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The alleys of Turgan were thin fingers of twisting darkness, writhing in an intricate pattern as they wended between the high walls of ancient houses. Old were these houses, old with the slow passage of a hundred thousand years, and they stared down at the sand-filled alleys with blank faces and the blind eyes of barred doors.Even in daylight it was hard to find a man in the maze of the old town, at night it was impossible and Fenris was glad of it.He tensed, crouching down beside a wall smoothed to a dull polish by the whispering sand storms of Mars, and strained his ears at a subtle sound. It came again, a soft scuff of sandled feet against the dust, the harsh sound of indrawn breath, and the faint click of metal against metal as weapons touched buckles or rasped against stone.High above, the twin moons cast a faint light, a ghostly luminescence, vague and insubstantial, like the dream-glow of the Dryland Shamans and their magic globes of a long-dead science . . .

One of the greatest science fiction anthologies of all time, here is Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg's mammoth collection of classic science fiction short novels -- works by a "Dream Team" of fantastic authors! Included are:A Case of Conscience, by James BlishBeyond Bedlam, by Wyman GuinBorn with the Dead, by Robert SilverbergBy His Bootstraps, by Robert A. HeinleinDio, by Damon KnightEquinoctial, by John VarleyGiant Killer, by A. Bertram ChandlerHouston, Houston, Do You Read?, by James Tiptree, Jr.On the Storm Planet, by Cordwainer SmithSecond Game, by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLeanThe Dead Pas, by Isaac AsimovThe Golden Helix, by Theodore SturgeonThe Miracle-Workers, by Jack VanceThe Road to the Sea, by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Star Pit, by Samuel R. Delany

Against the background of Washington and the lovely Maryland countryside, a vivid drama of death and intrigue plays out. Its terrified players are high in the social life of the Capitol-men and women who belong to a world that violence and tragedy cannot touch...but somehow did. Justice Frazier is shot down on the terrace of his mansion in sight of the others. The next attempt almost killed-almost. And then a woman is found sitting bolt upright in a great chair and staring straight into space...with eyes that cannot see.Major Heath, who has sought criminals across half the world, finds himself blocked by clues that are not clues, by threads which will not join. But the thing that may betray the killer is not a clue at all, only the almost fogotten sound of footsteps on a flight of stairs...

The second book in the Major Gregory Lewis Mystery series investigates the apparent suicide of the husband of a former flame. Of course, conspiracy and murder are both indicated.

Lester del Rey was surely one of science fiction's most happily argumentative representatives, an authority on a variety of subjects far too wide to list, and with a command of language, agility of mind, and the total confidence to pass as an authority on any subject.In an odd way, this is what science fiction is all about-the ability to convince the reader, or the listener, of the absolute reality of total impossibilities. But of course, one needs more than gall, a good mind, and command of the langugae. One needs talent, and professionalism, and experience-three qualities that add up to the controlled power which is the key to the finest of Lester del Rey's writing.Of which these five stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction are a prime example: "Vengeance is Mine," "Superstition," "Life Watch," "For I Am a Jealous People," and "Pursuit."

This volume assembles three of Otis Adelbert Kline's classic pulp tales from the 1920s. Here are "The Dragoman's Secret" and "The Dragoman's Confession," both from Oriental Stories, and "The Thing of a Thousand Shapes" from Weird Tales.

Harold "e;Hap"e; Miller, whose parents owned the Hanging Rock Ranch, is best friends with Jim Hawn, a boy of the Yakima tribe. When a calf goes missing on the ranch, the two boys ride out to find it-and set off a chain of events that reveals a modern-day mystery!"e;Another fast moving Mary Adrian mystery. Like the others, into its plot is woven a lot of interesting information about life on a western ranch and an Indian reservation."e; -The Times Recorder