Ray Bradbury

Hugh Starke had died, he was absolutely certain of that. He had not survived when his spaceship crashed as he desperately tried to escape the authorities after pulling off the greatest lone-wolf heist in history. And then he awakened in a new body to find himself a powerful, rich man on a world of bizarre loveliness. He was pleased by his good luck ... until he discovered that his new body was hated by everyone on this strange and lovely planet, and...

Planet Stories was one of the better known Golden Age science fiction magazines. It was in its pages that Philip K. Dick first appeared. Planet Stories specialized in Space Opera and Sword and Sorcery fiction. Collected here in this massive edition are 19 stories from its pages totaling more than five hundred pages. If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Super Pack" and check out all our other Super Packs! Included here are: Phantom...

American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado or fan-has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." According to Isaac Asimov, "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology." Robert...

In this story Ray Bradbury takes a hard look at insanity and shines an unblinking light on every culture and age on earth. Why do we lable someone crazy or insane? Because they don't fit in. But is it the insane who must be kept locked away, or is it simply the insane culture they live in that needs to be changed to fit them? Far in the future, humans have the possibility of fitting the delusional emperor Nero to a world that hails him as a god instead...

Referent by Ray Bradbury - The Life of a child genius was no fun, but Roby couldn't escape it–until a falling star taught him how to rebel! Roby Morrison fidgeted. Walking in the tropical heat he heard the wet thunder of waves on the shore. There was a green silence on Orthopedic Island. It was the year 1997, but Roby did not care. All around him was the garden where he prowled, all ten years of him. This was Meditation Hour. Beyond the garden...

Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery-and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.

X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts,...

Ray Bradbury, the galaxy's master storyteller, presents a collection of his fantasy, science fiction, and horror tales, each adapted by one of today's top graphic story illustrators. This fourth volume includes Night Meeting adapted by Daniel Torres and Punishment Without Crime adapted by Ralph Reese.

Ray Bradbury, the galaxy's master storyteller, presents a collection of his fantasy, science fiction, and horror tales, each adapted by one of today's top graphic story illustrators. This book includes The Veldt adapted by Timothy Truman, and Gotcha adapted by Ray Zone and illustrated by Chuck Roblin.

Ray Bradbury, the galaxy's master storyteller, presents a collection of his fantasy, science fiction, and horror tales, each adapted by one of today's top graphic story illustrators. This fifth volume includes A Piece of Wood, adapted by Mark Chiarello, The Aqueduct, by Bruce Jensen, plus the classic adaptation of The Flying Machine by Bernard Krigstein.