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Ching Witch!: 10 Classics SF Novelettes [MultiFormat]
by Ross Rocklynne
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"Unusual and Unexpected!" That's how Ray Bradbury hails the science fiction of Nebula Award nominee Ross Rocklynne. Headed by "Ching Witch!", his 1972 Nebula nominee novelette, this first-ever collection of Rocklynne's work presents him in a wide variety of styles and themes. You will find stylistically and philosophically dazzling stories like "Ching Witch," "Find the Face," and "The Sound of Space." You will also find two very different philosophic puzzle stories, one light-hearted, the other ... more info>> 2005 Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 68398 - Reading Time: 195-273 min.
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The Forbidden Dream [Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #1] [MultiFormat]
by Ross Rocklynne
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Golden Age Pulp Series by Nebula Nominee--First Time Ever in Book Form! For the first time since their original appearance in the legendary pulp Planet Stories in the early 1940s, here are the three novelettes that launched the adventures of Sidney Hallmeyer, interstellar agent--one of the era's most trail-blazing series. In essence, Hallmeyer is a scientific secret agent with a license to kill--entire cultures and worlds! If needed or if so ordered, when they stand in the way of Earth's territo... more info>>
Words: 34128 - Reading Time: 97-136 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Pirates of the Time Trail: The Alternate History Classic [MultiFormat]
by Ross Rocklynne
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Nebula Nominee's Never Reprinted Alternate Universes Pulp Masterpiece. Straight from the pages of the Fall 1943 issue of Startling Stories comes this book-length novel of piracy, romance and alternate history. Pilot Steve Killiard is shot down by the Japanese during a WWII dog fight. Then a strange ship materializes in the heavens above and soon Killiard is taken captive by pirates from an alternate Earth whose discovery of a way to cross dimensions frees them to descend upon and loot Earths wit... more info>>
Words: 47611 - Reading Time: 136-190 min.
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Slaves of the Ninth Moon [Hallmeyer, Destroyer of Worlds #2] [MultiFormat]
by Ross Rocklynne
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Nebula Nominee Author's Lost Pulp Saga of Man Ordered to Kill the Woman He Loves to Save Earth! This volume contains the final two stories in Nebula Award nominee writer Ross Rocklynne's lost pulp science fiction series, Hallmeyer--Destroyer of Worlds. As with the first volume of this series, all the stories are reprinted for the first time in more than sixty years. The second Hallmeyer tale in this volume, "The Bubble Dwellers," has the distinction of being both the only novel-length work in th... more info>>
Words: 33797 - Reading Time: 96-135 min.
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People of the Darkness: A Generational Saga of Living Nebula [MultiFormat]
by Ross Rocklynne
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Nebula Nominee's "Fantasy Masterpiece"! Nebula nominee Ross Rocklynne's awe inspiring cosmic masterpiece, People of the Darkness is a science fiction classic of "vast, nebula-like beings and follows their life courses through billions from galaxy to galaxy." (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction) Rocklynne was nominated for the Nebula in 1972 for his novelette, "Ching Witch!," and People of the Darkness showcases his talents at their best. SF historian/critic Sam Moskowitz lauds Rocklynne as "a s... more info>> 2004 Knowbetter Suggested Reading List
Words: 80000 - Reading Time: 228-320 min.
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Planets of Adventure #3: Black Priestess of Varda & Captives of the Weir-Wind [MultiFormat]
by Erik Fennel & Ross Rocklynne
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Space Opera at Its Finest! That's how readers in the know described the late, lamented pulp science fiction magazine Planet Stories. Famed for its vigorous, colorful covers and even more vigorous, colorful lead novels, the magazine of "strange adventures on other worlds and the universe of future centuries" (as the masthead read), has become a rare and highly-prized item among collectors. But now you can read two of its enthralling "book-length novels" in one ebook. If you love Star Trek, Star W... more info>> 2004
Words: 48926 - Reading Time: 139-195 min.
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