Jack Sharkey: 28 books

In this classic short story from the golden age of science fiction, a down-on-his-luck writer is sent to Mars to get the inside scoop on the Red Planet. In the diary he keeps to document his first impressions, it becomes clear that interplanetary travel is not all it's cracked up to be. Fans of the genre will love this quirky, irreverent and imaginative tale.

First Contact was always dangerous—but usually only to the man involved!

Are you one of those people who save the best things for the last ... who eat all the chocolate sundae away from under the maraschino cherry? If so you are very like the Peter W. Merrill Moonplant.

First Contact was always dangerous—but usually only to the man involved!

Giving Certain Powers the business for a change would be a joy—but it must not backfire—and here at last was the perfect recoilless diddle!

A man who lived three lives? A piker! Jerry Norcriss lived hundreds—all over the Galaxy!

Giving Certain Powers the business for a change would be a joy—but it must not backfire—and here at last was the perfect recoilless diddle!

The room was small, but it held a whole universe—and Norcriss had no place in it!

First Contact was always dangerous—but usually only to the man involved!

Jery Devlin had a most unusual psychic power: He could detect the logical flaws in any scheme or misleading statement--on sight. Even those that eluded the best brains in the solar system. So when the Chief of World Security told him he had been selected to solve the system's greatest mystery, the...

Digitized from rare pulp edition 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...

First Contact was always dangerous—but usually only to the man involved!

The mind quails before certain contemplations? The existence of infinity, for instance. Or finity, for that matter. Or 50,000 batches of cornflakes dumped from the sky.

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...