Jack Sharkey: 28 books

General Webb had a simply magnificent idea for getting ground forces into the enemy's territory despite rockets and missiles and things like that. It was a grand scheme, except for one Minor Detail. Jack Sharkey (1931-1992) was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was...

MASTER SPY OF THE RED PLANET Jery Delvin had a most unusual talent. He could detect the flaws in any scheme almost on sight—even where they had eluded the best brains in the ad agency where he worked. So when the Chief of World Security told him that he had been selected as the answer to the Solar...

Jery Delvin had a most unusual talent. He could detect the flaws in any scheme almost on sight—even where they had eluded the best brains in the ad agency where he worked. So when the Chief of World Security told him that he had been selected as the answer to the Solar System's greatest mystery,...

The stunningly awesome thirteenth volume of the Golden Age of Science Fiction!! Featuring: Death Wish, by Ned Lang Assignment’s End, by Roger Dee Double or Nothing, by Jack Sharkey The Victor, by Bryce Walton The Nostalgia Gene, by Roy Hutchins Garrity's Annuities, by David Mason The Freelancer,...

The awesomeness of the Golden Age of Science Fiction continues, with Volume V! Sail through space, visit rival galaxies, and suffer the void! Volume V contents include: The Moons of Mars, by Dean Evans Orphans of the Void, by Michael Shaara The Luckiest Man in Denv, by Simon Eisner The Awakening,...

Edited by H. L. Gold; ‘Galaxy Science Fiction’ hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. Galaxy gave a home to writers that didn't fit into Astounding and F&SF, and readers rejoiced. In this first ‘Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack’ we bring...

Edited by H. L. Gold, 'Galaxy Science Fiction' hit the scene in 1950 and quickly became the leading science fiction magazine of its time. ‘Galaxy’ gave a home to writers that didn't fit into ‘Astounding’ and ‘F&SF,’ and readers rejoiced. In this first 'Galaxy Science Fiction Super...

Humankind's excursion to the moon in the mid-twentieth century was hailed as a major technological achievement. In the version of events that unfolds in Jack Sharkey's tale "Old Friends Are the Best," a souvenir of that renowned moonwalk is brought back to Earth -- with dire and far-reaching consequences that no one could have predicted.

Minor Detail by Jack Sharkey.

The baby was lonesome, helpless and afraid. It wasn't his fault he was seven hundred feet tall! Jack Sharkey delivers one of the best science fiction tales ever written, a masterpiece of storytelling that reveals an inner genius of the genre!

The classic science-fiction short stories of Jack Sharkey are set apart by their quirky, irreverent tone. In the amusing tale "Double or Nothing," wacky inventor Archie and his long-suffering investor Burt stumble across a technology that they're sure will be the next big thing. Needless to say, things don't go exactly as planned.

The Dope On Mars by Jack Sharkey.

Old Friends Are The Best by Jack Sharkey.

A man who lived three lives? A piker! Jerry Norcriss lived hundreds - all over the Galaxy! Jack Sharkey weaves a tale so sci fi, so perfectly science fiction, that you will be left completely speechless. A true great in a field of amazing artists, Arcturus Times Three is not to be missed!