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Creatures of the Abyss
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
Orejas
de ellos, "the things that listen", whispered the superstitious
fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast.
How else 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? What monsters gorged at the
bottom of the Luzon Deep and what were their plans? Radar expert Terry
Holt and the crew of the Esperance had to devise a weapon against the
horrifying creatures which threatened mankind with extinction. Here are
terror, excitement, and the clutch of cold death as combined by a master
hand in the field of science fiction. (Summary by from original book
jacket)
Genre(s): General Fiction
The Forgotten Planet
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
The
"forgotten" planet had been seeded for life, first with microbes and
later with plants and insects. A third expedition, intended to complete
the seeding with animals, never occurred. Over the millennia the insects
and plants grew to gigantic sizes. The action of the novel describes
the fight for survival by descendants of a crashed spaceship as they
battle wolf-sized ants, flies the size of chickens, and gigantic flying
wasps. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Talents, Incorporated
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
Bors
felt as if he'd been hit over the head. This was ridiculous! He'd
planned and carried out the destruction of that warship because the
information of its existence and location was verified by a
magnetometer.
But, if he'd known how the information had been
obtained--if he'd known it had been guessed at by a discharged spaceport
employee, and a paranoid personality, and a man who used a hazel twig
or something similar--if he'd known that, he'd never have dreamed of
accepting it. He'd have dismissed it flatly! (Summary from the Gutenberg
text)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Operation Terror
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
An
unidentified space ship lands in a Colorado lake. Equipped with a
paralyzing ray weapon, the creatures begin taking human prisoners. A
lone land surveyor and a journalist are trapped inside the Army cordon,
which is helpless against the mysterious enemy. Can they stop the aliens
before it is too late? (Summary by Mark Nelson)
Genre(s): General Fiction, Science Fiction
Operation: Outer Space
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
Jed
Cochrane is about to take off on man's first interstellar voyage. His
mission: Make sure it's good television! (Introduction by Mark Nelson)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction, General Fiction
The Pirates of Ersatz
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
Bron
is the offspring of infamous space pirates but instead of following in
the family footsteps he decides to become an electronic engineer.
Unfortunately, every time he tries to get out, something pulls him back
in. This is a tongue-in-cheek space adventure along the lines of the
Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. It was originally published in
the FEB-APR issues of Astounding Science Fiction in 1959. (Summary by
Elliott Miller)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
This World Is Taboo
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
Calhoun
is an Interstellar Medical Serviceman, and he's needed on Dara. Trouble
is: Dara is forbidden. Taboo. And breaking quarantine will make Calhoun
a presumed plague-carrier and subject to being shot on sight by anyone
from Weald. But hey! If he did the smart thing, we wouldn't have a
story!
But why are men from Dara shooting at him?
(Summary by Mark F. Smith)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
The Wailing Asteroid
Murray LEINSTER (1896 - 1975)
There
was no life on the asteroid, but the miles of rock-hewn corridors
through which the earth party wandered left no doubt about the purpose
of the asteroid. It was a mighty fortress, stocked with weapons of
destruction beyond man's power to understand. And yet there was no life
here, nor had there been for untold centuries. What race had built this
stronghold? What unimaginable power were they defending against? Why was
it abandoned? There was no answer, all was dead. But—not quite all. For
in a room above the tomb-like fortress a powerful transmitter beamed
its birdlike, fluting sounds toward earth. Near it, on a huge star-map
of the universe, with light-years measured by inches, ten tiny red
sparks were moving, crawling inexorably toward the center. Moving, at
many times the speed of light, with the acquired mass of suns ...
moving, on a course that would pass through the solar system. The
unknown aliens would not even see our sun explode from the force of
their passing, would not even notice the tiny speck called Earth as it
died.... - Summary by From original text
Genre(s): Science Fiction
The Machine that Saved the World
Murray Leinster (1896 - 1975)
They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in from space--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could Earth devise against science such as this? In the far future of 1972, on a secret military installation, Staff Sergeant Bellews is an expert on the latest scientific discovery: a way for ordinary machines like vacuums and lawnmowers to gather experience in their jobs, becoming error free over time. Then the strange broadcasts began to blow up transmitters everywhere. Were they from space? Enemies? the future? He didn't care until they started messin' with his machines. Then he took it personally. (summary from the first chapter and Phil Chenevert)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Language: English