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The 'LESTER DEL REY - Boxed Set (Illustrated Edition)' is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories written by the prolific author Lester del Rey. Known for his imaginative storytelling and vivid world-building, del Rey's works often explore the intersection of technology and human nature. This boxed set showcases a range of del Rey's most beloved tales, each accompanied by stunning illustrations that bring his futuristic settings to life. Readers can expect to be transported to worlds filled with robots, aliens, and uncharted planets, all with a touch of philosophical introspection and social commentary. Del Rey's writing style is both accessible and thought-provoking, making this...
The Pyrotechnics of Lester del Rey SF's most protean personality--writer, editor, critic, publisher--sets off an incomparable fireworks display in these tales of robots and humans, animals and aliens, ghosts and gods, science and the supernatural . . . HELEN O'LOY If you want an ideal mate, build her! HEREAFTER, INC. This is Heaven? The hell it is! LITTLE JIMMY The invisible kid was a ghost for sure. But whose? INSTINCT The robots labored to re-create the extinct human species-- but there was one element they somehow left out. FOR I AM A JEALOUS PEOPLE "In God We Trust" is a great motto--until you find you can't. And much more!
"Let 'Em Breathe Space!" by Lester Del Rey. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
This book, first published in 1980, is a guide to the major forces in the subculture of science fiction. It analyses the history of the field and the related developments, for instance the Bomb, that have shaped the literature. It examines the complex of activity and background tradition, the body of accepted beliefs and conventions, and the ethics and values of the world of science fiction.
When a planet, moving faster than Earth, entered the Solar System out beyond Pluto, the reporters, for want of a better name, termed it "Planet X." "Planet X, that astronomical curiosity," became, in a few short weeks, an object of stark terror to the billions of people scattered on the planets around our Sun, from blazing Mercury to frigid Pluto. To Bob Griffith's father, Commander of the Ninth Wing of the Solar Federation's Space Navy, fell the task of investigating the strange visitor whose black ships moved through space without rocket exhaust, and whose weapons literally melted spaceships out of the heavens. As his father's aid, aboard the gleaming LANCE OF DEIMOS that led the reconnais...
Attack from Atlantis by Lester del Rey is a science fiction novel first published in 1953. The story revolves around the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Triton, an atomic-powered submarine. During its depth test run, the submarine and its crew are captured by the bubble-men, inhabitants of the underwater city of Atlantis.