1940s Science Fiction 5 - 19 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1940s: From Bradbury to Bester, Knight to Leinster — A Decade of Wonders
By Ray Bradbury, Murray Leinster and various authors
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1940s Science Fiction Series: Book 5
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1940s Science Fiction 5 - 19 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1940s Mr. Meek Plays Polo Chapter by Clifford D. Simak Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel The Incredible Slingshot Bombs by Robert Moore Williams Adam and No Eve by Alfred Bester The Avenger by Damon Knight Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. Bond An Adventure of a Professional Corpse - The Artificial Honeymoon by H. Bedford–Jones The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long The Irresistible Perfume by Harold Lawlor Dwellers in Silence by Ray Bradbury The Hairy Ones by Basil Wells The Thought-Men of Mercury by Russ Winterbotham Flight Through Tomorrow by Stanton A. Coblentz The Star Beast by Damon Knight The Madness of Lancelot Biggs by Nelson S. Bond Strange Alliance by Bryce Walton Dead Man's Planet by Russ Winterbotham The Life–Work of Professor Muntz by Murray Leinster The Metal Man by Jack Williamson
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1940s Science Fiction 5 - 19 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1940s
- Mr. Meek Plays Polo Chapter by Clifford D. Simak
- Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel
- The Incredible Slingshot Bombs by Robert Moore Williams
- Adam and No Eve by Alfred Bester
- The Avenger by Damon Knight
- Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. Bond
- An Adventure of a Professional Corpse - The Artificial Honeymoon by H. Bedford–Jones
- The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long
- The Irresistible Perfume by Harold Lawlor
- Dwellers in Silence by Ray Bradbury
- The Hairy Ones by Basil Wells
- The Thought-Men of Mercury by Russ Winterbotham
- Flight Through Tomorrow by Stanton A. Coblentz
- The Star Beast by Damon Knight
- The Madness of Lancelot Biggs by Nelson S. Bond
- Strange Alliance by Bryce Walton
- Dead Man's Planet by Russ Winterbotham
- The Life–Work of Professor Muntz by Murray Leinster
- The Metal Man by Jack Williamson
Author
Author Bio: various authors
Author Bio: Stanton A. Coblentz
Stanton Arthur Coblentz (1896–1982) was an American author and poet. He received a master's degree in English literature and then began publishing poetry during the early 1920s. His first published science fiction was "The Sunken World," a satire about Atlantis, in Amazing Stories Quarterly for July, 1928. The next year, he published his first novel, The Wonder Stick. He also wrote books of literary criticism and nonfiction concerning historical subjects.
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Author Bio: Robert Moore Williams
Titles by Author
Author Bio: Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem. From about 1959 until 1969, he edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine, If, winning the Hugo Award for it three years in a row. His writing also won him four Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993. In 2010 he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, based on the writing on his blog, “The Way the Future Blogs.”
Author Bio: Frank Belknap Long
Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and nonfiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1977.
Author Bio: Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster (1896–1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over fifteen hundred short stories and articles, fourteen movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. His first science fiction story, “The Runaway Skyscraper,” appeared in the February 22, 1919 issue of Argosy, and he won a Hugo Award for his 1956 story “Exploration Team.” He was also an inventor, best known for the front-projection process used in special effects. In Virginia, June 27, 2009, was named Will F. Jenkins Day in honor of his achievements in science fiction.
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Author Bio: Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson (1908–2006) published his first short story in 1928 and produced entertaining, thought-provoking science fiction from then on. The second person named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, he was always in the forefront of the field, being the first to write fiction about genetic engineering (he invented the term), antimatter, and other cutting-edge science. A Renaissance man, he was a master of fantasy and horror as well as science fiction.
Author Bio: Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester (1913–1987) was an author whose passionate novels of worldly adventure, high intellect, and tremendous verve, The Stars My Destination and the Hugo Award-winning The Demolished Man, established him as a science fiction grandmaster, a reputation that was ratified by the Science Fiction Writers of America shortly before his death in 1987. He also was an acclaimed journalist for Holiday magazine, a reviewer for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and even a writer for Superman.
Author Bio: Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), one of the most popular science fiction writers in the world, wrote more than five hundred short stories, novels, plays, and poems. He won many awards, including the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was the recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
| Runtime: | 12.45 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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