The US Secretary of State receives a letter sent to him and to all other countries stating that the war has been devastating the land for too long and peace is coming. He orders them to destroy the weapons of war and disband the military. The letter ends, "In a year from this date, I will allow disarmament and no more. By the time my orders are ignored, I will quickly destroy every battleship in the world. In the next two months you will know that my words are words. . true. " Signed "The Man Who Will Stop All War". Officials initially dismiss it as a letter from a crank. Then several...
The discovery of William Blake, a poet, artist, visionary, who was ahead of his time by a whole century, happened only in the second half of the XIX century: romantic poets saw him as a fellow spiritually. By the beginning of the 20th century, his work was universally recognized. Blake became a cult figure in the circle of English Symbolists. His poetry rightfully took one of the leading places in the rich literary heritage of England....
In the future, we may discover new planets; our ships may rocket to new worlds; robots may be smarter than people. But we'll still have slick characters willing and able to turn a fast buck--even though they have to be smarter than Einstein to do it._ Anson Drake sat quietly in the Flamebird Room of the Royal Gandyll Hotel, listening to the alien, but soothing strains of the native orchestra and sipping a drink. He knew perfectly well that he had no business displaying himself in public on the planet Thizar; there were influential Thizarians who held no love for a certain Earthman named...
"Now look," said Remm, pointing to his family. Maker was absent exploring the countryside in the immediate vicinity of their landing site and did not witness the capture of natives or the tests made on him by two satellites....
It was all their fault, Thark growled to himself, increasing his pace as the sleek lines of his ship came into view. Not even the prospect of flying the Prowler lightened his mood this time. The Chaos-loving schools had done too much! They were fine for the unTalented, like humans and now Traiti, but they had probably precipitated a disaster here on Irschcha. Their damnable stress on Imperial rather than planetary allegiance was to blame; it had deprived him of the strongest Talent to appear in many years, Corina Losinj--and it would cost Corina her life soon, if it hadn't already....
Having been born in Paris, Carolina tried to make the best of it, but being a very ardent little American girl, she always felt that her foreign birth was something which must be lived down, so when people asked her where she was born, her reply was likely to be: "Well, I was born in Paris, but I am named for an American State!"...
"Amongst the many uncertainties which this deplorable; patched-up peace has brought us; there is; at least; one significant certainty; my boy. It's the inventor. He's buzzing about our heads like a fly in summer-time; and he's just about as—sticky."...
H.G. Wells classic tale of science, ethics and madness, The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who develops an ingenious serum that can render people invisible. Taking it himself, Griffin begins a slow descent into insanity...and murder. One of Wells' infamous Scientific Romances, The Invisible Man is an early sci-fi classic and a must-listen for all fans of the genre....
What are those strange lights coming from Precipice Peak? Based on a story by Stephen Tall, this episode of X Minus One originally aired on March 13, 1957. X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more....
The fearless Professor Lidenbrock makes the most remarkable expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey through the extinct Icelandic volcano to the very core of the Earth. In his quest to penetrate the eternal mysteries of the planet, the geologist - along with the nephew of the earthquake Axel and their devoted guide Hans - discovers an amazing underground menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's figurative tale is at once the supreme sci-fi adventure and a reflection of the perfection of the human understanding and psychology of the Quaestor....
