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Creatures of the Abyss: The SF Classic
by Murray Leinster
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Hugo Winning Author's Masterwork of Alien Invasion! Orejas de ellos, the things who listen, whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast. How else could you explain the sudden disappearance of a vessel beneath a mysterious curtain of foam? The writhings of thousands of maddened fish trapped in a coffin-like area of ocean? An alien intelligence gorged at the bottom of the Luzon Deep and made its plans. Radar expert Terry Holt and the crew of th... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 50435 - Reading Time: 144-201 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Suspense/Thriller
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From Beyond the Stars
by Murray Leinster
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Tommy Driscoll, ten-year-old scientist's son, emulates one of his favorite comic book heroes when the Earth is in peril! Originally published in "Thrilling Wonder Stories," June 1947. (Published: 1947)
Words: 4480 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Morale
by Murray Leinster
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Originally published in "Astounding Stories" in 1931, here is Leinster's tale of the coming war--the war of 1941-1943! (Published: 1931)
Words: 10319 - Reading Time: 29-41 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Alternate History
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Sand Doom and Other Tales of Adventure
by Murray Leinster
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Included in this volume of Murray Leinster's work are four short stories--"Sand Doom," "Atmosphere," "Attention Saint Patrick," and "The Leader"--plus one complete novel, "The Wailing Asteroid." Introduction by John Gregory Betancourt. Part of the Wildside Pulp Classics line. (Published: 2008)
Words: 89955 - Reading Time: 257-359 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Horror
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The Forgotten Planet
by Murray Leinster
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NATURE'S MISLAID MADHOUSE! Beneath dense gray clouds through which no sun shone lay a forgotten planet. It was a nightmare world of grotesque and terrifying animal-plant life. Gigantic beetles, spiders, bugs and ants filled the putrid, musty earth--ready to kill and devour anything in sight. There were men amidst this horror--men who cringed and ran from the ravening monsters and huddled in the mushroom forests at night. Burl was one of these creatures. But one day inspira-tion hit Burl. He woul... more info>>
Words: 56209 - Reading Time: 160-224 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Last Spaceship
by Murray Leinster
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Kim Rendall will not yield to the tyranny of the power-madrulers of Alphin III. Branded an outlaw, he is in danger of psychological torture worse than death from the Disiplinary Circuit, which keeps the masses in check. His one hope lies in the Starshine, an outmoded spaceship. In a world where teleportation is the norm, no one travels by interstellar vessel anymore. Rendall plans to use the Starshine to save his girlfriend and himself--and possibly his entire planet! (Published: 1949)
Words: 44996 - Reading Time: 128-179 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Murray Leinster Omnibus: The Wailing Asteroid; Operation Outer Space; Space Tug
by Murray Leinster
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Three Complete Classics by Hugo Award Winning Author. In book one, Research scientist Joseph Burke and his secretary Sandy Lund discover their love for each other and plan to marry, when strange signal from an unknown asteroid puts their passion on hold. The alien message screams of doom for Earth. But what doom? When the two lovers join a courageous crew of humans using a scientific breakthrough to reach the asteroid, what they find upsets their world even more than the screaming messages! In b... more info>> (Published: 2006) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 170313 - Reading Time: 486-681 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Planet Explorer
by Murray Leinster
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The heroic story of a trail-blazer to the unknown--outer-space service officer Bordman, who uses incredible knowledge and skill to make the star-flung outposts of civilization ready to receive new, vast surges of humanity! Partially based on Leinster's 1956 Hugo Award-winning novelette, "Exploration Team." (Published: 1957) Hugo Award Winner
Words: 62442 - Reading Time: 178-249 min.
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The Second Murray Leinster Omnibus--Three Complete Novels: The Pirates of Erstaz; Talents, Inc. Long Ago, Far Away
by Murray Leinster
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Hugo Nominee Novel and Two Others by Hugo Winning Author! An engineer tries to leave the pirate culture of his birth behind when he moves to a peaceful planet; but run afoul of the law when his inventions threaten cultural change on a conservative world, and only his pirate family can save him in Pirates of Erstaz. Then a handful of humans with psychic powers pit their talents and abilities against an all-conquering military empire in Talents, Incorporated. Finally, children from space nearly br... more info>>
Words: 142961 - Reading Time: 408-571 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Three Classic SF Novels: Plague Ship; Operation Terror; The Lani People
by Andre Norton, Murray Leinster, J. F. Bone
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3 Classic SF Novels: Plague Ship; Lani People; Operation Terror Three Great Science Fiction Novels for Less than the Cost of a Paperback! Andre Norton's masterpiece, Plague Ship, is the story of the tramp-freighter spaceship, Solar Queen. In a universe of interstellar commerce, where trade was pretty well sewn up by the giant companies, tramps like the Solar Queen were up against it. Their only tools were ingenuity and personal fearlessness, the qualities which had gained the Solar Queen exclusi... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 166163 - Reading Time: 474-664 min.
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