HIGH TECH WAR -- AND HOW TO AVOID IT The answer is simple: you would have peace? Then prepare for war. This wisdom is as old as armies. Yet after a few generations, the peace that was paid for with soldiers' blood comes to seem the normal thing, t...
1979 Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection (Place: 10). 13 classic stories. Includes: Allamagoosa (1955 Hugo winner); Dear Devil, nominated, 1950 Retro Hugo; Mana; Jay Score; Homo Saps; Metamorphosite; Hobbyist; Late Night Final; Fast Falls...
The people of the Solar System have broken the light-speed barrier, and exploration ships are going out in all directions, manned by---you guessed it!---Men, Martians, and Machines (Robots). This set of linked stories describes a part of the epic voy...
Scout-Officer John Leeming knew from the very start that his reconnaissance mission deep into enemy territory would likely be a one-way trip. But, after he crash-lands on a far distant planet and becomes a prisoner of ruthless aliens, he knows he can...
When the mutants of the Mars and Venus colonies sought independence, the World Council tried to protect Earth's interest. But even bigger things were at stake: Full scale war would attract the attention of the deadly Denebian aliens who were slowly a...
MISSION OF EMPIREEarthmen had colonized hundreds of planets in the four centuries of deep space exploration -- independent new civilizations founded by the discontented and adventurous of Terra.Trouble was, they were too independent -- and the Terran...
This volume contains thirty of Russell’s best short science fiction stories. It includes “Allamagoosa,” “And Then There Were None,” “Dear Devil,” “I Am Nothing,” “Jay Score,” and “Metamorphosite.” Introduction by Jack L. Cha...
Something bizarre is happening among the government workers at weapons laboratories across the United States. Increasing numbers of employees are abandoning their jobs for no apparent reason, some of them committing suicide, others trading their high...
This collection contains 23 Eric Frank Russell stories originally published in U.S. science fiction magazines between 1937 and 1954, some never republished ("The Saga of Pelican West", "The Prr-r-eet", "The World's Eighth Wonder", "Describe a Circle"...