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    The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
    The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
    The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
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    The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®

    By Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber and Philip K. Dick

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    Welcome to The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®! We have another great lineup of stories (and the conclusion of our first serial, Tony Rothman's fine near-future novel, Firebird). No matter whether you like classic, golden age authors (Ray Bradbury, George O. Smith, Poul Anderson), fun pulp fiction (Talmage Powell, Murray Leinster, Keith Laumer), modern authors (Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Smith, John Gregory Betancourt), or authors whose work spans many media (Philip K. Dick, Richard Matheson, Alan Arkin) -- or many others -- you'll find a lot of great reading here...28 stories...more than 700 pages! Included are:


    EMBEDDED, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    THE LAST TRUE GOD, by Lester del Rey

    UP FOR RENEWAL, by Lucius Daniel

    THE WAKER DREAMS, by Richard Matheson

    THE KING OF THE CITY, by Keith Laumer

    LORD OF A THOUSAND SUNS, by Poul Anderson

    WHISKABOOM, by Alan Arkin

    THE FIRE AND THE SWORD, by Frank M. Robinson

    ALL THE PEOPLE, by R.A. Lafferty

    DOCTOR, by Murray Leinster

    AMATEUR IN CHANCERY, by George O. Smith

    CONDITIONALLY HUMAN, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

    BULLET WITH HIS NAME, by Fritz Leiber

    A LITTLE JOURNEY, by Ray Bradbury

    THE GREAT MUTATION, by Talmage Powell

    A MATTER OF MONSTERS, by Manly Banister

    THE MERRY MEN OF THE RIVERWORLD, by John Gregory Betancourt

    OLD FOUR-EYES, by Chad Oliver

    FOUR-LEGGED HOT FOOT, by Mack Reynolds

    "--AND ALL FOR ONE," by Jerome Bixby

    A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, by H.B. Hickey

    INSIDE EARTH, by Poul Anderson

    A MATTER FOR A FUTURE YEAR, by Dean Wesley Smith

    DEATH'S WISHER, by Jim Wannamaker

    DIDN'T HE RAMBLE, by Chad Oliver


    CULTURAL EXCHANGE, by Keith Laumer

    FROM AN UNSEEN CENSOR, by Rosel George Brown

    SMALL TOWN, by Philip K. Dick

    FIREBIRD, by Tony Rothman [Novel Serial, Part 3 of 3]

    If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateApr 21, 2016
    ISBN9781479421558
    The 12th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
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    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award. She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson, romantic suspense as Kristine Dexter, and futuristic sf as Kris DeLake.  She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith, and edits at least two anthologies in the series per year on her own. To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com). She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.

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