Darrell K. Sweet Books

A PROBLEM IN RELATIVITY ONE: Eons ago, a gentle race of giant aliens fled the planet Minerva, leaving the ancestors of Man to fend for themselves. TWO: 50 thousand years ago, Minerva exploded, hurling its moon into an orbit about the Earth. THREE: In the 21st century, scientists Victor Hunt and Chris Danchekker, doing research on Ganymede, attract a small band of friendly aliens lost in time, who begin to reveal something of the origin of Mankind. Finally, Man thought he comprehended his place in the Universe...until he learned of the Watchers in the stars!

Caught up in an experiment gone wrong, Joseph Schwartz is transported forward in time from post-war Chicago to the heyday of the first Galactic Empire.

To the Pelbar, the sentence seemed a living death -- exile to distant Northwall for a year, facing barbarian tribes, isolated from the security and order of Pelbarigan society. But the rebellious Jestak embraced his punishment -- for only with the lore of Northwall and the battle-craft and bravery of the wild tribes could he free the woman he loved from the slaveholding Emeri. This he swore to do -- even if he had to destroy utterly the power of the Emeri . . .

Stellar #5. The fifth in the Stellar anthology series. Stellar Science Fiction short stories. Delightfully entertaining science-fiction short stories, written by the stars of the field. Science Fiction in the grand tradition. Stories to read and enjoy. Boasting a truly stellar list of contributors, a story collection that guarantees you hours of mind-spinning entertainment. A good collection of "good old fashioned SF stories", that have more-or-less stood the test of time, designed to counter-balance some of the weird, pretentious New Wave SF anthologies...being good old-fashioned stories that are fun to read.Contents: * The Sword of Damocles (1980) / novella by James P. Hogan * Chains of Air, Web of Aether (1980) / novelette by Philip K. Dick * Grimm's Law [Win Bear/North American Confederacy] (1980) / short story by L. Neil Smith * Corpus Cryptic (1980) / novelette by Lee Killough * Elbow Room (1980) / novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley * The Nobel Laureate (1980) / short story by Robert H. Curtis * All That Glitters (1980) / novelette by G. C. Edmondson * The Subtle Serpent (1980) / novella by Charles Sheffield * About the Authors (Stellar #5) • essay by uncredited .