Science Fiction
_In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, concept, and background development that they remain popular for decades. Two such stories were Murray Leinster's_ The Mad Planet _and_ Red...
The slope lessened here, and half a mile further on there was a small thicket of mushrooms. From within it came the cheerful loud clicking of some small beetle, arrived at this...
2. Part 2Burl remained frozen, for seconds. It was an acquired instinct; a conditioned reflex which humans had to develop on this world. When danger was past, one stayed desperately stil...
1. Part 1_In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, concept, and background development that...
4. Part 4There was silence. The men for the first time saw creatures with only four legs. They had never before seen any moving thing with fewer than six--except men. Spiders had eight....