The Tenth Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Carl Jacobi
The Tenth Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Carl Jacobi

Author: Carl Jacobi

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2014-11-10

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1479404403

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The "Golden Age of Science Fiction" Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Carl Jacobi (1908-1997) is one such unjustly forgotten author. The Ninth Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACKTM presents no less than 19 classic science fiction stories by this great writer. Included in this volume are: CANAL EXIT MR. SMITH GENTLEMEN, THE SCAVENGERS KINCAID'S CAR LODANA SEQUENCE STRANGERS TO STRABA TEST CASE THE GENTLEMAN IS AN EPWA THE PLAYER AT YELLOW SILENCE THE WAR OF THE WEEDS THE WHITE PINNACLE THE WORLD IN A BOX WRITING ON THE WALL ROUND ROBIN COSMIC TELETYPE THE LONG VOYAGE THE STREET THAT WASN'T THERE THE HISTORIAN Note that "The Street That Wasn't There" (co-written with Clifford D. Simak) is also included in The Fourth Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack: Clifford D. Simak. If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 170+ entries in the MEGAPACKTM series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space

Author: Isaac Asimov

Publisher: Fawcett

Published: 2011-04-27

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0307792277

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A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction. No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than one hundred of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe—questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history. Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes. You will experience close encounters with giant planets, exploding stars, distant galaxies, and more. For anyone who has ever asked the ultimate questions, who has ever looked up at the sky and asked What in heaven is going on?, Isaac Asimov’s unique vision, skill, and authority will bring the big picture into focus. “A fine introduction to modern astronomical theory.”—Library Journal

Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2013-11-17

Total Pages: 9832

ISBN-13: 1908909129

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This is the COMPLETE WORKS of America's favourite storyteller Mark Twain. The eBook contains every novel, short story - even the very rare ones ñ essay, travel book, non-fiction text, letter and much, much more! . (Current Version: 3) Features: * ALL 12 novels, with concise introductions and contents tables * images of how the books first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * includes Twain's rare unfinished novel 'The Mysterious Stranger', often missed out of collections * ALL of the short stories, with quality formatting * the short stories have their own chronological and alphabetical contents tables - find that special story easily! * Twain's 20 short story contributions to "The Library of Humor", with their own contents table * even INCLUDES Twain's complete letters, essays and satires - with their own special contents tables * ALL of the travel writing, with contents tables * includes Twain's "Chapters from My Autobiography" * SPECIAL BONUS texts, including three contemporary Twain biographies - explore the great man's amazing life in Paine's and Howells' famous biographies! * UPDATED with a special literary criticism section, with various works exploring Twain's contribution to literature * UPDATED with Archibald Henderson's critical study MARK TWAIN * UPDATED with the complete speeches * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres The eBook also includes a front no-nonsense table of contents to allow easy navigation around Twain's immense oeuvre. Welcome to hours upon hours upon hours of reading one of literature's most famous storytellers! CONTENTS The Novels THE GILDED AGE: A TALE OF TODAY THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and many more! The Short Stories (too many to list!) CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES MARK TWAIN'S LIBRARY OF HUMOR The Essays and Satires LIST OF TWAIN'S ESSAYS AND SATIRES The Travel Writing THE INNOCENTS ABROAD ROUGHING IT A TRAMP ABROAD FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION The Non-Fiction OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI and many more! The Letters THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN The Speeches THE COMPLETE SPEECHES The Criticism MARK TWAIN BY ARCHIBALD HENDERSON MARK TWAIN BY BRANDER MATTHEWS THE AMERICANS BY DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY MARK TWAIN BY FREDERICK WADDY NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES The Biographies CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY M.TWAIN MY MARK TWAIN BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY BY A.B. PAINE THE BOYS' LIFE OF MARK TWAIN BY A. B. PAINE

Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Annotated)
Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Annotated)

Author: Isaac Newton

Publisher: Nicolae Sfetcu

Published:

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 6060336477

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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) Translated into English by Andrew Motte (1693 - 1728) Published by Daniel Adee, 1846. Edited by N. W. Chittenden Images and text used from Wikisource (Public Domain) Addendum, by Nicolae Sfetcu: - Historical context: Action at a distance - The methodology of Isaac Newton - The dispute over the priority of the law of gravity Cover: Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), by Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723), oil on canvas, 1689, Collection Isaac Newton Institute (cropped and processed) The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Latin: "Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica"), often abbreviated as Principia or Principia Mathematica, the Isaac Newton's masterpiece, was published in London on July 5, 1687. The text of the third edition in Latin, 1726 , will be revised and enriched for the last time by Newton, being generally considered as a reference. The book is one of the most important scientific books ever published, being the foundation of classical mechanics. It is considered by most physicists to be the most famous book in this field. Newton applies here the mathematical laws to the study of natural phenomena. The book contains Newton's laws of motion that formed the basis of Newtonian mechanics, as well as the universal law of gravity. Most translations of the book are based on Newton's third edition in 1726. The first translation, in 1729, belongs to Andrew Motte, republished in 1846 by Daniel Adee as the first American edition, edited by N. W. Chittenden. The book begins with definitions, laws, or axioms, followed by three parts (or "books") about "the motion of bodies" and "the system of the world." “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being... This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont, to be called Lord God παντοκρατωρ or Universal Ruler.” (Isaac Newton) ”The whole evolution of our ideas about the processes of nature … might be regarded as an organic development of Newton’s work.” (Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar)

More Fantastic Stories
More Fantastic Stories

Author: R. A. Lafferty

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1625587430

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Collected her are six Fantastic science fiction stories by R. A. Lafferty, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Edgar Pangborn, Andre Norton, and Frank Herbert. Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas The place called Sodom was bad enough. But right down the road was the other town-and that was even worse! The Worlds of If Dixon Wells, a fashionable playboy, is always late. What will it cost him this time. The Street That Wasn't There Jonathon Chambers went for a walk at the same time every day for twenty years. But this time when he got home nothing seemed quite right. The Good Neighbors You can't blame an alien for a little inconvenience-as long as he makes up for it! The Gifts of Asti She was the guardian of the worlds, but HER world was dead. Operation Haystack It's hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men. But the problem Orne had was one step tougher than that!

East of Samarinda
East of Samarinda

Author: Carl Jacobi

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780879724429

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In the Thirties and Forties, when the stories in this collection were written, adventure fiction filled the pages of pulp magazines month after month. Carl Jacobi's by-line was becoming as well known among devotees of action pulps as it had already become to faithful followers of Weird Tales and other horror and fantasy magazines. Here are twenty-one pulse-pounding tales from the pulp era, most of them set in Borneo.

The Street That Wasn't There
The Street That Wasn't There

Author: Clifford Donald Simak

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1775455335

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Take a trip into another dimension in this mind-bending short story collaboration from Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi. Barely perceptible differences in one lonely man's environment gradually begin to add up to big problems for the planet. If you're looking for a quick but thoroughly captivating science fiction read, try "The Street That Wasn't There."