The 1950s were filled with big ideas and fearless imagination, and 1950s Science Fiction 4 brings together 24 stories that capture the remarkable variety of science fiction from that unforgettable decade. Strange planets, robots, time travel, alien encounters, bizarre inventions, and futures gone unexpectedly wrong are all waiting inside.
Philip K. Dick takes center stage with five stories: Strange Eden, Foster, You’re Dead!, Prominent Author, The Crawlers, and Exhibit Piece. Each offers a different glimpse of the ideas that would make Dick one of science fiction’s most celebrated authors. Ray Bradbury takes readers on A Little Journey, Fritz Leiber imagines an unusual future in Nice Girl with 5 Husbands, and Harry Harrison introduces a machine searching for answers in The Robot Who Wanted to Know.
The collection reaches far beyond those familiar names. Journey into deep space with Alfred Coppel’s Wreck Off Triton, cross the boundaries of time with August Derleth’s A Traveler in Time, and discover strange new realities in stories by Murray Leinster, James Blish, Winston Marks, Charles L. Fontenay, and others.
One story may carry you across the solar system while the next drops you into a future that feels disturbingly close to home. There are mysterious visitors, unexpected discoveries, dangerous experiments, and ordinary people who suddenly find themselves facing something impossible.
1950s Science Fiction 4 is another journey into a decade when almost anything seemed possible. Twenty-four vintage science fiction stories from more than 70 years ago, ready to transport you to worlds imagined during one of the genre’s most creative eras.
