Unthinkable & Incomprehensible: Mind-Expanding Novellas from the Golden Age of the Pulps [The Rog Phillis Collection]

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Phillips, Rog

Science Fiction

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Armchair fiction presents the sixth entry in a new line of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, "Who Sows the Wind," features Earth in the distant future.  World War III has arrived! This is an epic story of America under siege—the dark days when she fought for her very survival and a chance at a new beginning. Because of atomic bombs, The United States and much of the world were flooded with waters from the melting polar ice caps. But here and there were a few people who refused to be the world’s pallbearers.  The second novel, "The Puzzle Planet" is a good old fashioned murder mystery with a science fiction setting.  The action takes place on the strange alien world of Carolus, inhabited by weird creatures known as "the Vaec."  You'll find lots futuristic thrills in both of these terrific novels, penned by sci-fi veterans, Rog Phillips and Robert Lowndes.

Who Sows the Wind & The Puzzle Planet

Lowndes, Robert A. W.

Armchair Fiction & Music

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is “The Wrong Side of Paradise,” This grand sci-fi adventure takes you on a trip into a “paradise” that doesn’t really fit the normal stereotype. The guide for your journey is the man who gave us “This Island Earth,” sci-fi veteran, Raymond F. Jones. The second novel, “The Involuntary Immortals,” is a nail-biting anecdote on the tragedies and triumphs of eternal youth by Rog Phillips. They were left invulnerable to the ravages of age and time. Was it chance…or had it been planned that way?

The Wrong Side of Paradise & The Involuntary Immortals

Jones, Raymond F.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is another great thriller by top sci-fi author Rog Phillips. “World of If” deals with the complexities of “the dream world” where there are always unexpected variants. In our reality, the past is fixed, what happened to you yesterday can never be altered. But, what IF you could be placed under hypnosis for an eight-hour period, each second in the real world equaling a year in the dream world, and dream a whole different lifetime. And suppose that in that lifetime, some things were completely different, and some the same? Would you marry the same person? Witness the rise of Communism? Have the same trusted people by your side? But most importantly, what could there be to learn in your dream world that could be brought back—back to the world of reality? Are all of our fates linked by the same differences and similarities in both the real world, and in the Worlds of If..? The second novel is by an author known for his vivid imagination and wild tales, Don Wilcox. “Slave Raiders from Mercury” is a fast-moving thriller about an interplanetary black market for human slaves. In the most unbelievable manner possible, Lester Allison found himself hijacked to the planet Mercury. Once there he became a slave to a dying alien race, to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. However, the creature responsible for his kidnapping wasn’t a yellow-skinned alien, but a scientist—a scientist from Earth itself, in league with the potentates of Mercury. Allison might have resigned himself to his fate like the other humans who had come before him, but when a beautiful Earth woman came into danger, it set off a chain of events that threatened not only his life, but the lives of every living creature on the planet. A chain of events that culminated at Allison’s scheduled execution: the Rite of the Floating Chop.

World of If & Slave Raiders From Mercury

Wilcox, Don

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “The Man Who Lived Twice” portrays an Earth of the future, where there was but one brain to rule the world. It only seemed like a short time that he had been asleep, maybe an hour at most, but when John Cole awoke in the cradle of his suspended animation machine, deep inside a hidden cave, he found that he had been asleep for over 500 years! And how the world had radically changed! There were no longer countries or cultures as he had known them. In fact, other than a few scattered pockets of resistance, the entire world’s populace was ruled and controlled by one massive brain force in which the minds of all people had melded. And this brain force, called “She” by the few remaining Individualists, was determined to destroy the last pockets of true humanity. The second novel, “Valley of the Croen” by Lee Tarbell, asks the question, what lies in the hidden valley? Are you the superstitious type? Would you be too scared to go into immense, dark, damp forests or great mountains where no man has gone before? Do you tremble at the thought of stepping into places where no one else dares enter? Come along with a group of daring fortune hunters as they make a leap of faith and embark on a long journey across perilous Korean bandit country…through river rapids, and untouched forests. All the while risking their lives as they head toward uncharted mountains and a valley where flying disks have landed. But was it a valley ripe with treasures of gold…or a valley filled with alien terror?

Man Who Lived Twice, The & Valley of the Croen

Tarbell, Lee

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Three" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre’s best authors: August Derleth, Fritz Leiber, Jack Sharkey, Seabury Quinn, Rog Phillips, H. Russell Wakefield, Stanton A. Coblentz, Margaret St. Clair, Evangeline Walton, Gregory Luce, and others as they lead you down dark, lonely paths that aren’t always friendly.

Horror Gems, Vol. Three: August Derleth and others

Literature & Fiction

JAKES, JOHN

Quinn, Seabury

Derleth,August

Coblentz, Stanton A.

Leiber,Fritz

Luce, Gregory

Wakefield, H. Russell

Walton,Evangeline

Casey, Richard

Genre Fiction

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. &ldquo;Worlds Within&rdquo; is the first novel, penned by master sci-fi craftsman, Rog Phillips. An Aero dynamics engineer hears a knock at his door one morning. At his door is a beautiful &ldquo;out of this world&rsquo; woman who takes him on a rapid succession of &ldquo;out of this world&rdquo; adventures, leading him through worlds within worlds into breathtaking wonders previously undreamed of by science. The second novel, &ldquo;The Slave&rdquo; is a taut, sometimes grim sci-fi tale by the late great C. M. Kornbluth. There were alien slave ships over Earth! It seemed unimaginable that scores of these spaceships had been coming and going from Earth, virtually undetected, for centuries. And taking with them, untold thousands of human beings who were transformed into pitiful galley slaves, used for driving their captors&rsquo; spacecrafts from one side of the galaxy to another. When agents of Earth finally became aware of their planet&rsquo;s plight, it was decided that one agent would be sent in, and it must be an agent with extraordinary mental powers&mdash;far above those of the average human. The only problem was that the agent selected was a washout with the service and now a wandering bum with a propensity for too much booze!

Worlds Within & The Slave

Kornbluth, C.M.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is &ldquo;Cosmic Junkman,&rdquo; another fine tale by sci-fi stalwart, Rog Phillips. Do Robots dream of playing fetch? Earth&rsquo;s military forces had a unique way of fielding an army. They took the brains of dogs, wiped their memories, and trained them with just the right amount of discipline. Then, they were placed in the bodies of robots that were then used to fight Earth&rsquo;s battles in outer space. What would happen, though, if those dog brains started to regain their memories? What kind of carnage might be released upon humanity if an army of vengeance-seeking robots were loosed upon the Earth? To make matters worse, an alien visitor had exactly that idea&mdash;and he had two million robot bodies to help make his invasion plans into reality! Here is a taut tale of futuristic espionage, intrigue, and betrayal in this fine novel of an alien invasion. The second novel is &ldquo;The Ultimate Weapon&rdquo; by the long-time editor of Astounding Science Fiction, John W. Campbell. The sun Mira had unpredictable cycles. Sometimes it was a searing, brilliant star. But at other times it could also be inexplicably dim and cool, shedding little warmth on the planets of its system. Gresth Gkae, ruler of the Mirans, was seeking a more stable star, one to which Mira&rsquo;s inhabitants could migrate. The new star would have to be stable and have a good planetary system. In his astronomical searching, he found Earth. With an armada of powerful, gigantic spaceships, each well-armed and having light-speed capabilities, the Mirans set out to invade and conquer the Solar System.

Cosmic Junkman, The, & The Ultimate Weapon

Campbell, John W.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic horror short stories. "Horror Gems, Vol. Four" features a fine collection of tales by some of the genre?s best authors: Seabury Quinn, Rog Phillips, Fritz Leiber, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Robert Arthur, Manly Wade Wellman, and others. This collection of bizarre to fantastical tales will keep you on your feet. Or, perhaps, on your back. Remember, fellow horror aficionados, fortitude is a most powerful asset when dealing with the dead?

Horror Gems, Volume Four, Seabury Quinn and Others

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE

Francis, Lee

Jorgensen, Ivar

Counselman, Elizabeth

Arthur,Robert

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels.  The first novel is “The Starship From Sirius,” by sci-fi great Rog Phillips.  In the Martian year 3947 a strange ship was discovered approaching from space, getting ready to land—visitors from the stars!  Would they be hostile?  No one knew.  There was no contact, no response, and its very presence seemed distinctly sinister to the overwrought imaginations of the people of Mars.  When the ship finally landed, Dr. Irwin Crabtree and his two military escorts entered the ship’s open hatch and made a shocking discovery:  Descendants of star voyagers that had left Earth many centuries before!  They soon found themselves hurtling through space in an unexpected journey that nothing could have prepared them for.  Join master science fiction storyteller Rog Phillips for a fascinating yet grim look at the Earth of the future in his brilliant sequel to “So Shall Ye Reap.”  The second novel is “Final Weapon,” by Everett B. Cole.  Throughout human history, Man has developed (and used) many deadly weapons of all shapes and sizes—from the crude stone knives of prehistoric days, to the muskets of revolutionary times, to the terrifying multi-megaton nuclear bombs of today.   But here, in the not too distant future, the weapon that was the most effective in destroying a man’s hopes and security was…the file folder.   That was the weapon Howard Morely truly loved and knew how to use best.  But there was something far more potent to come.  Join veteran science fiction author Everett B. Cole as he spins an engaging tale of a grim future, where telepathy machines exist and the world is run by strict military rules.

Starship From Sirius, The, & Final Weapon

Cole, Everett B.

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