Laugh Your Head Off Again and Again

9 authors9 storiesJust when you thought you were safe ... nine of Australia's favourite kids' authors (Andy Griffiths, John Marsden, R.A. Spratt, Alan Brough, Tony Wilson, Meredith Costain, Alex Ratt, Deb Abela and Tristan Bancks) are ready to get heaolling - again!???
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(3/15) The Golden Age of Science Fiction Volume III: An Anthology of 50 Short Stories

his Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty short stories by more than forty masters of science fiction. Many of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s. Included within this work are stories by Poul Anderson, Phillip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Harry Harrison, Murray Leinster, Walter M. Miller, Jr., H. Beam Piper, Clifford Simak, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents: The Man Who Came Early, Poul Anderson The Cuckoo Clock, Wesley Barefoot Zen, Jerome Bixby Say Hello for Me, Frank Coggins The Guardians, Irving Cox Martians Never Die, Lucius Daniel Foundling on Venus, John and Dorothy De Coucy Vital Ingredient, Charles De Vet The Skull, Phillip K. Dick The Eye of Allah, Charles W. Diffin Tree, Spare that Woodman, Dave Dryfoos Service With a Smile, Charles L. Fontenay The Monster, Randall Garrett The Last Supper, T.D. Hamm The Passenger, Kenneth Harmon Goodbye Dead Man!, Tom W. Harris The Velvet Glove, Harry Harrison Prelude to Space, Robert W. Haseltine Tight Squeeze, Dean C. Ing The Jameson Satellite, Neal R. Jones A Matter of Importance, Murray Leinster The One and the Many, Stephen Marlowe Shepherd of the Planets, Alan Mattox Planet of Dreams, James McKimmey Stolen Brains, S.P. Meek The Hoofer, Walter M. Miller Jr. PRoblem, Alan Nourse The Return, H. Beam Piper & John G. McGuire Time and Time Again, H. Beam Piper The Day of the Boomer Dukes, Frederick Pohl The Hohokam Dig, Theodore Pratt Make Mine Homogenized, Rick Raphael Revolution, Mack Reynolds Spawn of the Comet, H. Thompson Rich Runaway, Joseph Samachson DP, Arthur Dekker Savage Pirates of the Gorm, Nat Schachner Gone Fishing, James H. Schmitz Alien Offer, Al Sevcik Forever, Robert Sheckley The Hour of Battle, Robert Sheckley The Happy Unfortunate, Robert Silverberg The Street That Wasn’t There, Clifford D. Simak & Carl Jacobi The Delegate from Venus, Henry Slesar The Big Fix, George O. Smith Vortex Blaster, E.E. “Doc” Smith The Planet of Dread, R.F. Starzl Sweet Their Blood and Sticky, Albert F. Teichner Homesick, Lyn Venable The Meteor Girl, Jack Williamson
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The Journey Prize Stories 22

Discover the next generation of great Canadian writers with this highly acclaimed annual anthology.For more than two decades, The Journey Prize Stories has been presenting the best short stories published each year by some of Canada's most exciting up-and-coming new writers. Previous contributors -- including such now well-known, bestselling writers as Yann Martel, Elizabeth Hay, Michael Crummey, Annabel Lyon, Lisa Moore, Heather O'Neill, Pasha Malla, Timothy Taylor, M.G. Vassanji, and Alissa York -- have gone on to win prestigious literary awards and honours, including the Booker Prize, the Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and CBC's Canada Reads competition.The stories included in the anthology are contenders for the $10,000 Journey Prize, which is made possible by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener's donation of Canadian royalties from his novel...
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(2/15) The Golden Age of Science Fiction Volume II: An Anthology of 50 Short Stories

This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty short stories by more than forty masters of science fiction. Many of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s. Included within this work are stories by Ben Bova, Cordwainer Smith, Phillip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Paul Ernst, Kurt Vonnegut, Harry Harrison, Jack Williamson, Lester Del Rey, Fredric Brown, Murray Leinster, C.M. Kornbluth, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Andre Norton, H. Beam Piper, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents: A Question of Courage, J.F. Bone The Duelling Maching, Ben Bova Keep Out, Frederic Brown Indirection, Everett B. Cole The Game of Rat and Dragon, Cordwainer Smith The World Beyond, Raymond Cummings Victory, Lester Del Rey The Defenders, Phillip K. Dick The Hammer of Thor, Charles Willard Diffin The Planetoid of Peril, Paul Ernst The Jupiter Weapon, Charles L. Fontenay This World Must Die, H.B. Fyfe Psichopath, Randall Garrett The Man Who Hated Mars, Randall Garrett Hawk Carse, Anthony Gilmore The Helpful Hand of God, Tom Godwin A Scientist Rises, D.W. Hall Monsters of Mars, Edmond Hamilton The Sargasso of Space, Edmond Hamilton The K-Factor, Harry Harrison The Misplaced Battleship, Harry Harrison Walls of Acid, Henry Hasse Old Rambling House, Frank Herbert Made in Tanganyika, Carl Jacobi Sight Gag, Lawrence Janifer Get Out of Our Skies, E. K. Jarvis Cubs of the Wolf, Raymond F. Jones The Cosmic Expense Account, C.M. Kornbluth We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly, Roger Kuykendall The Great Potlatch Riots, Allen Kim Lang Gambler’s World, Keith Laumer No Great Magic, Fritz Leiber The Ambulance Made Two Trips, Murray Leinster The Leader, Murray Leinster The Mississippi Saucer, Frank Belknap Long Summer Snow Storm, Stephen Marlowe The Attack From Space, S.P. Meek The Great Drought, S.P. Meek Death of Spaceman, Walter M. Miller, Jr. The People of the Crater, Andre Norton An Ounce of Cure, Alan Nourse Image of the Gods, Alan Nourse A Slave is a Slave, H. Beam Piper Day of the Moron, H. Beam Piper Pythias, Frederick Pohl The Hunters, Joseph Samachson The Judas Valley, Robert Silverberg Project Mastodon, Clifford D. Simak 2BR02B, Kurt Vonnegut The Pygmy Planet, Jack Williamson
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Ask the Bones

What is real and what is imaginary? Do evil creatures lurk in the shadows? Do demons attack the helpless? Are there such things as invisible men? For generations, storytellers have given substance to our worst fears. In Ask the Bones, master storytellers Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz retell a varied selection of the world's most frightening folktales. Be warned-these stories could scare you to death!
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Fairytale Collection

This magical collection includes five early readers based on the Barbie films Barbie: Fashion Fairytale, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale, Barbie and the Three Musketeers, Barbie and the Diamond Castle, and Barbie: Thumbelina. Featuring fairies, princesses, mermaids, and more, little girls ages 4 to 6 won't be able to resist!
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Angels!

A collection of fifteen short stories depicts angelic interventions in subtle forms and includes the writings of such authors as Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Roger Zelazny.
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And Then He Kissed Me

Ever fallen in love? Ever fallen out of love? Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have...? Nine authors write about first kisses, love, heartbreak and everything in between in this short story anthology.
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Golden Age of Science Fiction Vol XIII

Product Description This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty classic science fiction short stories and novellas by more than forty different authors. Most of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s.Included within this work are stories by H. Beam Piper, Phillip K. Dick, Walter M. Miller, Roger Aycock, Edmond Hamilton, Stephen Marlowe, Randall Garrett, Mack Reynolds, H.B. Fyfe, and many others. This collection includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.ONCE UPON A PLANETBy J. J. AllertonMR. PRESIDENTBy Stephen ArrTHE FRIGHTENED PLANETBy Sidney AustenPET FARMBy Roger D. AycockTHE PLOTTERSBy Alexander BladeLOVE STORYBy Irving E. Cox, Jr.THE TRAPBy Betsy CurtisCLEAN BREAKBy Roger Dee THE VARIABLE MANBy Philip K. DickUNIFORM OF A MANBy Dave DryfoosCATEGORY PHOENIXBy Boyd EllanbySKIN GAMEBy Charles E. FritchLET THERE BE LIGHTBy Horace B. FyfeSUITE MENTALEBy Randall GarrettTHE MEASURE OF A MANBy Randall GarrettTHE SPHERE OF SLEEPBy Chester S. GeierA THOUGHT FOR TOMORROWBy Robert E. GilbertBOOMERANG BULLETSBy James A. GoldthwaiteTHE DOOR INTO INFINITYBy Edmond HamiltonBEYOND THE THUNDERBy H. B. HickeyFEET OF CLAYBy Phillip HoskinsTHE UNLEARNEDBy Raymond F. JonesPROJECT HUSHBy Phillip KlassTAPE JOCKEYBy Tom LeahyOOGIE FINDS LOVEBy Berkeley LivingstonBREEDER REACTIONBy Winston MarksBROWN JOHN'S BODYBy Winston MarksEARTHSMITHBy Stephen MarloweWORLD BEYOND PLUTOBy Stephen MarloweTHE HITCH HIKERSBy Vernon L. McCainLIFE SENTENCEBy James McConnellTHE AMBASSADORBy Sam Merwin, Jr.WAY OF A REBELBy Walter Miller, Jr.OF TIME AND TEXASBy William F. NolanTHY NAME IS WOMANBy Kenneth O'HaraTHE HELL SHIPBy Ray PalmerTHE MERCENARIESBy H. Beam PiperTHE OCTOPUS CYCLEBy Irvin Lester and Fletcher PrattTHE SWORDBy Frank QuattrocchiCODE THREEBy Rick RaphaelTHE COMMON MANBy Mack ReynoldsTHE BOOKBy Michael ShaaraPROBABILITYBy Louis TrimbleSUCCESS STORYBy Robert TurnerTHE JUDAS VALLEYBy Gerald VanceMOON GLOWBy G. L. VandenburgWHEN THE MOON TURNED GREENBy Hal K. WellsTHE END OF TIMEBy Wallace WestPLANET OF THE GODSBy Robert Moore WilliamsTHE GOD IN THE BOXBy Sewell Peaslee Wright
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Golden Age of Science Fiction Vol XII

Product Description This Halcyon Classics ebook collection contains fifty science fiction short stories and novellas by more than forty different authors. Most of the stories in this collection were published during the heyday of popular science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1960s.Included within this work are stories by H. Beam Piper, Murray Leinster, Randall Garrett, Robert Sheckley, Stanley Weinbaum, Alan Nourse, Terry Carr, Mack Reynolds, Henry Kuttner, Raymond Cummings, and many others. This collection is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.Contents:FLATLANDBy Edwin A. AbbottWORLD OF THE DRONEBy Robert AbernathyTO CHOKE AN OCEANBy J. F. BoneBRIDE OF THE DARK ONEBy Florence Verbell BrownIF AT FIRST YOU DON'T . . . By John BrudyWHAT NEED OF MAN?By Harold CalinWARLORD OF KORBy Terry CarrTHE PEACEMAKERBy Alfred CoppelTHE CARTELS JUNGLEBy Irving E. Cox, Jr.THE WHITE INVADERSBy Raymond King CummingsTHE ETHICAL WAYBy Joseph FarrellATOM DRIVEBy Charles FontenayEVIL OUT OF ONZARBy Mark GanesHANGING BY A THREADBy Randall GarrettIN CASE OF FIREBy THE PLANET WITH NO NIGHTMAREBy Jim HarmonTHE FLOATING ISLAND OF MADNESSBy Jason KirbyTHE EGO MACHINEBy Henry KuttnerTHE GREAT POTLATCH RIOTSBy Allen Kim LangINVASIONBy Murray LeinsterCOLLECTIVUMBy Mike LewisTULANBy C. C. MacAppGAMESBy Katherine MacLeanTHE DEADLY DAUGHTERSBy Winston K. MarksCRIMINAL NEGLIGENCEBy J. Francis McComasGEORGE LOVES GISTLABy James McKimmey, Jr.SMALL WORLDBy William F. NolanTHE NATIVE SOILBy Alan E. NourseAS LONG AS YOU WISHBy John O'KeefeTHE GOOD NEIGHBORSBy Edgar PangbornTHIS ONE PROBLEMBy M. C. PeaseLOST IN THE FUTUREBy John Victor PetersonTEMPLE TROUBLEBy H. Beam PiperTHE ANSWERBy H. Beam PiperTHE KNIGHTS OF ARTHURBy Frederik PohlUNBORN TOMORROWBy Mack ReynoldsSLAVES OF MERCURYBy Nat SchachnerMUTINEERBy Robert J. SheaAN'S POISONBy Robert SheckleySTARMAN'S QUESTBy Robert SilverbergMASTERS OF SPACEBy Edward E. Smith & E. Everett EvansTHE FOURTH RBy George O. SmithTHE ULTROOM ERRORBy Jerry SohlTHE PSILENT PARTNERBy Edward S. Staub and John VictoTHE MAROONERBy Charles A. StearnsTHE MAN WHO ROCKED THE EARTHBy Arthur Train and Robert Williams WoodSJAMBAKBy Jack VanceVALLEY OF DREAMSBy Stanley G. WeinbaumPRIESTESS OF THE FLAMEBy Sewell Peaslee WrightOUT AROUND RIGELBy Robert H. Wilson      
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