Lost Sci-Fi Books 36 thru 40 : Where Humor Meets Horror—Vintage Sci-Fi with a Twist of the Absurd

Lost Sci-Fi Books 36 thru 40 - Five Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60s

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick - A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But only a topflight science-fictionist, we thought, could have written this story, in just this way… WANTED: One Sane Man by Frank M. Robinson - Personnel Incorporated bragged that they could supply a man for any job. Maxwell doubted this, needing a space pilot for the first Lunar trip. Now, if he had just asked for a lunatic... The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr - Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned? The Invisible Enemy by Arnold Castle - At fifteen he was sent to war to fight an enemy he couldn't understand. But more puzzling was the victory to be won—after he met defeat! The Beachcomber by Damon Knight - Alice saw the Beachcomber as a glorious hunk of man; Maxwell saw him as a super being from the future. Tragically, he was both!...

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Lost Sci-Fi Books 36 thru 40 - Five Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60s

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick - A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. Theoretically, you could find this type of humor anywhere. But only a topflight science-fictionist, we thought, could have written this story, in just this way… WANTED: One Sane Man by Frank M. Robinson - Personnel Incorporated bragged that they could supply a man for any job. Maxwell doubted this, needing a space pilot for the first Lunar trip. Now, if he had just asked for a lunatic... The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr - Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned? The Invisible Enemy by Arnold Castle - At fifteen he was sent to war to fight an enemy he couldn't understand. But more puzzling was the victory to be won—after he met defeat! The Beachcomber by Damon Knight - Alice saw the Beachcomber as a glorious hunk of man; Maxwell saw him as a super being from the future. Tragically, he was both!...

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  1. Lost Sci-Fi Books 446 thru 450 : Strange Planets, Dangerous Missions and Unlikely Heroes

    A. Bertram Chandler, Hal Clement, Nelson S. Bond, Frank M. Robinson, Arthur Jean Cox

  2. Lost Sci-Fi Books 476 thru 480 : Bizarre Discoveries and Impossible Messages from Beyond

    Nelson S. Bond, Frank Belknap Long, James Bell, H. F. Arnold, Gene L. Henderson

  3. Lost Sci-Fi Books 326 thru 330 : Spacefront Disasters, Alien Worlds and Impossible Odds

    Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Abernathy, Herbert D. Kastle, Fritz Leiber, George O. Smith

  4. Lost Sci-Fi Books 511 thru 515 : Forgotten Encounters from the Early Days of Science Fiction

    Hal K. Wells, Robert Sheckley, Frank Belknap Long, Edward Page Mitchell

  5. Lost Sci-Fi Books 356 thru 360 : Five Unsettling Encounters from the Outer Edges of Classic Science Fiction

    Robert Silverberg, E. M. Hull, Mel Hunter, Gerda Rhoads, Don Mark Lemon

  6. Lost Sci-Fi Books 311 thru 315 : Five Dangerous Encounters from the Golden Age of Science Fiction

    Arthur C. Clarke, Alan E. Nourse, Robert Silverberg, Miriam Allen deFord, Donald A. Wollheim

  7. Lost Sci-Fi Books 361 thru 365 : Strange Signals, Impossible Loops and Discoveries Best Left Buried

    Don Mark Lemon, H.P. Lovecraft, Alan E. Nourse, Ron Cocking, Thorp McClusky

  8. Lost Sci-Fi Books 371 thru 375 : Five Classic Tales of Strange Worlds and Dark Consequences

    Nelson S. Bond, Mack Reynolds, Katherine MacLean, Edgar Allan Poe, Lester del Rey

  9. Lost Sci-Fi Books 366 thru 370 : Five Dark Classics of Suspense, Terror and the Strange

    Harlan Ellison, Jack London, Frank Belknap Long, Edgar Allan Poe, Frank R. Stockton

  10. Lost Sci-Fi Books 286 thru 290 - Five Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s : Reality, Rockets, and the Dark Wonders of the Universe

    Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert E. Howard, Frederik Pohl

  11. Lost Sci-Fi Books 471 thru 475 : Five Classic Adventures of Machines, Monsters, and Men from the Golden Age of Science Fiction

    Harry Harrison, Robert Silverberg, Murray Leinster, Jack Vance, Alfred Coppel

  12. Lost Sci-Fi Books 276 thru 280 - Five Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s : Classic Adventures Across Space, Time, and the Human Heart

    Robert Silverberg, Tom Godwin, Robert Sheckley, Ray Cummings, Donald A. Wollheim