The Alien MEGAPACK®: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories (epub/Mobi/pdf)
Aliens have been a major theme in science fiction literature from the very beginnings of the genre...though they seem to have morphed over the decades from humanoids (six-limbed and blue though they might be!) to the utterly incomprehensible to noncorporeal energy beings -- and everything in between! This collection focuses on aliens as depicted in many different forms over many different decades. While in no way comprehensive -- I'm not sure a "definitive" book of alien stories could ever be assembled -- we think this one is, at the very least, a lot of fun. Included are:
- THROUGH MUD ONE PICKS A WAY, by Tim Sullivan
- LABORATORY, by Jerome Bixby
- BEULAH, by Talmage Powell
- ALIEN STILL LIFE, by John Gregory Betancourt
- DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey
- ESCAPE TO EARTH, by Manly Banister
- LESSON IN SURVIVAL, by Frank Belknap Long
- SCIENTIFIC METHOD, by Chad Oliver
- THE BEES OF DEATH, by Robert Moore Williams
- THE BIG FIX, by Richard Wilson
- THE CARNIVORE, by Katherine MacLean
- THE LARGE ANT, by Howard Fast
- "THIS WORLD IS OURS!" by Emil Petaja
- RAINBOW JADE, by Gardner E. Fox
- A CITY NEAR CENTAURUS, by Bill Doede
- THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA, by Arthur Leo Zagat & Nat Schachner
- THE BIRDS OF LORRANE, by Bill Doede
- CONES, by Frank Belknap Long
- ALIEN OFFER, by Al Sevcik
- THE GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Edgar Pangborn
- THE SOUTH WATERFORD RUMPLE CLUB, by Richard Wilson
- THE TEACHER FROM MARS, by Eando Binder
- BELIEVE IN TANGIBLES, by Everil Worrell
- A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, by Charles V. De Vet
- TRADER'S RISK, by Roger Dee
- UTTER SILENCE, by Edward Wellen