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Kokoelma faabeleita ihmismäisistä eläimistä ja eläintä muistuttavista ihmisistä: lempeän ironiset tarinat ulottuvat Raamatun ajoista nykypäivään ja Afrikasta suomalaisiin korpiin. ...

Ultima Thule is a science fiction novella by American author Mack Reynolds, first published in 1962. Three years after applying, Ronny is provisionally hired by United Planets and ...

Status Quo is a science fiction novella by American author Mack Reynolds, first published in 1962. Status Quo was nominated for the 1962 Hugo Award for short fiction. Larry Woolfor ...

Mercenary is a science fiction novella by American author Mack Reynolds, first published in 1962. It is the first in a series about Joe Mauser, a soldier in a rigid, caste-based so ...

...And It Comes Out Here is a science fiction short story by American author Lester del Ray, first published in 1951. There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything ...

No Strings Attached is a science fiction short story by American author Lester del Ray, first published in 1954. Poor Henry was an unhappy husband whose wife had a habit of using b ...

The Dwindling Years is a science fiction short story by American author Lester del Ray, first published in 1956. He didn’t expect to be last— but neither did he anticipate the horr ...

Dead Ringer is a science fiction short story by American author Lester del Ray, first published in 1956. There was nothing, especially on Earth, which could set him free—the truth ...

Victory is a science fiction novella by American author Lester del Ray first published in 1955. It seemed Earth was a rich and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy. Things ...

Let'em Breathe Space is a science fiction novella by American author Lester del Ray, first published in 1953. Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for fiv ...

Ei ole olemassa mitään Nevskij prospektia parempaa, ei ainakaan Pietarissa, jolle se on kaikki kaikessa. Tuo valtakatu, pääkaupunkimme kaunotar, onkin kaikissa suhteissa loistelias ...

The Man Who Saw the Future is a science fiction short story by Edmond Hamilton first published in 1930. A man from the Dark Ages,  an assistant apothecary in 1444 Paris is investig ...

The Valor of Cappen Varra is a science fiction short story by Poul W. Anderson first published in 1957. "Let little Cappen go," they shouted. "Maybe he can sing the trolls to sleep ...

The Ego Machine is a science fiction novella by American author Henry Kuttner first published in 1952. When a slightly mad robot drunk on AC, wants you to join an experiment in opt ...

Where The World Is Quiet is a science fiction short story by Henry Kuttner (under the pen name of C. H. Liddell), first published in 1954.             Fra Rafael saw strange things ...

History Repeats is a science fiction short story by George O. Smith first published in 1959. A space detective with an evolved (super intelligent, talking) dog is searching for a k ...

The Big Fix    is a science fiction novella by George O. Smith first published in 1959.    Anyone who holds that telepathy and psi powers would mean an end to crime quite obviously ...

The Moon Metal is a science fiction novella by Garrett P. Serviss first published in 1900. After the huge gold deposits were found in Antarctica and gold became common, the world's ...

Derelict is a science fiction short story by American author Alan E. Nourse.         What was the mystery of this great ship from the dark, deep reaches of space? For, within its d ...

Marley’s Chain is a 1952 science fiction short story by Alan E. Nourse. Tam's problem was simple. He lived in a world that belonged to someone else. A strange little story about a ...

Infinite Intruder is a 1953 science fiction short story by Alan E. Nourse. When Roger Strang found that someone was killing his son—killing him horribly and often—he started invest ...

Martyr is a 1957 science fiction novella by Alan E. Nourse. Martyr is an absorbing story, set on the Mars Colony, then on Earth. It is possible to completely replace all the parts ...

Contamination Crew is a 1958 science fiction short story by Alan E. Nourse. Orders were orders! The creature had to be killed. But just how does one destroy the indestructible? A ...

Wind is a science fiction short story by American author Charles L. Fontenay first published in 1959. When you have an engine with no fuel, and fuel without an engine, and a life-a ...

The Hunted Heroes is a science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1956. The Hunted Heroes is a futuristic story that holds great hope for the resilience o ...