Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Fair and Warmer



"Fair and Warmer" by E. G. von Wald

"Tensor's melancholia threatened to disturb the entire citizenry, and that was most uncivil! So—if these peculiar aliens caused him this distress, by provoking his intellectual curiosity, the remedy was for him to investigate them to his complete satisfaction.... Thus, in this manner, did Tensor get well—and did he learn a bit too...."

Monday, May 17, 2010

No Strings Attached

Astounding Stories, August, September, October and November 1931


Brood of the Dark Moon (A Sequel to Dark Moon) by Charles Willard Diffin

"Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon—but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann."





"Oogie Finds Love" by Berkeley Livingston

"It took a fierce battle with the prehistoric Cro-Magnons, and a modern wrestling match with the Russian Bear, before Oogie, the Caveman, finally won beautiful Sala for his woman."




"Poor Henry was an unhappy husband whose wife had a habit of using bad clichès. Alféar was a genii who was, quite like most humans, a creature of habit. Their murder compact was absolutely perfect, with—"

"No Strings Attached" by Lester Del Rey






Human Error by Raymond F. Jones

"The government was spending a billion dollars to convince the human race that men ought to be ashamed to be men—instead of errorless, cybernetics machines. But they forgot that an errorless man is a dead man...."

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Black Man's Burden

Analog Science Fact & Fiction, December 1961 and January 1962


Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds

"The turmoil in Africa is only beginning—and it must grow worse before it's better. Not until the people of Africa know they are Africans—not warring tribesmen—will there be peace...."

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Prophetic Camera



"The Prophetic Camera" by John McGreevey

"Joey knew the old man had somehow faked his pictures; after all, nobody could photograph the future. But then the future began to happen!"

Friday, May 14, 2010

The Holes Around Mars



"The Holes Around Mars" by Jerome Bixby

"Science said it could not be, but there it was. And whoosh—look out—here it is again!





Sinister Paradise by Robert Moore Williams

"It was like a mirage in reverse, this strange island off the California coast—it couldn't always be seen, but it was there—in Time."

Thursday, May 13, 2010

R.I.P. Frank Frazetta


Brink of Madness



Brink of Madness by Walt Sheldon

"C.I.B. Agent Pell used his head, even if he did rely on hunches more than on the computer. In fact, when the game got rough, he found that to use his head, he first had to keep it...."





The Mind Digger by Winston K. Marks

"There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them!"