James H Schmitz

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Brotman. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'It's one thing to try to get away with what you believe to be a lie and be caught at it- and something different, and far worse sometimes, to find it isn't a lie ...' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'The most dangerous of animals is not the biggest and fiercest-but the one that's hardest to stop. Add intelligence to that... and you may come to a wrong conclusion as to what the worst menace is.... ' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Brotman. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'He contracted for a charter trip- but the man who hired his spacer wasn't quite a man, it turned out-and he wanted more than service! ' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors,...

(Excerpt): "He was already a thief, prepared to steal again. He didn't know that he himself was only booty! Phil Garfield was thirty miles south of the little town of Redmon on Route Twelve when he was startled by a series of sharp, clanking noises. They came from under the Packard's hood. The car immediately began to lose speed. Garfield jammed down the accelerator, had a sense of sick helplessness at the complete lack of response from the motor....

A must read sci-fi short. With the evil that is descending on us this story shows just what it would take to get us together again. Many religions have some variation of Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You but that's never the part that makes the news, that's never what you hear chanted...

When Peer and Channok grappled the derelict Ra-Twelve, they hooked a death-prize-haunted by the Yomm, stalked by the Mysterious Nine!