Download or read book Operation written by Irving W. Lande and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, "Operation Square Peg," is a gripping account by Irving W. Lande and Frank Belknap Long of Earth's battle against an alien invasion. Earth's forces had finally seemed to gain the upper hand over the invading alien forces. Then one day the Enemy devised a new weapon and Earth's space pilots began succumbing to wild, irrational fear while in the midst of combat. The second novel, "Enchantress of Venus," tells of love lost and found by Leigh Brackett. She cast him down into the hideous depths, beneath the seas of flaming gas, to where dead blossoms swayed, whispering, over strangely jumbled ruins… But there he found the secret of her power, and came surging back-up from the depths, from the slime, the tortured swamps-to storm her forbidden temple and seek her within.
Download or read book The Dancing Girl of Ganymede written by Leigh Brackett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She had come to life, but she was not human. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.
Download or read book Black Amazon of Mars written by Leigh Brackett and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!
Download or read book The Halfling written by Leigh Brackett and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Space Opera Renaissance written by David G. Hartwell and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-ever anthology of one of science fiction's most vigorous subgenres
Download or read book The Best of Leigh Brackett written by Leigh Brackett and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1977 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stark and the Star Kings written by Edmond Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of two classic science fiction authors' signature stories:Two novels by Edmond Hamilton:The Star KingsReturn to the StarsThree novelettes by Leigh Brackett"Queen of the Martian Catacombs""Enchantress of Venus""Black Amazon of Mars"and a short story (the only formal collaboration between the authors):"Stark and the Star Kings"
Download or read book The Ginger Star written by Leigh Brackett and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric John Stark, Outlaw of Mars, travels beyond the solar system for exciting science fantasy adventures on the planet of Skaith, a lawless sphere at the edge of the known universe. Raised as a savage on the hostile planet of Mercury and honed into a fearless warrior in the low canals of the Red Planet, Stark is one of science fiction's greatest adventurers and is Leigh Brackett's most famous character. In The Ginger Star, Simon Ashton, Stark's foster father, has been kidnapped by the Lords Protector, and only Stark can rescue him!
Download or read book The Space Opera Renaissance written by Kathryn Cramer and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 1887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "editor extraordinaire" (Publishers Weekly) David G. Hartwell and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Kathryn Cramer comes the best-ever anthology of one of science fiction's most vigorous subgenres: the space opera. "Space opera", once a derisive term for cheap pulp adventure, has come to mean something more in modern SF: compelling adventure stories told against a broad canvas, and written to the highest level of skill. Indeed, it can be argued that the "new space opera" is one of the defining streams of modern SF. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer have compiled a definitive overview of this subgenre, both as it was in the days of the pulp magazines, and as it has become in the 2000s. Included are major works from genre progenitors, popular favorites, and modern-day pioneers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Mercurian written by Leigh Brackett and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric John Stark is Leigh Brackett's dark-skinned freedom fighter, a relentless hero who clashed with armies and rulers, sorcerers and ghosts, survived myriad hellish landscapes and deadly-strange beasts, across an exotic and dangerous solar system.
Download or read book The Florist and Garden Miscellany written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lorelei of the Red Mist written by Leigh Brackett and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances is the companion volume to Martian Quest: The Early Brackett, a volume that collected the First twenty published stories by the ?undisputed Queen of ?Space Opera.? ?With the stories in this volume, Brackett takes the foundation of the Fictional universe established in her early work, and populates these worlds with colorful characters and locales teeming with adventure and intrigue. Here, hard-bitten and cynical rogues risk (and sometimes lose) all to battle stellar horrors, escape from decadent tyrannies, and yes, rescue the girl.During the timeframe when these stories were written, Brackett First broke into writing screenplays for Hollywood. With only modest success for Republic Pictures, it was on the strength of her First mystery novel that she was offered to co-author the screenplay for Warner Bros.? The Big Sleep with William Faulkner by director Howard Hawks.Appropriately, Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances features an introduction by a protege of Leigh Brackett, a one-time collaborator (on this volume?s title story) and 2004 recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Ray Bradbury.
Download or read book Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction written by Mark Bould and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include: Octavia Butler George Lucas Robert Heinlein Gene Roddenberry Stan Lee Ursula K. Le Guin H.G. Wells This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Download or read book Queen of the Martian Catacombs written by Leigh Brackett and published by eStar Books. This book was released on 2011-12-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erik John Stark is sent on a perilous mission into the Valkis and encounters the Queen of the Martian Catacombs.ExcerptThe leader of the four men rode slowly toward the tor, his right arm raised.His voice carried clearly on the wind. "Eric John Stark!" he called, and the dark man tensed in the shadows.The rider stopped. He spoke again, but this time in a different tongue. It was no dialect of Earth, Mars or Venus, but a strange speech, as harsh and vital as the blazing Mercurian valleys that bred it."Oh N'Chaka, oh Man-without-a-tribe, I call you!"There was a long silence. The rider and his mount were motionless under the low moons, waiting.Eric John Stark stepped slowly out from the pool of blackness under the tor."Who calls me N'Chaka?"The rider relaxed somewhat. He answered in English, "You know perfectly well who I am, Eric. May we meet in peace?" Stark shrugged. "Of course."He walked on to meet the rider, who had dismounted, leaving his beast behind. He was a slight, wiry man, this EPC officer, with the rawhide look of the frontiers still on him. His hair was grizzled and his sun-blackened skin was deeply lined, but there was nothing in the least aged about his hard good-humored face nor his remarkably keen dark eyes."It's been a long time, Eric," he said.Stark nodded. "Sixteen years." The two men studied each other for a moment, and then Stark said, "I thought you were still on Mercury, Ashton.""They've called all us experienced hands in to Mars." He held out cigarettes. "Smoke?"Stark took one. They bent over Ashton's lighter, and then stood there smoking while the wind blew red dust over their feet and the three men of the patrol waited quietly beside the Banning. Ashton was taking no chances. The electro-beam could stun without injury.Presently Ashton said, "I'm going to be crude, Eric. I'm going to remind you of some things.""Save it," Stark retorted. "You've got me. There's no need to talk about it.""Yes," said Ashton, "I've got you, and a damned hard time I've had doing it. That's why I'm going to talk about it."His dark eyes met Stark's cold stare and held it.
Download or read book Intergalactic Warfare Boxed Set Illustrated Edition written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 1762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intergalactic Warfare - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)' collates an exquisite array of science fiction narratives, stands as a monumental anthology in the realm of speculative fiction. Encompassing a rich diversity of literary styles, this collection navigates the complex and riveting theme of interstellar conflict through a lens of striking creativity and depth. From the grand, cosmic battles to the intimate struggles of individual characters, the anthology showcases the genre's capacity to explore the farthest reaches of human imagination and ethical quandaries. The inclusion of standout pieces, illustrated to enhance their narrative potency, makes this collection a treasure trove for aficionados of the genre. The contributing authors, Clifford D. Simak, Poul Anderson, Damon Knight, Jerome Bixby, Ray Bradbury, and Leigh Brackett, are titans in the field of science fiction, each bringing their unique voices and visions to the anthology. Their stories not only reflect the individual authors perspectives but also weave together to present a multifaceted view of intergalactic warfare. Rooted in the mid-20th century, these narratives intersect with various historical and cultural movements of the time, from the Cold War's ideological battles to the boundless optimism of space exploration. The anthology captures a moment when humanity looked to the stars, both in fear and hope, reflecting broader societal tensions and aspirations. 'Intergalactic Warfare - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)' is a must-read for those intrigued by the complexity of interstellar conflict and the human condition as explored through the speculative lens. This collection offers a unique opportunity to engage with the works of seminal authors in science fiction, providing a spectrum of insights and experiences. For scholars, enthusiasts, and casual readers alike, this anthology opens up a dialogue between its diverse narratives, inviting readers to explore the vastness of space and the depth of the human spirit.
Download or read book The Long Tomorrow written by Leigh Brackett and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two generations after the nuclear holocaust, rumours persisted about a secret desert hideaway where scientists worked with dangerous machines and where men plotted to revive the cities. Almost a continent away, Len Coulter heard whisperings that fired his imagination. Then one day he found a strange wooden box ...
