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The 50th Century men crowded around the gleaming case in which a young man lay sleeping. Suddenly, a terrifying mechanism began to revolve, tremble... Vials of liquid frother, crimsoned, gathered in a hypodermic that jabbed itself into the sleaper's chest. The case shattered; the body stirred... The ultimate miracle had occurred - as eyes of the 50th Century looked into those of the 20th! But Homer Ellory, alienated young scientist, didn't realize...
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"To anyone fond of the robot story in science fiction, ADAM LINK is of extraordinary interest. The robot-with-emotion has rarely been handled so well." -Isaac Asimov.
Adam Link, the first of the robot race, has photoelectric eyes, an iridium-sponge brain, and the soul of a man! An electronic marvel gifted with incredible skills, Adam Link faces a series of challenges that would stagger a mere mortal, culminating in a fierce struggle to save Earth...
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Smith was a writer of science fiction stories. Now, incredibly, he was witnessing the real thing. Travelling silently at immense speed, its mirrored metal sides flashing in the sun, the saucer swooped in for a landing on Earht. Then, as Smith watched, another saucer appeared in the sky -- and the dogfight began! The saucers -- aliens from beyond known space -- were battling for control of the Earth. Something had to be done, even if Smith had no idea...
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"It came to Earth very quietly one evening from an alien planet. It was a mind, a free mind separated from any brain. A galactic mind that had taken one million years of super science to create.
Dr. Thule Hillory of Serendipity Labs was the only Earthman able to feel the alien presence. Through his PSI experiments, he had already discovered the phenomenon of Psychokinesis.
But now time was running out, and Hillory must work night and day if there's...
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Dr. Wayne Durk lived through two miracles. The first was a rescue from space after his craft had been wrecked by a stray meteorite. The second miracle brought him up against a second "Wayne Durk" who had completely taken over his laboratory, his beloved wife, and his family. And, in the meantime, the dread menace of "The Bug" moved in on Earth, threatening the total destruction of all...
A thrilling science fiction adventure by the author of SECRET...
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This is our second (of three) collections of Space Patrol stories by "Eando Binder" (Otto O. Binder). Starting with the February, 1946 issue, every issue of Captain Marvel Adventures included a 2-page short story featuring Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas -- designed to appeal to kids -- featured daring-do by a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon can support...
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The men and women of an underground world hold the key to Earth's survival. The beastly Martians have decided to wage an "old-fashioned" ground war with only one objective in mind - to wipe humanity from the planet. But then Evan Paige receives an unbelievable radio message from the renowned scientist Dr. Aronson - a message from the center of the Earth, telling of a super-scientific race of Albinos who hold the key to save all mankind!
A thrilling...
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May 23, 2440 A.D. Around Jay Bruce's spaceship, the sky is an impenetrable blanked of opaque gas, typical of this region on Jupiter just north of the Red Spot. Bruce is puzzled. Why has the lovely young woman seated next to him chartered his ship to cruise an uninhabited area? Then it appears...a massive Martian warship unlike any he's ever seen before, forcing him to land - and perhaps to die - in the barren Jovian wilderness!
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Starting with the February, 1946 issue, the comic book Captain Marvel Adventures included a 2-page short story by "Eando Binder" (Otto O. Binder). Each story featured Lt. Jon Jarl of the Space Patrol. These juvenile space operas -- designed to appeal to kids -- featured daring-do by a two-fisted young member of the Space Patrol. In a solar system where seemingly every planet and moon supports life (and the asteroid belt harbors an endless supply of...
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In 2050 A.D., the Earth spaceship Tycho lands on the eighth moon of Saturn, nine hundred million miles from the sun. Hugh Benning, a mineraologist, and his men explore the deserted world. When they come to a natural cave, the men begin to stagger and fall. Benning disappears into the mouth of the cave.
The pilots gather up the limp forms of Benning's men and return them to Earth. The team isn't dead -- but isn't quite alive. Are they in a state of...
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It was Earth's darkest hour. Weak, backward, prey to attack, it could only be saved by the Vigilantes. Sci-fi writer Thane Smith and his beautiful, adored wife had the task of discrediting UFO stories. But how can they - after they run up against a playboy-monster who could only have been created by an alien race?
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The scene is Earth in the near future. The scientific force of the Dictator Syndicate, controlled by five men, has reduced whole segments of the population to mindless robots. Humanitarian dissenters are driven mad...then swiftly murdered. As civilization's end rushes closer, one lone man opposes the forces of darkness...only he can nullify the powerful invention of the evil five!
A classic of science fiction by the author of ADAM LINK, ROBOT!
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