrows as they now called them. They lived in fear of the creatures that had conquered the world ages ago. These creatures were called “the Monsters,” and they had reduced humanity’s numbers to prehistoric levels and sent the survivors scampering into the darkness. But Mankind lived in hope of someday casting out these subjugators. And from birth, all humans were instilled with a firm belief that the reclaiming of the science of their ancestors was the key to this goal. Only there were a few men who no longer subscribed to this belief, a belief that—over the ages—had festered into a religious fanaticism. And when this awakening to a different way to freedom came to the minds of these men, they chanced the wrath of mankind’s tribal hierarchy, thus posing the question: which were Monsters and which were Men?

Whom the Gods Would Slay & The Men in the Walls

Tenn, William

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is “Nine Worlds West” by well-known author and editor Paul W. Fairman. Greta Lansing wanted ex-space pilot Cort Leggitt to fly her to the planet Pentar in search of her kidnapped father. She had heard through the space grapevine that Leggitt had nerves of steel and could fly in and out of any planetary system. But Leggitt had been blacklisted by the Pilot’s Guild the year before after a freak jet backfire accident had left five of his clients burned to a crisp. However, Lansing’s money—and her overwhelming beauty—had been more than enough to coax him back into the pilot’s seat. After navigating through one of the worst asteroid fields in the galaxy, Greta’s party found themselves crash-landed on a planet ruled by a brazen Earth-born gangster and his tall alien henchmen. But with the help of two six-legged Martian tigers, along with the blind allegiance of a multitude of hairless alien pygmies, Greta Lansing soon found her status changed from space fugitive to planetary divinity. The second novel is “Frontiers Beyond the Sun” by Rog Phillips. Dr. Simon Kirk was a true company man. He was the divisional director of the mighty Cominc Corporation, and many felt that at age thirty-one he was much too young to hold such a lofty position. But his future seemed bright, and he was smugly satisfied with himself. In fact, his overall brilliance had put him in line to become the next president of the company. Then one day a strange interruption in communications service led him to a distant relay station that lay many hours away in the sprawling wastelands that had once been the United States of America. Inside this remote building Simon Kirk met his destiny; and slowly he changed from an obedient executive who held power over legions of mindless slaves, to a leader in a hidden city of free men. But whether that city could survive or not remained to be seen, as the long arm of the world’s corporate cartel reached out to smother and destroy it.

Nine Worlds West & Frontiers Beyond the Sun

Phillips, Rog

Armchair Fiction presents paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Nine" features a terrific selection of shockers by some of the genre’s best authors. Watch out for sneaky stalkers, wicked Wraiths, and singing stiffs. Yes…you can forget skeletons in the closet… In this chilling collection of spooky tales, you will encounter familial demons and deadly beings who stalk their prey relentlessly! In Manly Wade Wellman’s “Song of the Slaves” and Chester Geier’s “Death’s Head”, you will find that greed is rewarded—but not in a way desirable for the covetous cads. “Give Me My Body” by Anton Reed and “The Lurker” by Rog Phillips tell of innocent women being possessed by dark entities. Can they be saved by those who love them? You will also find stark interplanetary horror when you peruse Russell Thompson’s “Terror of the Undead Corpses” and Richard Shaver’s eerie gem, “The Valley of Madness.” There are plenty more tales just like these, so make sure you’re reading with the “lights on” because this installment of Horror Gems is sure to terrify even the boldest of readers.

Horror Gems, Volume Nine, featuring Emil Petaja and others

Literature & Fiction

Shaver, Richard S.

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE

Williams, Robert Moore

Thompson, Russell

Luce, Gregory

Petaja, Emil

Geier, Chester S.

Reed, Anton

Genre Fiction

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