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"The Star" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the science fiction magazine Infinity Science Fiction in 1955 and won the Hugo Award in 1956. [ 1 ] It is collected in Clarke's 1958 book of short stories The Other Side of the Sky , and it was reprinted in the January 1965 issue of Short Story ...
Cover of Weird Tales issue of October 1939, where the story first appeared. "In the Walls of Eryx" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling, [1] written in January 1936 and first published in Weird Tales magazine in October 1939. It is a science fiction story involving space exploration in the near future.
"The Space Traders" is a science fiction short story by Derrick Bell. As a short story, was published in 1992. As a short story, was published in 1992. However it originated in a different form under the title "The Chronicles of the Space Traders" as part of his 1989 speeches republished twice in law journals in 1989 and 1990.
The story is set in 1996 (at the time of writing, several decades in the future). The narrator, Wilson, is a veteran selenologist on an expedition to explore the lunar surface. He comes across a mysterious pyramidal structure, surrounded by an " invisible shield " which blocks all attempts to approach.
A sequel to "The Ruum", titled "A Specimen for the Queen", appeared in the May 1960 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.. Following the events of the original story, it is mentioned in passing that the Ruum succeeds in paralyzing a human (implied to be an ironic self-insert of Porges himself).
Orphans of the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988), consisting of two parts: "Universe" (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941) and its sequel, "Common Sense" (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941). The two novellas were first published together in book form in 1963.
The Sentinel is a collection of science fiction short stories by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in 1983.. The stories, written between 1946 and 1981, originally appeared in a number of magazines including Astounding, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Thrilling Wonder Stories, 10 Story Fantasy, If, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Boys' Life, Playboy and Omni.
Main illustration for the story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep". Internal illustration from the pulp magazine Weird Tales (March 1938, vol. 31, no. 3, page 331).. A former intern and a worker of a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer.