The Ultimate Science Fiction Collection: Volume Two (30+ Books)
Thousands of pages and dozens of books/stories collected in one large Kindle edition with active table of contents.
Authors include:
H. Beam Piper
Mack Reynolds
E.E. Smith
Works include:
The Answer
The Cosmic Computer
Crossroads of Destiny
Day of the Moron
Dearest
The Edge of the Knife
Flight From Tomorrow
Four-Day Planet
Genesis
Graveyard of Dreams
He Walked Around the Horses
The Keeper
Last Enemy
Little Fuzzy
The Mercenaries
Ministry of Disturbance
Murder in the Gunroom
Naudsonce
Null-ABC
Oomphel in the Sky
Omnilingual
Operation R.S.V.P.
Patrol
Police Operation
Rebel Raider
The Return
A Slave is a Slave
Time and Time Again
Time Crime
Ullr Uprising
Adaptation
The Common Man
Gun for Hire
Mercenary
Revolution
A Stranger Here Myself
Subversive
Summit
Unborn Tomorrow
The Galaxy Primes
Masters of Space
The Skylark of Space
Skylark Three
Spacehounds of IPC
Subspace Survivors
Triplanetary
The Vortex Blaster
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on Jun 10th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Some good oldies here.,
There are some great oldies in here, especially by E.E Doc Smith. My only gripe is that at least SOME of them are abridged versions.
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|on Jun 10th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Bargain Priced at $1.99,
It’s hard to complain about a $2 electronic book that gives you over 30 novels/stories in it. There’s got to be something for every sci-fi fan in a collection like that. I personally bought it for the Skylark series.
Which brings me to why I only gave the collection 3 stars (actually, I’d like to give 3.5, but that is not an option offered by Amazon).
I have had the entire Skylark series and the Lensman series since I first started reading for enjoyment … some 40 years ago. I still have all the paperback volumes. But I’m older now and it’s much easier for me to use my computer and the Kindle for PCs which Amazon was so kind to give me to read my favorite authors. I was sorely disappointed to find that in all my searching only the first two novels from the Skylark series are available on Kindle. I can’t find SL of Valeron or SL DeQuesne in any of the collections or as a seperate purchase. And the same is true of the excellent Lensman series. This is very disappointing to me. True, I still have the paperbacks, but would like the electronic versions now.
In an anthology such as this, with so many titles included; it eludes me as to why the publishers cannot include the complete series. Yes, perhaps it is a question of royalties and such, but writer Smith is no longer with us and some of his work is available (all of it in paperback). It puzzles me.
Well, that is the case with this book. That’s my beef. Now, for the casual reader who likes science fiction from the golden years. This electronic book is an incredible value. For less than the price of one of today’s paperbacks, you get over 30 novels from some of the older names. Truly the material (technical aspects) is dated and sometimes the story is a little campy. But the writings are very enjoyable.
While I’m hoping for a Kindle release of a complete collections version, this is a good temporary solution and would recommend this to anyone who enjoys science fiction. Great enjoyment that won’t empty your wallet.
~P~
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|on Jun 10th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
List of all 40 books and authors,
Three great writers from the Golden Age of SF H. Beam Piper, Mack Reynolds, and E.E. Smith
List of books in Ultimate Science Fiction Volume 2
H. Beam Piper
The Answer
The Cosmic Computer
Crossroad of Destiny
Day of the Moran
Dearest
The Edge of the Knife
Flight from Tomorrow
Four Day Planet
Genesis
Graveyard of Dreams
He Walked around the Horses
The Keeper
Last Enemy
Little Fuzzy
The Mercenaries
Ministry of Disturbance
Murder in the Gunroom
Naudsonce
Null-ABC
Oomphel in the Sky
Omnilungual
Operation RSVP
Patrol
Police Operation
Rebel Raider
The Return
A Slave is a Slave
Space Viking
Temple Trouble
Time and Time Again
Time Crime
Ullr Uprising
Mack Reynolds
Adaptation
The Common Man
Gun for Hire
Medal of Honor
Mercenary
Revolution
A Stranger Here Myself
Subversive
Summit
Unborn Tommorrow
E.E. Smith
The Galaxy Primes
Masters of Space
The Skylark of Space
Skylark Three
Spacehounds of IPC
Subspace Survivors
Triplanetary
The Vortex Blaster
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