A lifetime can pass in eight days. Christmas can become an interplanetary problem. And on a lonely alien world, a simple walk through the darkness can become a terrifying test of nerve.
Lost Sci-Fi Books 131 thru 135 brings together five imaginative adventures by Ray Bradbury, Jack Vance, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Harry Harrison.
The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury — On a brutal world scorched by day and frozen by night, radiation has accelerated human existence until an entire lifetime lasts only eight days. Sim can see the ship that might offer escape—but reaching it could consume more time than he has left.
A Practical Man’s Guide by Jack Vance — Ralph Banks is an energetic magazine editor and thoroughly practical man. But when his orderly world collides with something decidedly outside ordinary experience, practical thinking may not provide the answers he needs.
Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov — Human miners working 390 million miles from Earth introduce their alien coworkers to the idea of Christmas. Explaining Santa Claus is easy. Dealing with what happens once the Ganymedans embrace the tradition is another matter.
A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke — On a lonely planet, a man must make his way through the darkness with fear growing at every step. What should be a straightforward journey becomes an unnerving battle between reason and imagination.
The Repairman by Harry Harrison — An interstellar troubleshooter is sent to fix a problem far from home. Unfortunately, repairing advanced technology in deep space is rarely as simple as the assignment makes it sound.
From Bradbury’s astonishing vision of accelerated life to Asimov’s alien Christmas and Clarke’s journey into the darkness, Lost Sci-Fi Books 131 thru 135 delivers five distinctive journeys into the strange, dangerous and unpredictable worlds of classic science fiction.
