Eternal adventure from here to infinity… from the bizarre of today to tne horror of tomorrowSeven excellent tales included

A Science fiction anthology

Prescription for EntertainmentThe Man without an Appetite—a view of surgery-from-the-inside-looking-out.The Brothers—a gruesome voyage through the dark chambers of the supernatural, as a real ghoul stalks a modem hospital.Compound B—a biting satire on the race problems of the future.Bedside Manner—advanced medical science from a star culture eons older than ours is used to rebuild two victims of a space accident.The Shopdropper—about a “narapoiac” who is convinced that he is following someoneand that people are always plotting to do him good.Bolden’s Pets—in which a “positive parasite” enjoys dying for you rather than living off you!—And the many other delightful tales in this anthology.

If the reader of this book occasionally feels a slight shiver running down his spine, or if his hair stiffens suddenly and he is reluctant to look over his shoulder, he need not he embarrassed about it. For in this he shares mankind’s innermost and oldest feelings—fear of the supernatural coupled with a tormenting curiosity that leads one on to seek its clammy touch—not first-hand, of course, but preferably through the medium of a well-told tale.With these twenty-seven stones of the supernatural, the editors have aimed at presenting as wide a range as possible, from the gruesome horrors of the vampire to the gentle whimsy of the gremlin. Several unexpected names appear as a result—M. Forster and E. Nesbit, for instance—though the regulars are here as well, with Ray Bradbury. A. E. Coppard. M. R. James and Saki ” at their brilliant and terrifying best.This is a collection of constant surprises, of laughs and shivers.

Groff Conklin, one of the most highly regarded anthologists in the field of science fiction, has put together an SF anthology that is truly different. He has selected nineteen science fiction stories, which are unusual and entertaining—and a little strange. Just how strange, you will find out …Included are stories by Isaac Asimov, Avram Davidson, Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl, Alan E. Nourse, and many others.Here is the most unusual collection of science fiction stories ever to be put between two covers. Each one of the nineteen stories included has been selected so as to give you an experience as curious as it is fascinating—science fiction with as odd little twist such as you’ve never known it before.

Richard Powers once expressed a wish to paint a really horrifying cover. The result produced this title, THE GRAVEYARD READER, and inspired Groff Conklin, noted anthologist, to unearth (no pun intended) some of the most frightful, and frightening, stories ever to be put together in one volume.However, not wishing to completely paralyze the gentle reader, Mr. Conklin has included a leavening of tales of apparitions and ghosts, of weird manifestations, even of humor (although of a distinctly macabre variety). Any normally avid consumer of horror can tackle these without resorting to locked doors and bright lights.The title also inspired a completely original story from Theodore Sturgeon which appears here for the first time, a story of implied violence, the creeping invasion of a personality after death—which makes for a subtly chilling coda to a violent form of entertainment.One warning: read these stories in the order in which they appear in the book—and try not to read the whole book at one time… .

Mutations are in the air!Now that newspapers are headlining reports on the possibility that mutations or sudden genetic changes in men, animals, and plants might result from the exploding of too many hydrogen bombs, science-fiction’s own imaginings on the subject take on an almost topical interest.The world’s best writers in this field have been turning out superb stories about mutations for years and years. In this rich collection of twenty-one of their best tales on the subject you will find the whole problem examined from almost every conceivable angle.For example: mutations are not always harmful, nor do they occur only as a result of radioactivity. They can occur naturally; they can, perhaps, be brought about by surgical, chemical, or other scientific means; they may even be possible through selective breeding.Read this book and enjoy to the full the imaginings of such science-fiction experts as Eric Frank Russell, James Blish, Theodore Sturgeon, Henry Kuttner, Murray Leinster, Fredric Brown, F. L. Wallace, Margaret St. Clair, and many others, on the infinitely varied possibilities of genetic mutation.None of the stories in this volume has ever appeared in book form before, and one is here published for the first time anywhere. In addition, the editor, whose fifth “idea” anthology this is, has included a carefully selected list of the best stories on mutations that have appeared in other collections or in science-fiction magazines.

My conversionOriginally published in the U.S.A. by Pyramid Books under the title 'Five-Odd'

The crawling shudder of fear—the sudden awareness of terror—a thousand years lived in one instant of impending doom..…A blind man etches his revenge forever on the face of his mistress..…The lonely drive over a deserted road—and beside her a murderer—ready to strike again..…A night in the vault with a man who should be dead—but isn’t.Here is the suspense of the unknown and the terrifying fear of the all too frightening reality. Stories by Lovecraft, Poe, Bradbury and de Maupassant—a big collection of the most chilling stories ever written—by the greatest masters of the art, past and present.