A Pail of Air and Other Golden Age Science Fiction Stories

A PAIL OF AIR AND OTHER GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES includes twenty-two novellas and short stories by award-winning writer Fritz Leiber. In A PAIL OF AIR, a few survivors must adapt and try to survive on an Earth which has been cast into the depths of space, far from the sun's warmth. This collection also includes THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES, a post-apocalyptic vision of a post-nuclear war world.

• A Bad Day for Sales
• A Hitch in Space
• A Pail of Air
• Appointment in Tomorrow
• The Big Engine
• The Big Time
• Bread Overhead
• Bullet with His Name
• Coming Attraction
• The Creature from Cleveland Depths
• Dr. Kometevsky's Day
• Kreativity for Kats
• The Last Letter
• Later Than You Think
• The Moon is Green
• Nice Girl With 5 Husbands
• The Night of the Long Knives
• No Great Magic
• Time in the Round
• What’s He Doing in There?
• X Marks The Pedwalk
• Yesterday House

Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was known for his fantasy works, particularly the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series, but he also enjoyed success as a science fiction writer. He received the Gandalf award at the World Science Fiction Convention in 1975 and the Grand Master Award at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1981.