The earth is doomed!Only ten people out of every 3,000 will escape aboard space ships to begin a new colony on Mars. For the rest of humanity . . . inevitable destruction.Bill Easson is a conscientious, straightforward guy. But as pilot of one of the ships, he holds the power of life and death in his hands. As the time grows nearer, violent mobs swarm through the streets, and the ten names on Bill's list change and change again.The authorities only give Bill a 60 percent chance of survival. He knows in his bones he's got to lengthen the odds.Or die trying. Views: 110
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On the planet Sirgol the death machines have a unique and sublte mode of
attack. Now, the time and place of the next attack has been
pinpointed--the berserkers will try to eliminate Vincent Vincento, an
early genius whose loss will cost mankind a hundred years of progress in
the physical sciences. Derron Odegard, one of the elite corps of Time
Operatives, has the toughest assignment in Sirgol's history--protect
Vincento at any cost. Views: 109
Bill Saunders kills a man in a pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely shop assistant Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She gets him a job with her aunt and things are looking up untill Bill's past catches up with him.Unavailable for several years, this classic thriller of the "hard-boiled" genre has been compared to the work of James M. Cain and Graham Greene. "A tight narrative of recklessness, of ruthlessness".--Kirkus Views: 108
Playscript for a work first staged in 1963, which was very surreal, even by the late great Spike Milligan’s standards. If you never saw the play, now’s your chance to find out what happened after Lord Fortnum changed into a Bedsitting Room as the result of a nuclear holocaust. And if you did see the play – well, you still want to find out. Views: 108
A SPACESHIP so fantastic that it is rightfully christened Fantasy. A new spacedrive is quietly to be tested, a method previously unknown. If successful, it promises a whole new epoch in space travel, an unprecedented blossoming out into the unknown vastness of the cosmic realm. Perry Rhodan & his men prepare to leap farther out into the universe than they have ever gone before. How Auris of the emerald eyes & coppery hair glinting with metallic highlights figures in the exploratory trip of the Fantasy will be revealed, along with other aspects of this beautiful alien, on your way to– The Target Star! Views: 108
One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantomas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from Gothic novel villains of the 19th century to modern-day serial killers. The books and movies that came out in quick succession anticipate current production methods of Hollywood, in two respects: First, the authors distributed the writing among themselves; their "working method was to draw up the general plot between them and then go off and write alternate chapters independently of each other, meeting up to tie the two halves of the story together in the final chapter." This approach allowed the authors to produce almost one novel per month. Views: 108
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EDITORIAL REVIEW:For 13 years Perry Rhodan promised to take Thora and Khrest, the Arkonides back to their own parent planetary system. In five hyper-transitions the great spaceship Ganymede takes Perry, Thora and Khrest To Arkon.But in between comes interception! The Ganymede is forced to land on Naat. Rhodan and his friends are captured, and their ship immobilized beneath insurmountable energy fields. They must contact the Akonide authority on Naat to negotiate their release so that they may go on to their goal. And if Perry, Thora and Khrest get to Arkon, the Arkonides will find that things have radically changed for them at home during their absence... TO ARKON! Views: 107
Nick Saturday, private eye, went out to find Helen Burdette, lost gal. He had the right town and the right street — but the wrong world.A nice entertaining SciFi story in the multiple-worlds tradition, mixed with a hard-boiled PI of little imagination (Joe Friday, meet Nick Saturday). The title is totally misleading, but goes well with the gorgeous pulp cover. Views: 106
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, actor, and drama critic. His main persona, that of a slightly confused, ineffectual, socially awkward bumbler, served in his essays and short films to gain him the sobriquet “the humorist’s humorist.” The character allowed him to comment brilliantly on the world’s absurdities. (—Encyclopedia Britannica) ~~~ Benchley is best remembered for his contributions to periodicals such as Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. Collections of these essays and articles stand today as tribute to his brilliance. Views: 105
The year was 2794, and the greatest civilization in Man’s history faced almost certain destruction. A handful of men and women struggled desperately to avert the holocaust, but they seemed doomed to failure. And even if they succeeded, Earth would never be the same again. .… Views: 105
No one seems to like the Esmond family. "I've never known such a family of selfish, quarrelling, bad-mannered children," says their father. The Pony Club DC isn't a fan. "You don't seem to take any trouble over your riding, or your ponies," he says. "Do your parents make you ride?" They don't. The Esmonds love riding. They love their ponies, but somehow it's all gone wrong. They were nicer people when they didn't have much money, thinks Lewis, the oldest of the family. Now they have everything they ever wanted but it doesn't seem to have helped their characters. Surely it's not that hard not to quarrel? To put some effort into their riding? There are five Esmonds, and there are five different points of view on how they're going to improve. But somehow, despite icy accidents, flood, blizzards and some very bad riding, improve they do. This is a brilliant winter read. Be aware that hunting was legal when this book was written, and hunting does... Views: 104
