Fantastic Stories Presents:
Science Fiction Super Pack #1
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ISBN: 978-1-63384-240-3
Second Positronic Publishing Edition
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Acknowledgments
“The Cold Calculations” by Michael A. Burstein originally appeared in Absolute Magnitude, Spring 2001.
“They Twinkled Like Jewels” by Philip José Farmer originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1954.
“Lingua Franca” by Carole McDonnell originally appeared in So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy, September 2004.
“Dawn of Flame” by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1939.
“Don’t Jump” by Jamie Wild originally appeared in Altair, February 1998.
“Youth” by Isaac Asimov originally appeared in Space Science Fiction, May 1952
“Digger Don't Take No Requests” by John Teehan originally appeared in Low Port, Sep 2003
“Lighter than You Think” by Nelson Bond originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1957.
“Garden of Souls” by M. Turville Heitz originally appeared in PanGaia, January-March 2006.
“The Variable Man” by Philip K. Dick originally appeared in Space, Science Fiction, September 1953.
“Starwisps” by Edward J. McFadden III originally appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, April 2012.
“Gorgono and Slith” by Ray Bradbury originally appeared in futuria fantasia, Spring 1940.
“I Was There When They Made the Video” by Cynthia Ward originally appeared in Absolute Magnitude, Spring 1997.
“The Perfect Host” by Theodore Sturgeon originally appeared in Weird Tales, November 1948.
“That Universe We Both Dreamed Of” by Jay O’Connell originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2013.
“The Lake of Light” by Jack Williamson originally appeared in Astounding Stories, April, 1931.
“Lies, Truth, and the Color of Faith” by Gerri Leen originally appeared in Witches&Pagans Magazine, Summer 2011.
“The Second Satellite” by Edmond Hamilton originally Appeared in Astounding Stories, August 1930.
“Hopscotch and Hottentots” by Lou Antonelli originally appeared in Shadowgate, April 2011.
“No Place to Hide” by James Dorr originally appeared in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1991.
“Industrial Revolution” by Poul Anderson originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, September 1963.
“The Visitor” by Ann Wilkes originally appeared in Sputnik, Winter, 2007.
“Travel Diary” by Alfred Bester originally appeared in Starburst, May 1958.
“Encounter in Redgunk” by William R. Eakin originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Fall 1998.
“The Second Satellite” by Edmond Hamilton Origonally appeared in Astounding Stories, August 1930
“The Indecorous Rescue of Clarinda Merwin” by Brenda W. Clough originally appeared in Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1989.
“Lost Paradise” by C. L. Moore originally appeared in Weird Tales, July 1936.
“Siblings” by Warren Lapine originally appeared in Absolute Magnitude, Summer 1995.
“Gun for Hire” by Mack Reynolds originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, December 1960.
“The Answer” by H. Beam Piper originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, December 1959.
“Pythias” by Frederik Pohl originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1955.
“Arm of the Law” by Harry Harrison originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1958.
“The Good Neighbors” by Edgar Pangborn originally appeared in Galaxy Magazine, June 1960.
“The Intruder” by Emil Petaja originally appeared in Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940.
“The Six Fingers of Time” by R. A. Lafferty originally appeared in If, September 1960.
“An Ounce of Cure” by Alan Edward Nourse originally appeared in Imaginative Tales, November 1955.
“The Hoofer” by Walter M. Miller, Jr. originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1955.
“The Stellar Legion” by Leigh Brackett originally appeared in Planet Stories, Winter 1940.
“Year of the Big Thaw” by Marion Zimmer Bradley originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, May 1954
Table of Contents
The Positronic Super Pack eBook Series
THE COLD CALCULATIONS by Michael A. Burstein
THEY TWINKLED LIKE JEWELS by Philip José Farmer
LINGUA FRANCA by Carole McDonnell
DAWN OF FLAME by Stanley G. Weinbaum