The first issue of the classic pulp magazine Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later renamed Astounding Science Fiction, and currently being published as Analog Science Fiction) presents a mix of science fiction adventure stories by top writers of the day. Included are "Phantoms of Reality," by Ray Cummings; "The Beetle Horde," by Victor Rousseau; "Tank," by Murray Leinster; "The Cave of Horror," by Captain S.P. Meek; and many others.

Murray Leinster (1896-1975) was the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American science fiction and alternate history writer. Throughout much of his career, Leinster strove to tell entertaining stories. He certainly does here: "The Duplicators," is good, light fun.

Murray Leinster (1896-1975) was the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American science fiction and alternate history writer. Leinster wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays over the course of his career.

The ruthless Dictator of Mekin had already subjugated twenty-two helpless planets. Now he wanted Kandar's unconditional surrender -- or he would blast it out of existence!

This volume contains 7 short works by Murray Leinster (Will F. Jenkins), including: "Rogue Star," "Dear Charles," "Dead City," "Sam, This Is You," "The Other Now," The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator," and "The End."

The first battles began in the wilderness. The animals in the forests and glades struggled furiously for life and often fought with splendid courage. But they never won; they were always killed. And now it was man's turn.

Eons from now, Man will hurtle through the void in gravity-defying ships across light years of distance to far-flung planets . . . And more staggering yet, he will colonize these islands in the unimaginably vast ocean of space. There will be world, such as:

LANI III -- a glacier-land warmed by man

XOSA II-- a shining desert made green by man

LOREN II -- an inferno of beasts, tamed by man

The fascinating and heroic story of a trail-blazer to the unknown -- outer-space service officer Bordman, who uses incredible knowledge and skill to make the star-flung outposts of civilization ready to receive new, vast surges of humanity!