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Dangerous Worlds gathers fourteen unforgettable vintage science fiction stories where every decision carries consequences and survival is never certain. These are tales of hostile planets, deadly inventions, ruthless justice, and ordinary people forced into extraordinary situations, written by some of the greatest minds of classic science fiction.

Featuring legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, and August Derleth, this collection explores the darker side of humanity through imaginative futures and unforgettable adventures. Whether confronting unstoppable machines, impossible prisons, ancient battlefields, or worlds where danger lurks around every corner, these stories prove that the greatest threat is often the one no one saw coming.

Inside you’ll discover memorable classics including The Skull, Watchbird, Seventh Victim, The Power, Cry Silence, The Foxholes of Mars, The Misplaced Battleship, Monsters That Once Were Men, and six more thrilling adventures that continue to captivate readers decades after they were first published.

These stories aren’t just filled with action—they challenge assumptions, explore justice and revenge, question the price of technology, and remind us that progress often comes with unexpected consequences. Every tale delivers suspense, imagination, and the kind of clever ending that helped define the golden age of science fiction.

If you enjoy classic sci-fi where danger is real, ideas matter, and every world hides a new threat, Dangerous Worlds belongs in your collection.

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  1. 3.0

    Raiders of the Void : Where Fortune Favors the Fearless

    Ray Bradbury, Alfred Coppel, Winston Marks, George Whittington, Harry Harrison

  2. Neu

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 361 thru 380 : 20 Timeless Tales of Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery

    Thorp McClusky, Ron Cocking, Alan E. Nourse, H.P. Lovecraft, Don Mark Lemon, Frank Belknap Long, Harlan Ellison, Jack London, Frank R. Stockton, Edgar Allan Poe, Lester del Rey, Nelson S. Bond, Mack Reynolds, Katherine MacLean, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, Robert Moore Williams, Alfred Coppel, Arthur C. Clarke

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 41 thru 60 : Twenty Vintage Sci-Fi Tales of Mars, Space Exploration, Strange Planets and Uncertain Futures

    Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, Rog Phillips, Darius John Granger, Richard S. Shaver, Winston Marks, C. H. Thames, S. J. Sackett, H. B. Fyfe, William Morrison, Millard V. Gordon, Alfred Coppel

  4. Neu

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 461 thru 480 : 20 Classic Science Fiction Stories of Strange Worlds, Future Men, and Impossible Discoveries

    Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Shaara, Robert Silverberg, Frank Belknap Long, Nelson S. Bond, Murray Leinster, Harry Harrison, Jack Williamson, Walter M. Jr., Arthur Sellings, Randall Garrett, Stephen Bartholomew, Robert Wicks, Frank M. Robinson, Jack Vance, Alfred Coppel, James Bell, H. F. Arnold, Gene L. Henderson

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 71 thru 75 : Time-Travel Assassins, Deadly Alien Worlds and the Prison No Man Can Escape

    Philip K Dick, Richard R. Smith, C. H. Thames, Bjarne Kirchhoff, Alfred Coppel

  6. Neu

    Lost Sci-Fi Books 41 thru 45 : Atomic Anxiety, Martian Mysteries, and the Madness of Space

    Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, Rog Phillips, Darius John Granger, Alfred Coppel

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 376 thru 380 : Five Vintage Science Fiction Tales of Strange Inventions, Alien Encounters and Extraordinary Worlds

    Arthur C. Clarke, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, Robert Moore Williams, Alfred Coppel

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 201 thru 205 : Five Classic Science Fiction Tales of Discovery, Distant Worlds and Dangerous Ideas

    Robert Sheckley, Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, Alfred Coppel, Theodore Sturgeon

  9. Neu

    1950s Science Fiction 11 : Time Travel, Alien Worlds, and the Golden Age of Imagination

    Arthur C. Clarke, C.S. Lewis, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Walter Tevis, Jack Vance, Alfred Coppel, Michael Shaara, Randall Garrett, William F. Nolan, A. Bertram Chandler, Hal Clement, Tom Godwin, Algis Budrys, Gordon R. Dickson, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Sheckley, Frank Belknap Long, Winston Marks, James Rosenquest, Sam Carson, James R. Adams, William Morrison, Arthur Jean Cox, J.T. McIntosh, Lucious Daniel, Robert Wicks

  10. Neu

    1950s Science Fiction 13 : Alien Visitors, Martian Adventures, And Strange Discoveries From 1950s Science Fiction

    Frank Belknap Long, Philip José Farmer, Lester del Rey, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Moore Williams, Michael Shaara, Sam Merwin, Jr., Robert Sheckley, Randall Garrett, Winston Marks, Dave Dryfoos, Stephen Marlowe, William Oberfield, Alan J. Ramm, Joe Gibson, Alfred Coppel, Ross Rocklynne, Alan E. Nourse, Arthur Sellings, Ann Griffith, Lucius Daniel, Allyn Donnelson, Poul Anderson, Robert Abernathy

  11. Neu

    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. Neu

    1950s Science Fiction 4 - 24 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950s : Time Travelers, Robots & Rebel Worlds: 1950s Sci-Fi at Full Power

    Alfred Coppel, Irving Cox, Jr., Harry Harrison, August Derleth, Sol Boren, Lawrence F. Willard, Jack McKenty, Fritz Leiber, Winston Marks, Richard R. Smith, Charles L. Fontenay, Philip K Dick, Murray Leinster, James McKimmey, Jr., Ray Bradbury, Paul Ernst, William Morrison, Robert Zacks, John Bernard Daley, James Blish

  1. Nebula Award Winning Authors 2 : 18 Classic Science Fiction Stories by the Writers Who Earned the Nebula Award

    Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Brian W. Aldiss, Nelson S. Bond, Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak, Poul Anderson

  2. 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 12 : Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

    Hal K. Wells, David Mason, James Blish, Ralph Williams, Larry Eisenberg, Robert Sheckley, Merab Eberle, Poul Anderson, R. J. Rice, A. Bertram Chandler, Ben Bova, Kenneth Harmon, Stephen Marlowe, Sam Merwin, Jr., Helen Huber, Donald Wandrei, Millard Grimes, Chester S Geier, Bryce Walton, Elizabeth W. Bellamy, James R. Adams, Jack Sharkey, Albert Teichner, Paul W. Fairman, Elaine Wilber, William Thurmond, Ray Cummings, John Wyndham, Henry Kuttner, Russ Winterbotham, Lester del Rey, Fox B. Holden, August Derleth, Harlan Ellison, H.P. Lovecraft, H. B. Fyfe, Wallace West, Basil Wells, J.P. Marshall, Carl Jacobi, Murray Leinster, Marc Brandel, Leo Kelley, Walter Kubilius, Randall Garrett

  3. Fallen Worlds : Timeless Stories of Survival, Collapse, and Hope

    Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Robert Abernathy, Alan E. Nourse, Jack Sharkey, Philip K Dick, Herbert D. Kastle, Alfred Bester, G. Peyton Wertenbaker, Harlan Ellison, William F. Nolan, Lynn Venable, Edward W. Ludwig, Miguel Hidalgo, Robert Sheckley, H.G. Wells, Dean Evans, Donald E. Westlake, William Oberfield, Fritz Leiber, E. M. Forster, William Brittain, Robert Silverberg, Paul Macnamara, Morrison Colladay, Frank Lillie Pollock, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey

  4. Red Frontier : Timeless Tales of Mars, Mystery, and Adventure

    Robert Moore Williams, Ray Bradbury, Harry Harrison, Alan J. Ramm, Fritz Leiber, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Joe Gibson, Rog Phillips, Mack Reynolds, William Morrison, H. B. Fyfe, Erik Fennel, Fredric Brown, Richard R. Smith, Jack McKenty, Henry Slesar, Charles L. Fontenay, Frederik Pohl, Philip K Dick, Evan Hunter, Alan K. Lang, Robert F. Young, Frank M. Robinson, Bryce Walton, J. F. Bone, Donald A. Wollheim, John Wyndham, Dick Purcell, Charles E. Fritch, Harlan Ellison, H.G. Wells, Frank Belknap Long, Raymond Z. Gallun, James R. Adams, Arthur Jean Cox, Basil Wells, Lucius Daniel, Stephen Bartholomew, Henry Kuttner, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, James Blish

  5. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 27 : Alien Worlds, Strange Mysteries and Futures Beyond Imagination

    Sam Merwin, Jr., Helen Huber, Donald Wandrei, Millard Grimes, Chester S Geier, Bryce Walton, Elizabeth W. Bellamy, James R. Adams, Jack Sharkey, Albert Teichner, Paul W. Fairman, Elaine Wilber, William Thurmond, Ray Cummings, John Wyndham, Henry Kuttner, Russ Winterbotham, Lester del Rey, Frank Belknap Long, Fox B. Holden, Harlan Ellison

  6. 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 11 : 50 Classic Adventures Across Space, Time, and the Unknown

    Frederik Pohl, Frank Belknap Long, Winston Marks, Philip José Farmer, Stephen Marlowe, Alan J. Ramm, Joe Gibson, William Oberfield, Stephen Bartholomew, Lester del Rey, Alfred Coppel, Dave Dryfoos, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Moore Williams, Ross Rocklynne, Alan E. Nourse, Arthur Sellings, Ann Griffith, Lucius Daniel, Michael Shaara, Sam Merwin, Jr., Allyn Donnelson, Henry Kuttner, Robert Sheckley, E. M. Hull, Thorp McClusky, Victor Rousseau, Theodore Sturgeon, Randall Garrett, A. Bertram Chandler, Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, William Shedenhelm, Robert Abernathy, Fritz Leiber, Jack Williamson, Sewel Peaslee Wright, Jack Sharkey, Hayden Howard, Hal K. Wells, Jerome Bixby, Walter M. Jr.

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    The Great Time Travel Collection 2 : Twenty-Three Classic Journeys Through Time Where One Small Change Can Rewrite History

    Isaac Asimov, Philip K Dick, Frank Belknap Long, Brian W. Aldiss, Fritz Leiber, Randall Garrett, Alfred Bester, Lester del Rey, Ray Cummings, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, Edward Halibut, Richard R. Smith, Mack Reynolds, George O. Smith, Mel Hunter, J.T. McIntosh, Joe Gibson, Bryce Walton

  8. Science Fiction Grand Masters 6

    Jack Williamson, Nelson S. Bond, Harry Harrison, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Philip José Farmer, Lester del Rey, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, William F. Nolan, Brian W. Aldiss, Frederik Pohl

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    Encounters From Beyond 5 : Where Humanity Meets the Unknown

    Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, John W. Campbell, Frank Belknap Long, Murray Leinster, Damon Knight, Mack Reynolds, Robert Sheckley, Sam Carson, Ron Goulart, Russ Winterbotham, Elisabeth R. Lewis, Morton Klass, Winston Marks, Stephen Marlowe, Joe Gibson, Alfred Coppel

  10. Red Frontier 3 : Classic Adventures on Science Fiction’s Greatest Frontier

    Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Harry Harrison, Henry Kuttner, Frank Belknap Long, James Blish, Robert Sheckley, Raymond Z. Gallun, Basil Wells, Stephen Bartholomew, James R. Adams, Arthur Jean Cox, Lucius Daniel, Richard R. Smith, Alan J. Ramm, Joe Gibson

  11. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 25 : Strange Creatures, Impossible Paradoxes, And Dangerous Discoveries In Vintage Science Fiction

    Michael Shaara, Sam Merwin, Jr., Robert Sheckley, Dave Dryfoos, Lester del Rey, Frank Belknap Long, Randall Garrett, A. Bertram Chandler, Poul Anderson, Ben Bova, Jack Williamson, Henry Kuttner, Allyn Donnelson, E. M. Hull, Victor Rousseau, Sewell Peaslee Wright, Bryce Walton, Robert Anthony, Robert Moore Williams

  12. The Vintage Science Fiction Collection 24 : Alien Visitors, Deadly Missions, And Strange Experiments From The Golden Age Of Vintage Science Fiction

    Robert Bloch, Tom Godwin, Frederik Pohl, Frank Belknap Long, Philip José Farmer, Stephen Marlowe, Stephen Bartholomew, Arthur Sellings, Alan J. Ramm, Lucius Daniel, Joe Gibson, William Oberfield, Lester del Rey, Alfred Coppel, Dave Dryfoos, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Moore Williams, Michael Shaara, Ross Rocklynne, Alan E. Nourse, Ann Griffith