Название: Astonishing Stories: The Complete Fiction / Полная коллекция произведений из журнала "Astonishing Stories" Год выпуска: 2021 Издательство: Jerry eBooks ISBN: отсутствует Формат: EPUB Качество: eBook Язык: английский
Описание: Антология, составленная из художественных произведений, опубликованных в журнале "Astonishing Stories". Сканирование, вычитка, форматирование, создание электронной книги - Jerry. "Astonishing Stories" - НФ журнал, издавался с 1940 по 1943 годы. Первым редактором журнала был Фредерик Пол. Среди авторов: Isaac Asimov, Henry Kuttner, Clifford D. Simak, C. M. Kornbluth, Frederik Pohl, Alfred Bester, Leigh Brackett, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury ...
Chameleon Planet - Polton Cross White Land of Venus / Белая земля Венеры - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. Half-Breed (= The Tweenie) / Твини - Isaac Asimov Elephant Earth - Gabriel Barclay Asteroid - Lee Gregor The Lifestone / Камень жизни - Paul Edmonds (Henry Kuttner) After the Plague - Martin Vaeth
The Space-Beasts / Космические твари - Clifford D. Simak Murder from Mars / Убийца с Марса - Richard Wilson Master Control - Harl Vincent Salvage of Space - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. The Callistan Menace / Коварная Каллисто - Isaac Asimov Stepsons of Mars / Пасынки Марса - Ivar Towers (C. M. Kornbluth & Richard Wilson & Dirk Wylie)
He Conquered Venus - John Russell Fearn Joshua's Battering Ram - Malcolm Jameson The Devil's Pocket - F.E. Hardart Into the Darkness - Ross Rocklynne Children of Zeus - E.A. Grosser Improbability / Невероятность - Paul Edmonds (Henry Kuttner) A Miracle of Time - Henry Hasse
The Deadly Swarm - Edwin K. Sloat Bon Voyage! - Arthur G. Stangland The Element of Logic - R.R. Winterbotham The Cat-Men of Aemt - Neil R. Jones Woman Out of Time / Женщина вне времени - Frank Belknap Long Wedding of the Moons / Свадьба лун - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. The Lodestone Core - D.D. Sharp
Quicksands of Youthwardness (Part One) - Malcolm Jameson Mister Island - E.A. Grosser Stepson of Space - Raymond Z. Gallun The Future's Fair - Vincent Reid Personality Plus - Ray Cummings Other World - Harl Vincent Flight to Galileo - Lee Gregor
Half-Breeds on Venus / Полукровки на Венере - Isaac Asimov Rocket of Metal Men - Manly Wade Wellman Trouble in Time / Проблема со временем - S.D. Gottesman (C. M. Kornbluth, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Frederik Pohl) Quicksands of Youthwardness (Part Two) - Malcolm Jameson Hold That Comet! - F.H. Hauser and H.B. Fyfe The Door at the Opera - Ray Cummings Age of the Cephalods - John C. Craig
The Professor Splits - J. Harvey Haggard He Wasn't There! - Hugh Raymond The Pet Nebula / Крошка-туманность - Alfred Bester Quicksands of Youthwardness (Conclusion) - Malcolm Jameson The King's Eye - James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl) Magnus' Disintegrator - Ray Cummings Cosmic Derelict - Neil R. Jones
Heredity / Наследственность - Isaac Asimov The Time Capsule - Ralph Milne Farley Beyond Doubt / Вне всяких сомнений - Lyle Monroe and Elma Wentz (Robert A. Heinlein) Our Director - John E. Harry Imp of the Theremin - Ray Cummings Exiles of New Planet - Paul Dennis Lavond It's a Young World / В этом юном мире! - James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl)
Mars-Tube / Метро Марса - S.D. Gottesman (C. M. Kornbluth, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Frederik Pohl) Farewell to Fuzzies - Henry Hasse Super-Neutron / Супернейтрон - Isaac Asimov The Tree of Life / Древо познания - Paul Edmonds (Henry Kuttner) Invent or Die! - R.R. Winterbotham Pin the Medals on Poe - F. Anton Reeds Factory in the Sky - Basil E. Wells The Plague from Tomorrow - Frank Belknap Long Solar Plexus - James Blish Radiation Trap - Harry Walton
Wings of the Lightning Land - James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl) Retreat to the Stars / Отступление к звёздам - Leigh Brackett The Man Who Didn't Breathe - Harry Walton My Lady of the Emerald - Wilfred Owen Morley Daughter of Darkness - Ross Rocklynne The Last Drop - L. Sprague de Camp and L. Ron Hubbard Machines of Destiny - Ray Cummings
Slaves of the Unknown - Neil R. Jones Tracks Across the Darkness - Robert Arthur The Man Who Knew Roger Stanley - Joseph Gilbert Pied Piper / Крысолов - Lyle Monroe (Robert A. Heinlein) Daughters of Eternity - James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl) Voice in the Void - Walter Kubilius The Message - Richard Wilson The Shadow People - Ray Cummings
Out of the Sea - Leigh Brackett The Impossible Invention - Robert Moore Williams Storm Cloud on Deka - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. The Crystal Circe / Хрустальная Цирцея - Henry Kuttner The Unseen Blushers / Цветущие уединенно - Alfred Bester The Band Played On - C. Shook
Thunder in the Void / Опустошение - Henry Kuttner Remember Me, Kama! - Walter Kubilius The Vortex Blaster Makes War - Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Nothing - Martin Pearson (Donald A. Wollheim) The Eternal Quest - Joseph Gilbert Doomsday on Ajiat - Neil R. Jones Miracle - Ray Cummings
Night of Gods / Ночь богов - Paul Edmonds (Henry Kuttner) Taa the Terrible - Malcolm Jameson Destination Unknown - Frank Belknap Long Mimic / Мимикрия - Martin Pearson (Donald A. Wollheim) Our Director Meets Trouble - John E. Harry Abyss of Darkness - Ross Rocklynne
The Halfling / Не-люди - Leigh Brackett Earth, Farewell! - James MacCreigh (Frederik Pohl) It Happened Tomorrow / Это случилось завтра - Robert Bloch Come to Mars - Walter Kubilius Soldiers of Space / Космические солдаты - Henry Kuttner
Land of No Return - Nelson S. Bond Outpost of the Eons - Dirk Wylie Spatial Incident - Earle Franklin Baker The Man from 2890 - Ray Cummings Subterfuge / Военная хитрость - Ray Bradbury Forever Tomorrow - Cleve Cartmill Exit - Bob Tucker
The Plague from Tomorrow
Frank Belknap Long
The malaria that the man who called himself Olson had brought to the Indian swamps was bad enough, but he had brought an even worse disease—a drug-like longing for the vibrations of his presence!
GRAHAM wanted to shut the door on his job with a good, loud slam. He wanted to take off his—no, wait. Anything requiring muscular effort was out. What he really wanted was an opportunity to spend the rest of his life in a hayloft, flat on his back. Everything else was secondary. His nerves were throbbing, his muscles ached and something was wrong with his speech. Certain words stuck in his gullet and gagged him. He had to take a deep breath before he could say “Indian” or “Malaria” and he felt physically ill when the words came out. There was nothing worse than ungratefulness, nothing that irked a man more when he was dog-tired and in need of a little sympathy. The Indians knew that he was getting the swamp drained for them, and doing everything in his power to clean up the district. They knew that he was working for a big, miracle-performing Chief who sat beneath the dome of the Capitol Building in Washington, and drew strength from the rivers, mountains and valleys of forty-eight states. ...
