Martin H. Greenberg Books

Short stories deal with underground cities, robot rulers, alien invasions, nuclear war, time travel, artificial life, telepathy, and space exploration

With its roots in the American private-detective fiction of the 1920s but traceable back as far as Sherlock Holmes, the private-eye story remains as popular as ever. Here are thirty of the finest short novels and stories from the hardboiled world of the private eye. The characters in this collection range from the tough, cynical, hard-drinking Philip Marlowe type to hard-hitting female sleuths and the one-armed intellectual Dan Fortune. This collection features old favorites and new contributions from masters of the genre, past and present, including Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, Michael Collins, Ed McBain, William Campbell Gault, and many more.

Stories deal with social planning, evolution, immortality, computers, sea farming, invaders, time travel, a tragic stowaway, androids, experiments, and war

These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped, and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.From the Trade Paperback edition.The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-13 translated from the German by Joseph KreshThe Diaries of Franz Kafka 1914-23 translated from the German by Martin Greenberg with the cooperation of Hannah Arendt

Now in paperback the biggest names in fantasy and horror take on The Sandman.Neil Gaiman's The Sandman is the most successful adult comic of all time and the first ever to win a World Fantasy Award. Gaiman's moody, twisted tales made Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, an icon recognized across the globe. Now millions of new readers can appreciate Neil Gaiman's award-winning creation as interpreted by some of the most imaginative minds in modern literature and one of the most breathtaking assemblies of talent in publishing history:Clive Barker * Tad Williams * Barbara Hambly * Gene Wolfe * Nancy A. Collins * Tori Amos * Steven Brust and others

Stories published during the first ten years of Amazing Stories science fiction magazine, deal with strange meteors, a visitor from the future, the end of the world, robots, and extraterrestrials

A collection of some of the greatest science fiction tales.Contents:9 · Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg · in 15 · Make a Prison · Lawrence Block · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan ’59 21 · The Wind People · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss If Feb ’59 45 · No, No, Not Rogov! · Cordwainer Smith · ss If Feb ’59 69 · What Rough Beast? · Damon Knight · nv F&SF Feb ’59 101 · The Alley Man · Philip José Farmer · na F&SF Jun ’59 159 · Day at the Beach · Carol Emshwiller · ss F&SF Aug ’59 173 · The Malted Milk Monster · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Aug ’59 199 · The World of Heart’s Desire · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Sep ’59 209 · The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss F&SF Oct ’59 225 · A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Oct ’59 251 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Oct ’59 273 · Multum in Parvo · Jack Sharkey · gp Gent Dec ’59 279 · What Now, Little Man? · Mark Clifton · nv F&SF Dec ’59 323 · Adrift on the Policy Level · Chandler Davis · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #5, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1959

A collection of original horror stories from television's The Twilight Zone. The authors include William Friedkin, Wes Craven, Joe Dante, Arthur C. Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Robert R. McCammon and Richard Matheson.

Another excellent volume in this unique, ongoing series which, year by year, provides a fascinating overview of both society's and the science fiction community's ever shifting hopes, concerns, and fears about the future. Authors include Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Theodore Sturgeon, and others.

Stories deal with social planning, evolution, immortality, computers, sea farming, invaders, time travel, a tragic stowaway, androids, experiments, and war

Contents:9 · 1954 Introduction · Martin H. Greenberg · in 13 · The Test · Richard Matheson · ss F&SF Nov ’54 34 · Anachron · Damon Knight · ss If Jan ’54 54 · Black Charlie · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Galaxy Apr ’54 72 · Down Among the Dead Men · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Jun ’54 100 · The Hunting Lodge · Randall Garrett · nv Astounding Jul ’54 138 · The Lysenko Maze · Donald A. Wollheim · ss F&SF Jul ’54 151 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv F&SF Aug ’54 174 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54 203 · Letters from Laura · Mildred Clingerman · ss F&SF Oct ’54 211 · Transformer · Chad Oliver · ss F&SF Nov ’54 227 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Nov ’54 258 · The End of Summer · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Nov ’54 289 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss F&SF Dec ’54 304 · The Deep Range · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954 315 · Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healey, Holt, 1954 332 · Man of Parts · Horace L. Gold · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healey, Holt, 1954 349 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954

UFOs have long been a topic of fascination and speculation, generating bestselling books, blockbuster movies, popular TV shows, and questionable tabloid articles. Now tapping into the public's insatiable interest in the subject, these all-new stories by some of today's top writers explore close encounters of a thrilling kind. Contributors include Gregory Benford, Ed Gorman, Peter Crowther, Alan Dean Foster, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, David Bischoff and many others.

Novels by Doyle, Maugham, Charteris, MacDonald, Gardner, Woolrick, and Fleming deal with spies and secret agents in World Wars I and II and the cold war

In these stories computers appear as both the abused and as abusers. Among the writers represented are Robert Silverberg, Joe Cores, Edward Wellen, Edward Hoch, Gordon R. Dickson, Stan Dryer, J.T. Mcintosh and Isaac Asimov.

Fifteen stories depict alien worlds, unexpected encounters with extraterrestrials, an alien trapped in a human body, and space exploration

A varied collection, spanning more than 200 years, encompasses virtually every kind of crime and classic detective story.

This fifth volume in a popular anthology series features 24 sleek new tales about cats of the past and future and cats only too ready to take matters into their own paws. These fantastical romps from a cat's-eye view come from today's finest writers, including Mercedes Lackey, David Drake, Barry Longyear, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Andre Norton, and others.

This guide to Hillerman's art and the world it portrays offers fascinating revelations about the man's extraordinary life and work. Includes a detailed synopsis of each novel, concise sketches of every character, an extensive, never-before-published interview with Hillerman, and a timeline of the most important events in his life. 8-page photo insert. HC: HarperCollins.

Fourteen stories deal with death camps, clones, time travel, amnesia, alien invaders, a writer's olympics, immortality, talking animals, and an all-male society.

16 tales from Fantastic Stories Magazine. A center section of coloured plates of cover art from Fantastic Stories. Authors Isaac Asimov, James E Gunn, Lester del Rey, Robert Bloch, Ursula K LeGuin, Robert F. Young et al.

Short stories by authors such as Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Andre Norton depict the strange effects of curses and magic spells

The enchanted forest is a place both terrifying and inviting, a region where monsters lurk and treasure may be found, a world peopled by evil witches and wise hermits, woodcutters and hunters, enchanted creatures and those of elfinkind. Here are 25 tales created especially for this volume by some of today's most imaginative crafters of the fantastic.

Great science-fiction stories from the past one hundred years include masterworks by Kipling, Julian Huxley, Asimov, Le Guin, Capek, Bester, Farmer, and other luminaries

Just like the title reads...This is for Dragon and Fantasy Lovers alike...Great collection of authors...

Eleven stories celebrate the keen mind of the Great Detective, Sherlock Holmes himself. This collection contains stories by some of the finest talents at work in crime fiction today, including Anne Perry, Gillian Linscott, Stuart Kaminsky, Bill Crider, Carolyn Wheat and L.B. Greenwood.

A collection of tales involving the comic strip villain includes stories by Henry Slesar, Mike Resnick, George Alec Effinger, Robert Sheckley, and Stuart M. Kaminsky

First Voyages is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, first published in paperback by Avon Books in May 1981. It is a compilation of the first published stories of twenty prominent authors in the genre, and an expansion of Knight's earlier First Maiden Voyages in Space and Time (Lancer Books, 1963), which covered ten of the same stories and authors.

Two of the biggest names in the fantasy field have put together a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of.

Africa becomes the battleground in 21st-century war. As fibreoptic cable is laid down around the continent, two entities fight to control it. One is UpLink Communications, headed by Roger Gordian. The pan-African fibreoptic ring is his most ambitious . . . and expensive . . . endeavour to date. His nemesis, Harlan DeVane, is penetrating the network. Trading in black-market commodities with terrorists and rogue states, the cable offers him unlimited access to a most valuable product: information. To ensure his success, DeVane makes his move halfway around the world. He hits Gordian where it hurts . . .and kidnaps his daughter. Now Gordian must trust his UpLink team as never before, as they fight on land and sea to turn the tables against DeVane . . . once and for all.

The Good Samaritan--Mom Sings an Aria--The Woman I envied--New York Blues--Small Homicide--The Gentleman from Paris--The lord of Central Park--A craving for originality--The day of the bullet--The crime of the century--The back stairway--The hawk and the dome of hell--The beatings--A place of her own--The medical finger--The corpse in the Statue of Liberty--The cop and the anthem--Jericho and the cardboard box--The man who came back--The quality of mercy--Murder in one scene--The missing man--The garrulous garrity grand scam--God save the mark: A novel.

Contents:Introduction: Concerning Tolkien - Isaac AsimovMecca - Allen Steele Thirty Pieces - Harry Turtledove Phases in Chaos - Hal Clement The Soul of Truth - Karen Haber Keeping the Faith - Lawrence Watt-Evans Winging It - Janet Kagan The Reinvention of War - George Alec Effinger Woodcraft - Poul Anderson

A microscopic genetically engineered superbug that lies dormant inside its human hosts until detonated causes Roger Gordian, star of Politika, to fall prey to disease. His medical and intelligence teams race to find the cause and the cure - because in Roger's fate lies the fate of the world.

In the bestselling tradition of Jurassic Park and Dinotopia comes an exciting anthology of all new dinosaur stories by such top fantasy and science fiction writers as Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Gene Wolfe -- to name just a few! Timed for publication just prior to the release of the movie sequel to "Jurassic Park", this collection of radical reptiles will ride the newest crest of dinosaur fever!

"Isaac Asimov's wonderful worlds of science fiction." Contents: Truck driver--Hermes to the ages--Pushbutton war--The last shuttle-The getaway special--(etc.).

Human encounters with aliens of all types are explored in a collection of science fiction by authors including Isaac Asimov, A. Bertram Chandler, Theodore Sturgeon, Joe Haldeman, and Leo P. Kelley

Set in the intriguing backdrop of medieval times, this collection features a series of short stories where clever methods are employed to solve murders. Renowned authors such as Peter Tremayne, Clayton Emery, and Ellis Peters contribute their unique narratives, blending mystery with historical elements to engage readers in a captivating exploration of crime-solving in the past.

Refusing to put his encryption program on the market, Roger Gordian finds his company the object of a suspicious hostile takeover

As human beings acquire spaceflight, they must enter into an uneasy alliance with the galaxy's elite races in a collection of stories by Karen Haber, Janet Kagan, Rebecca Ore, Harry Turtledove, and others. Original.

A zany anthology of thirty-six science fiction and fantasy tales probes the depths of the tabloid headlines in works by Alan Dean Foster, David Brin, Jody Lynne Nye, and Mike Resnick, among others. Original.

Not even time can defeat the master sleuth... ...in this intriguing anthology of 26 new stories about the most famous and popular detective in the annals of literature - Sherlock Holmes. This volume, authorized for publication by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, contains stories by such top talents as Vonda McIntyre, Frank M. Robinson, Craog Shaw Gardner, David Gerrold, and Mike Resnick, masterful plotters who cleverly set their crime scenarios in every age from Holmes' era to our own time or our future, and sometimes even dare to follow the great detective's career after his death. From confrontations with Fu Manchu and Moriarty, a commission Holmes undertakes for a vampire, to a tale in which the master of logic is reconstituted as a computer program, here are truly original tales, all of which contain some science fiction or fantasy element and all of which remain true to the spirit and personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous and enduring creation.

-Leslie Charteris, "The Beauty Specialist:" The Saint battles a master criminal called the Z-Man.G.K. Chesterton, "The Oracle of the Dog:" This novella, about an impossible crime, is considered by many to be the best of the Father Brown stories. The Mystery Writers of America chose it as one of the best mysteries of all time.Michael Gilbert, "The Cleaners:" The only novella featuring Inspector Patrick Petrella. Mr. Gilbert won the 1987 MWA Grand Masters Award.Dorothy Sayers, "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey:" In a rare adventure outside of Britain, Lord Peter becomes involved in strange doings in the Basque region of northern Spain.

Original stories written by women fantasists.

A collection of vampire tales encompasses everything from the Catskill Mountains to Marilyn Monroe and includes the works of such authors as Carole Nelson Douglas, Max Allan Collins, Peter Crowther, John Lutz, and P. N. Elrod. Original.

It is 1999. The sudden death of Russia's president has thrown the Russian Federation into chaos. Devastating crop failures have left millions in the grip of famine, and an uprising seems inevitable. One of Russia's provisional leaders asks the American president for help. But the whole world is watching when a deadly terrorist attack stuns the United States and evidence points to the Russian government. Amidst the turmoil in Russia, American businessman Roger Gordian finds his multinational corporation and its employees in jeopardy. Determined to find those responsible for the attack, he calls upon his crisis control team to interven. But Gordian doesn't realize how far the terrorists will go and how much he has to lose...

Vampires have become the quintessential embodiment of irresistible evil, the creature we love to hate--seductive, immortal, insatiable. But there are those among us who dare to hunt these bloodsucking foes with a vengeance so passionate it borders on obsession. An enticing and thrilling collection, Vampire Slayers tells of the brave and bizarre warriors who take it upon themselves to fight these horrifying creatures. Eleven Fascinating tales, including "The Last Grave of Lill Warran," "Stragella," and "We Are Dead Together," reveal what happens when people take justice into their own hands in a battle against the darkness.

China has invaded the oil-rich Spratly Islands. The American response has been swift - and deadly. Captina Mackey's submarine, the USS Cheyenne, and crew is dispatched to the Spratlys to protect a carrier group. But in a few moments, the Cheyenne's mission - and the world - have changed.

In the tradition of the hit television show "The X-Files" comes a fascinating collection of original stories by the premier writers of the genre. Standout authors like Jody Lynn Nye, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Jack Haldeman explore this fascinating subject from every possible angle, including the arrival of aliens on Earth, the possibility that they have long been living among us, and more.

First published on the hundredth anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien’s birth, After the King presents original stories in honor of Tolkien from some of the finest fantasists of our time. Stephen R. Donaldson, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Pratchett, Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, and many others contribute dazzling tales of high fantasy, fully capturing the spirit and originality of Tolkien’s greatest work. The millions whose lives have been touched by Tolkien will find the same primal storytelling magic here, undiluted and running ever on.

Eighteen original stories that take familiar fairy tales and shift them around to give an entirely new slant.Fairy tales are among the earliest fantasies we are exposed to when young and impressionable. They stay with us throughout our lives, whether in their original versions or filtered thorugh cartoon retellings.What more fun could a fantasy writer have than to take up the challenge of drawing up on this rich material and transforming it into something new? The eighteen stories in Terribly Twisted Tales do exactly that.From the adventure of the witch in the gingerbread house and her close encounter with an oven...To Golda Lockes, who has a special arrangement with those well-known bears...To a murderous attack with a glass slipper...To Jack, a successful theorectical geneticist, who discovers just how perilous research can be...To a wolf detective who sets out to solve "Grandma's" murder...  This volume highlights inventive stories that give a new perspective on classic tales! Includes stories   Dennis L. McKiernan — Annie Jones — Chris PiersonMickey Zucker Reichert — Mary Louise Eklund — Robert E. VardemanKathleen Watness — Jody Lynn Nye — Jim C. HinesSteven D. Sullivan — Brendan DuBois — Paul GenesseRamsey "Tome Wyrm" Lundock — Skip & Penny Williams — Elizabeth A. VaughanJanet Deaver-Pack — Kelly Swails — Michael A. Stackpole

The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station. But the launch of a shuttle carrying parts for the station is sabotaged. Mysterious guerrilla attacks occur at the manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. And Gordian's deepest fears are confirmed... The Orion project has been targeted by an international terrorist whose criminal enterprises thrive on violence and political instability. Harlan De Vane's goal is to cripple Gordian's intelligence and security tean, while stowing a high-powered electromagnetic pulse generator aboard Orion--a state-of-the-art weapon with the capacity to throw every major American city into chaos...

Sixteen short stories that take place within legendary castles include the writings of such popular authors as Roger Zelazny, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, David Bischoff, and Nancy Springer. Original.

Unspoiled. Uninhabited. Under attack… On the wind-swept, ice-covered continent of Antarctica, Roger Gordian’s UpLink Technologies has established a scientific research facility called Cold Corners. But its testing of potential robotic landing craft for use on Mars is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears—along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear of discovery has prompted a renegade consortium—that is illegally using Antarctica as a nuclear waste dump—to wipe out the UpLink base. Now, the men and women of Cold Corners have only themselves to rely on as the consortium mounts its decisive strike against the ice station—and the final sunset plunges them into the total darkness of a polar winter…

For thousands of years, the fortune teller has been at the center of mystical prediction, a figurehead of divination unraveling the mysteries of the future. Now some of today's most imaginative authors gaze into their own crystal balls to foretell fates in these fantastic tales. With stories ranging from the humorous to the spine-tingling, this clairvoyant collection is sure to be a reading you'll never forget.

Sixteen original stories about taking your dream vacation-in any era you desire.Take a vacation through time with the help of a Time Travel Agency offering excursions into the past and future. Readers will find themselves in exotic, adventurous locales-and in all manner of trouble and mysteries. And figures from the past will be able to squeak by the other way.Picture Cleopatra in modern-day New York City, or Hannibal searching for elephants at Wisconsin's Circus World. And that's just the beginning of the thrills and danger...

A new anthology by some of the top names in the genre.Time travel and the dangers of altering the time stream continue to fascinate readers. This book offers 17 new stories of daring adventurers who meddle with time a science fiction fan who warded off an alien invasion of Earth through contemporary culture...Joan of Arc's training in future history...and an FBI hunt for a Mafia don who found his way back to the age of knighthood.

One of the great spiritual teachers of our time...Deepak Chopra's books on human spirituality have been phenomenal international bestsellers. Now, the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and the Way of the Wizard , creates an extraordinary fiction series built on his insights into the divine. With gripping storytelling power, The Angel is Near plunges us into a modern, globe-spanning thriller of epic proportions. Instead of guns and bombs, the weapons in this novel are far more good and evil. And at stake is the very future of humankind....Unleashes a saga of courage, terror and revelationIn a burned out village in Kosovo, two soldiers are struck down by a flash of blinding light...In New York state, a doctor runs to help a stricken neighbor, only to be charged with the bloody murder of the man he came to save...In a Nevada laboratory, a cynical scientist analyzes a bizarre life form-and discovers the impossible...All the around the world the fabric of reality is unraveling. Scientists scramble to understand it. Ordinary people confront bizarre, terrifying phenomena. And an American doctor named Michael Aulden stands at ground zero in a war of the body, mind and soul-as humankind must choose between the goodness that has always been ours, or the evil that has found a home on earth...Deepak Chopra's The Angel Is Near

For the first time in print, 13 stories are featured in this anthology that navigates the high seas of fantasy. Authors such as Mike Resnick, Fiona Patton, and Kathryn Rusch contribute original fantasy stories about the adventure, mystery, and danger of the sea.

Focusing on the world of drive-in theaters, B-movies, and steamy windows, a collection of first-run tales includes the titles "The Blood on Satan's Harley," "The Thing from Lover's Lane," and "59 Frankenstein." Original.

Venture into Spells of the City , where a troll may be your toll collector on the George Washington Bridge…Harry the Book will be happy to place your bets in a spellbinding alternative New York…a gargoyle finds himself left to a lonely rooftop existence when he’s forced to live by his creator’s rules…and leprechauns must become bank robbers to keep up with the demand for their gold.

A collection of tales involving the comic strip detective encompasses stories by such renowned writers as Isaac Asimov, Stuart Kaminsky, Ed Gorman, F. Paul Wilson, Wayne Dundee, and Richard Myers

Few parts of America are as historied as the South, so its no surprise that many southern horror stories feature the long-lived vampire. Vampire Stories from the American South is a feast of fear for lovers of vampire fiction, offering a dozen tales in which insatiable vampires prowl plantations and scour the bayous in search of mortal blood.

Hrsg. von Francis M. Nevins Jr. und Martin Harry Greenberg, mit einer Vorworte von Nevins. Das Buch umfasst 202 Seiten.

Herausgegeben von Isaac Asimov, Martin W. Greenberg und Charles G. Waugh. Zahlreiche Beiträge.

Hrsg. von Isaac Asimov und Martin Harry Greenberg, umfasst dieses Paperback 350 Seiten.

Een dodelijk supervirus is te koop voor de hoogste bieder. De enige persoon die een ramp kan voorkomen raakt besmet...

Dopo i primi due volumi dedicati agli anni 1939 e 1940, eccoci arrivati all'anno 1941, considerato una delle tappe più significative dell'epoca d'oro della fantascienza. Come nelle precedenti antologie, sono qui proposti i racconti che più hanno segnato quel periodo, uno dei più difficili e tragici della nostra storia, ma che ha visto per la prima volta alla ribalta scrittori oggi considerati come i più rappresentativi di questo genere naraativo. Il volume comprende storie di Theodore Sturgeon, Eric Frank Russell, Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, C.M. Kornbluth, James Blish, Isaac Asimov e molti altri.

Il volume raccoglie i quindici migliori racconti di fantascienza del 1956scritti da Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Damon Knight, Algis Budrys, JamesBlish, H. Kuttner e C. L. Moore, Murray Leinster, Mark Clifton, Alan E.Nourse, Poul Anderson, Margaret St. Clair, Mack Reynolds, Michael Shaara,Reginald Bretnor.

Nach dem Roman Herr der Ringe war die Welt der Fantasy nicht mehr dieselbe. Kaum ein anderes Werk hat einen solchen Einfluß auf eine ganze Literaturgattung ausgeübt. In dieser außergewöhnlichen Anthologie verbeugen sich einige der bedeutendsten Autoren des Genres respektvoll vor ihrem großen Vorbild J. R. R. Tolkien, mit Geschichten, die sie speziell zu seinen Ehren geschrieben haben: Terry Pratchett Stephen R. Donaldson Robert Silverberg Gregory Benford Jane Yolen Charles de Lint Dennis L. McKiernan Peter S. Beagle Poul und Karen Anderson John Brunner Patricia A. McKillip u. v. a. m. Ein Fest der Fantasy, an dem mit Sicherheit auch Tolkien Gefallen gefunden hätte.