Mayfield was a typical small town in rural America. Nothing much ever happened there. Then, one day, cars stopped working, the bearings seized and pistons welded to the cylinder walls. Generators stopped working. The railroads ceased to run. Bit by bit the trappings of civilization no longer functioned. Was it a new additive in the gasoline? Or was it something brought on by the strange comet that hung ominously in the sky? Whatever it was, the citizens of Mayfield knew that life would never be the same after The Year When Stardust Fell
Mayfield was a typical small town in rural America. Nothing much ever happened there. Then, one day, cars stopped working, the bearings seized and pis...
That night the comet was the only thing in the whole sky. All the stars were smothered by the light of its copper-yellow flame, and, although the sun had set two hours ago, the Earth was lit as with the glow of a thunderous dawn. In Mayfield, Ken Maddox walked slowly along Main Street, avoiding collisions with other people whose eyes were fixed on the object in the sky. Ken had spent scores of hours observing the comet carefully, both by naked eye and with his 12-inch reflecting telescope. Still he could not keep from watching it as he picked his way along the street toward the post...
That night the comet was the only thing in the whole sky. All the stars were smothered by the light of its copper-yellow flame, and, although the s...
Raymond F. Jones is perhaps best known for his novel This Island Earth, which was made into a movie of the same name. However, from the 40's to the 60's he wrote numerous short stories and novellas dealing with aliens and alien worlds and their affects on humans. This collection brings back nine of his magazine works in Raymond F. Jones Resurrected. Stories include: - Correspondence Course - Tools of the Trade - Noise Level - The Colonists - The Unlearned - Cubs of the Wolf - Human Error - The Memory of Mars - The Great Gray Plague - Special Preview: The Blood Red Sands of Mars - by Greg...
Raymond F. Jones is perhaps best known for his novel This Island Earth, which was made into a movie of the same name. However, from the 40's to the 60...
Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel "Outpost Infinity" is a terrific tale by Raymond F. Jones. The Tantalus Express was a top-of-the-line passenger ship, carrying her travelers incredible distances amounting to thousands of light years. But tonight she was overdue-late by a meager six minutes. Yet those back on Earth knew that even being a few seconds late spelled disaster for the 2500 passengers and crew. They knew the Express was lost somewhere in an unknown realm that even the most brilliant scientists could only conceive...
Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel "Outpost Infinity" is a terrific tale by Raym...
