Download or read book The Skylark of Space Super Pack written by E. E Doc Smith and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skylark of Space has been identified as the first space opera novel ever written. It holds a place of extreme importance to the science fiction field. The series follows Dr. Richard Seaton, the inventor of humanity's first faster than light drive. He must keep his invention out of the hands of those who would use it for their own selfish purposes. But there is far worse than the most dastardly of waiting for us among the stars. It will take all of Seaton's courage and technological know-how to keep humans safe, and even that might not be enough. A breathtaking adventure! This omnibus edition contains three books and more than 250,000 words. Included are: The Skylark of Space Skylark Three Skylark of Valeron

Download or read book The Skylark of Space written by E.E. 'Doc' Smith and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. When they kidnap Seaton's fiancee and friends, they unleash a furious pursuit and ignite a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.

Download or read book Space Science Fiction Super Pack written by Philip K. Dick and published by Positronic Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space Science Fiction was launched in may of 1952. During it's impressive run it published many of Science Fictions top writers. Collected here in this massive six hundred plus page anthology are all of the most important stories that were published during its distinguished run. Included here are: Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, Youth by Isaac Asimov, To Each His Star by Bryce Walton, Security by Poul Anderson, Divinity by William Morrison, The Hour of Battle by Robert Sheckley, Instant of Decision by Randall Garrett, Let 'em Breathe Space! By Lester Del Rey, The Ultroom Error by Jerry Sohl, Infinite Intruder by Alan E. Nourse Collectivum by Mike Lewis The Adventurer by C. M. Kornbluth Decision by Frank M. Robinson Pursuit by Lester del Rey Exile by H. B. Fyfe Stop Look and Dig by George O. Smith The Worshippers by Damon Knight The Hunters by William Morrison The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick Ullr Uprising by H. Beam Piper

Download or read book The Great American Jet Pack written by Steve Lehto and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy's 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing—this historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men who financed much of their development, answered man's desire to simply step outside and take flight. No runways, no wings, no pilot's license were required. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition.

Download or read book Planet Stories Super Pack 2 written by Ray Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 500 pages of pulse pounding, glorious, golden age adventures from you favorite writers such as Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett, and Manly Wade Wellman.

Download or read book Skylark Series The skylark of space written by Edward Elmer Smith and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Skylark Three written by Edward E. Smith, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-02-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skylark Three is a science fiction novel by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D., the second in his Skylark series. Originally serialized through the Amazing Stories magazine in 1930, it was first collected in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Press. The novel concerns Richard Seaton and his allies who have encounters with aliens while fighting DuQuesne and the Fenachrone.

Download or read book The Science of Superheroes written by Lois H. Gresh and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truth about superpowers . . . science fact or science fiction? Superman, Batman, The X-Men, Flash, Spider Man . . . they protect us from evildoers, defend truth and justice, and, occasionally, save our planet from certain doom. Yet, how much do we understand about their powers? In this engaging yet serious work, Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg attempt to answer that question once and for all. From X-ray vision to psychokinesis, invisibility to lightspeed locomotion, they take a hard, scientific look at the powers possessed by all of our most revered superheroes, and a few of the lesser ones, in an attempt to sort fact from fantasy. In the process, they unearth some shocking truths that will unsettle, alarm, and even terrify all but the most fiendish of supervillains.

Download or read book Wonder Stories Super Pack written by Fletcher Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Triplanetary written by E. E. Smith and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of millions of years ago, two near-omnipotent alien races encountered each other, beginning a conflict that will shape the history of the entire universe. The benevolent Arisians covertly influence humanity, hoping to create a people capable of one day defeating the vile Eddorians, who are waging their own campaign for the fate of civilization on Earth. This sets the stage for a clash between the Triplanetary League of the inner solar system, the enigmatic pirate-scientist Roger, and the Nevians, interlopers whose first appearance wreaks havoc among the other parties. Triplanetary is the first of Edward E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman series, an early and influential entry in the space opera genre. Originally serialized in Amazing Stories in 1934 as a stand-alone story, Triplanetary was collected in book form in 1948 with six new chapters and numerous additions, changing the story to be a prequel to the rest of the Lensman series.

Download or read book Skylark Three written by Edward E. Smith and published by Spastic Cat Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skylark Three is the second in Edward E. Smith's Skylark series. Originally serialized through the Amazing Stories magazine it was first collected in book form in 1948. Skylark Three is set a year after the events of The Skylark of Space, during which antagonist Marc "Blackie" DuQuesne has used his wealth obtained in The Skylark of Space to buy a controlling interest in the story's World Steel Corporation. DuQuesne announces a long absence from Earth searching for a species more knowledgeable than the Osnomians allied with protagonist Richard Seaton.

Download or read book Skylark DuQuesne written by Edward Elmer Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Skylark DuQuesne" by Edward Elmer Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Second Stage Lensmen written by Edward Elmer Smith and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 'Second Stage Lensmen', Kimball and Clarissa's impending marriage is put on hold as the Boskonian organization, thought to be destroyed, resurfaces, threatening civilization. Earth faces an imminent attack, prompting the Lensmen to develop new defenses against the enemy's destructive weapons. Kinnison embarks on a perilous mission to Lyrane, a planet ruled by powerful women, suspected of having ties to Boskone. As the battle intensifies, Kinnison discovers a shocking truth about Boskonia's leadership and must lead the Galactic Patrol in a desperate struggle for control over both galaxies.

Download or read book Children of the Lens written by Edward Elmer Smith and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Children of the Lens" by Edward Elmer Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book The Football Girl written by Thatcher Heldring and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

Download or read book The Stuff of Science Fiction written by Gary Westfahl and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens. This book looks at science fiction in precisely this manner, with twenty-one chapters that each deal with a subject that is repeatedly addressed in science fiction of recent centuries. Based on a packet of original essays that the author assembled for his classes, the book could serve as a supplemental textbook in science fiction classes, but also contains material of interest to science fiction scholars and others devoted to the genre. In some cases, chapters offer thorough surveys of numerous works involving certain subjects, such as imagined vehicles, journeys beneath the Earth and undersea adventures, discovering intriguing patterns in the ways that various writers developed their ideas. When comprehensive coverage of ubiquitous topics such as robots, aliens and the planet Mars is impossible, chapters focus on major themes referencing selected texts. A conclusion discusses other science fiction subjects that were omitted for various reasons, and a bibliography lists additional resources for the study of science fiction in general and the topics of each chapter.

Download or read book The Skylark of Valeron written by E. E. Smith and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Skylark of Valeron" by E. E. Smith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.