Fritz Leiber - The 11th Science Fiction

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COPYRIGHT INFO

The 11th Science Fiction MEGAPACK is copyright 2015 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Angels in the Jets, by Jerome Bixby, was originally published in Fantastic , Fall 1952.

A Code for Sam, by Lester del Rey, was originally published in If , November 1966. Copyright 1966 by Lester del Rey. Reprinted by permission of the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.

Star Ship, by Poul Anderson, was originally published in Planet Stories , Fall 1950.

The Well-Oiled Machine, by H.B. Fyfe, was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Dec. 1950. Copyright 1950 by Mercury Press, renewed 1978. Reprinted by permission of the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.

Jack of No Trades, by Evelyn E. Smith, was originally published in, October 1955.

The Gravity Business, by James E. Gunn, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , January 1956.

Doomsday Eve , by Robert Moore Williams, was originally published in 1957.

Master of Life and Death , by Robert Silverberg, was originally published in 1957.

Falcons of Narabedla , by Marion Zimmer Bradley, was originally published in Other Worlds , May 1957.

New Lamps, by Robert Moore Williams, was originally published in Other Worlds , May 1957.

The Pirates of Zan, by Murray Leinster, was originally published in 1959.

Out of the Iron Womb! by Poul Anderson, was originally published in Planet Stories , Summer 1955.

Later Than You Think, by Fritz Leiber, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , October 1950.

The Planet Mappers , by E. Everett Evans, was originally published in 1955.

Afterglow, by H.B. Fyfe and John Gregory Betancourt, is original to this collection. Copyright 2016 by John Gregory Betancourt.

Shipping Clerk, by William Morrison, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , June 1952.

Contagion, by Katherine MacLean, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , October 1950.

The Light on Precipice Peak, by Stephen Tall, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , October 1955.

The Luckiest Man in Denv, by Simon Eisner, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , June 1952.

On the Fourth Planet, by J.F. Bone, was originally published in Galaxy Magazine , April 1963.

BIMMIE SAYS, by Sydney J. Van Scyoc, was originally published in Galaxy Magazine , October 1962.

Sweet Tooth, by Robert F. Young, was originally published in Galaxy Magazine , October 1963.

Search the Sky , by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, was originally published in 1954.

Star, Bright, by Mark Clifton, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , July 1952.

Hot Planet, by Hal Clement, was originally published in Galaxy Magazine , August 1963.

Two Weeks in August, by Frank M. Robinson, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , February 1951.

The Alien , by Raymond F. Jones, was originally published in 1951.

Bodyguard, by Christopher Grimm, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction . February 1956.

Jaywalker, by Ross Rocklynne, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , December 1950.

Second Childhood, by Clifford D. Simak, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , February 1951.

Of All Possible Worlds, by William Tenn, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , December 1956.

Pollony Undiverted, by Sydney Van Scyoc, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , February 1963.

Delay in Transit, by F. L. Wallace, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , September 1952.

A Gift from Earth, by Manly Banister, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction , August 1955.

One Against the Moon , by Donald A. Wollheim, was originally published in 1956.

Firebird , by Tony Rothman, is copyright 2013. Reprinted by permission of the author.

A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

Welcome to The 11th Science Fiction MEGAPACK ! I hope you will enjoy the stories we have selected for you this time. Theres a greater emphasis than usual on Golden Age writers (just the way it came together)but we have one original story as well, my posthumous collaboration with H.B. Fyfe, finishing a really terrific but not-quite-done tale he had been working on before his death. It reminded me a bit of James Tiptree, Jr.s workbut predates Tipree by a couple of decades. And we have novels by Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth, Murray Leinster, E. Everett Evans, and Donald Wollheimnot to mention part 3 of our serialization of Tony Rothmans Firebird . And a ton of great short stories. 35 works in all, more than 1900 pages of great reading.

Enjoy!

John Betancourt

Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

www.wildsidepress.com

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