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The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Golden Age Of Science Fiction novel. A total of 1755 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Golden Age of Science Fiction.An Anthology of 50 Short Stories.by Various.VOL I.A ST
The Golden Age of Science Fiction.An Anthology of 50 Short Stories.by Various.VOL I.A STRANGE Ma.n.u.sCRIPT FOUND IN A COPPER CYLINDER.
By James De Mille CHAPTER I.THE FINDING OF THE COPPER CYLINDER.It occurred as far back as February 15, 1850. It happene
- 1755 "First," he said, pausing beside the great s.h.i.+ning body of the s.p.a.ce s.h.i.+p upon the central dais, "let me take you back many generations, to the time when only this northern continent was inhabited, and the Libars and the Neens we
- 1754 The streets were utterly deserted, and when we came close to the building I saw why. The whole populace was gathered there; they were drawn up around the building in orderly groups, with a great lane opened to the mighty entrance.There were women waiting
- 1753 "What?" the startled captain gasped. "Oh, d.a.m.n it, Ron Val, you're dreaming again."It would be a wonderful dream come true, Hargraves knew, if it was true. The human race had kin folks in the universe! Man did not stand alone.
- 1752 "They don't know how to operate the negatron.""Don't they? I might mention that they seem to know everything that Sarkoff knew. And Hal certainly knew how that negatron operated. He could take it apart and put it back together bli
- 1751 "Somebody must be with him--all the time. You stay awake. When he gets up, you get up. Whatever he does, you stay with him. I'll have you relieved as soon as possible. And, Ron--""Yes.""You have something a man could use for
- 1750 Nielson went clumping back toward the vessel. Hargraves turned to Ron Val."What do you make of it?""I don't know, Jed. There is something about it that I don't like a little bit. They can read minds. Maybe that is what I don'
- 1749 "What?" There was incredulous doubt in Nielson's voice. "That d.a.m.ned sphere came from this planet.""Can't help it. We've got to land.""Land here, now!""There's a hole as big as the side o
- 1748 Hargraves pushed a b.u.t.ton under the loudspeaker. The system was two-way, allowing for intercommunication."Hargraves speaking. What's wrong?""A s.h.i.+p is approaching. It is coming straight toward us.""A s.h.i.+p! Are you
- 1747 "Find out." Jack connected a loading coil with deft fingers. "Then go down to a sporting goods store and get some ammunition. If there are any shotguns in the place bring two back with plenty of buckshot sh.e.l.ls. I don't think we
- 1746 "Yes, I've heard of him," Manthis said after he had been informed of the encounter. "A naturalized Russian. Used to do quite a bit of valuable work in various fields of physics. But he was some sort of radical--seems to me an old-fas.h
- 1745 She stiffened in dismay. The policeman was staring through her as if his eyes had not registered her approach. Slowly his gaze came into focus. A puzzled look came over his Irish face. He spoke. It was only a blurred rumble."What can I do for her, Father
- 1744 The hybrid began maneuvering Dixon toward the instrument enclosure. For a fleeting second the grip of the tentacles upon his shoulders loosened slightly. Dixon took instant advantage of it. Twisting himself free from the loosened tentacle in one mighty ef
- 1743 Despair gripped Dixon for a moment. Then he remembered the unbroken head-piece of the slain monster. True, the glow of its globe was opalescent instead of white, but it seemed to offer its wearer the same immunity to the green moon's rays.He swiftly retr
- 1742 The first officer's bag contained a piece of one of the smaller craters. It had no immediately discernable value. It was Anderson's intention to polish it up and put some kind of a metal plaque on it.Four more hours went by and there was no sign of Farn
- 1741 Wayne's mouth was growing dry; his tongue felt like sandpaper. Nevertheless, he forced himself to sit quietly, watching the s.h.i.+p closely for the full half hour, before he picked up Sherri, tied his rope around her waist, and lowered her to the valley
- 1740 Wayne cursed. Then he turned the needle gun back up to full power and calmly burned the thing to a crisp. An odor of singed flesh drifted up from the ashes on the sand.He stooped and fumbled in Stevelman's pocket, pulling out a ring of keys."They better
- 1739 Hanging from his boot sole was one of the ugliest monstrosities he had ever seen, unusually grotesque.It was about the size and shape of a regulation football, and was covered with a wrinkled, reddish hide. At one end was a bright red gash of a mouth stud
- 1738 Wayne nodded. "I know, kid. It's a job, and it has to be done. But n.o.body likes to walk into an empty planet like that knowing that eight of the last nine guys who did didn't come back."He put his arm around her and they entered the snack bar that w
- 1737 After awhile the blinding light was like actual physical pressure against his tightly squinched eyes. He tried to burrow deeper into the protectively warm, cave-like place where he'd been safe from them for so long. But he couldn't escape them. Their ha
- 1736 "Mike Murphy.""Naturally," he said. He laughs. It is the only time I hear him laugh in thirty-one years. I can't see anything funny.He is a draftsman for those old skinflints Cartner and Dillson. When they die, their sons take over and are even worse
- 1735 Wyatt turned and waved at the s.h.i.+p, and Beauclaire stood away from his gun, smiling.It was a very fine way to begin.In the morning Wyatt went out alone, to walk in the sun among the trees, and he found the girl he had seen from the s.h.i.+p. She was s
- 1734 Vaguely, flicking cigarettes onto the floor, he wondered why. The letter had not given a reason. He had probably flunked a physical. Or a mental. One or the other, each good enough reason. He was 47 years old, and this was a rough business. Still, he felt
- 1733 "Never mind. I wouldn't poison even you, if that is what you feared."Daniel Crowley took up the new container of serum and put a lid on it. He said, "I got to get going. The guy out in front will get you back to your rooms. No tricks w
- 1732 The saturnine Larry chuckled sourly. "Hey, take it easy, chief. You'll kill the guy."Ross had crumpled to the floor. There were still sounds of blows. Crowley raged, "You're lucky I'm not wearing shoes, I'd break every r
- 1731 Crowley snapped, "Larry!"From seemingly nowhere, the chauffeur had produced a thin black automatic and was now lazily pointing it, not so much at Ross Wooley as at Dr. Braun and Patricia. He said evenly, softly, "Easy, friend."Ross rel
- 1730 Then he'd gone through a period when the full realization of his immunity had hit him.At this point he turned to Braun, "Hey, Doc, you ever eaten any caviar? You know, that Russian stuff. Supposed to be the most expensive food in the world."
- 1729 Dr. Braun hustled on. "You've had the average amount of education, didn't quite finish high school. You make average wages working in a factory as a clerk. You spent some time in the army but never saw combat. You drink moderately, are marr
- 1728 "This is Five Six, St. Louis," he broke in, "acknowledged. Our position is mile marker 970...."Kelly had been glued to the video monitors since the first of the bulletin. Suddenly she screamed and banged Ben on the shoulder. "Ther
- 1727 Clay had come back to the patrol car and dropped into his seat across from the young husband. "Got a name picked out for the baby?" he asked.Haverstraw's face lighted. "Oh, yes," he exclaimed. "If it's a boy, we're
- 1726 They moved to the cab and took their places. The big engines roared into action as Ben rolled Car 56 back onto the police-way. Kelly finished straightening up in the galley and then came forward to sit on the jump seat between the two troopers. The snow h
- 1725 The team's surgeon was kneeling beside the inert body on the road. After an ear to the chest, Kelly opened her field kit bag and slapped an electrode to the victim's temple. The needle on the encephalic meter in the lid of the kit never flickere
- 1724 Martin nodded. "Yup. We should be hitting light snows by 2300 hours tonight in this area and it could be anything from snow to ice-rain after that." He grinned at his younger partner. "The vacation is over, sonny. Tonight we make a man out
- 1723 "Gentlemen," said the President of the Intersolar Council. "There is very little to say. There can be no denying the fact that we have exhausted our efforts at finding a satisfactory solution."The contents of this book of reports repre
- 1722 "Because of this disparity your maturity as a race is much in doubt. There are many among the cultures of the stars who would consider your race deviant and deadly. There are a very few who would welcome you to the reaches of s.p.a.ce."But most
- 1721 When evening came, it seemed as though the octopuses had concentrated their forces for a great drive. The whistlings had increased to such a volume that sleep was nearly impossible, and as soon as the sun went down, the movements of dark forms could be ob
- 1720 "This scheme was resorted to at intervals all along our march. Progress was necessarily slow. At some dark spots, where the jungle was thick, it was necessary to proceed in narrow files, and these were the most dangerous, not only because of the
- 1719 It was hot—and off to the west, Tamatave's houses gleamed white and blistering against the green background of the Madagascar jungle, blued by the distance. Away to the north the coastline stretched illimitable. It would be another day at least befor
- 1718 "Oh, yes. Yes." Lowiewski seemed barely able to keep his impatience within the bounds of politeness. "Of course, it's out of my line, but the mathematics seems sound." He started to move away."You're not going anywhere,&
- 1717 Four or five young men, probably soldiers on their way to town, were coming through from the other side. Like MacLeod, they wore only the plastic disks they had received in exchange for the metal ones they wore inside the reservation, and they were being
- 1716 Two weeks later, as the s.h.i.+p crossed Earth's...o...b..t and headed in behind the planet in the plane of the sun, the meteorite hit. It tore a great hole in the pa.s.senger side of the s.h.i.+p, and knocked out the port jets.The s.h.i.+p veered cr
- 1715 "He's coocoo." The old man slapped the cover back on the periscope, tottered back to his perch on the platform. "He sure has changed the last two years. Won't listen to reason."Gene squatted on the steps, just beneath the old
- 1714 "Who tried last?""Jim Whiting.""Where is Whiting now?""Frankly we don't know. But--""And the four guys who tried before Whiting?" "We don't know. But we'd like to find out.""T
- 1713 He grinned. "I suffered. But even though I've failed, it's worth all the suffering, if you'll tell me--where did all the ah--men come from?"She told him. It was, to say the least, startling, and then upon reflection, he realized h
- 1712 That could explain the fact that women had divorced themselves completely from all men, from the Earth. Something had to explain it.There was one other possibility. That the women had found human life on Mars. That was a very remote possibility based on t
- 1711 He sat waiting and listening. Perhaps they had heard his engines, although his own equipment had caught none of their drive-noise.The computer was able to supervise several tasks at once, and he set it to continue sweeping the horizon with the radar, to l
- 1710 It blanked out, began again. And this time, from somewhere in the building, came the thud of a m.u.f.fled explosion. A spiral of green symbols began to circle the stele, then a spiral of yellow. The red reached the top first and the Bing Crosby voice bega
- 1709 She was a fantastic glamorous lady of mystery, the ultimate heiress, the young woman to whom inexorably, thanks to North America's matriarchal era during the twentieth century, the control of most of its mightiest corporations and trust funds had des
- 1708 Lindsay went through it, as nearly word for word as he could, then did it again when no answer was quickly forthcoming. Nina listened, her perfect forehead marred by a frown. Finally she said, "Let's take a dip. It's almost dawn."She r
- 1707 "d.a.m.ned fool!" said Anderson. "Getting us into a riot." But a moment later Lindsay saw the senator swinging hard at an angry customer with a fist in which his wallet was still clenched. The man made a grab for it as someone else hit
- 1706 Lindsay looked after his visitor with amazement. Then it occurred to him that computers were subst.i.tuting not only for human judgment but for human conscience as well. And this, he felt certain, was important.Turning in on his contour couch, Lindsay rec
- 1705 There and there only did people of the 2070's permit themselves to relax. This was a logical development of latter-day plumbing and air conditioning and the crowding of apartment and small-house life. Actual lavatory plumbing was concealed, in this i
- 1704 Outside, bells were ringing."Happy New Year."The ceiling stared back at him.The mad sound of people crazed for the moment, shouting, echoed the bells."Happy New Year!" He turned his head to one side."Happy New Year!"And again
- 1703 "Naturally, we no longer have either the apparatus to execute anyone or an executioner. We do not believe that a stupidly unreasoning act should incite us to equally unreasoning reprisal, for we would then be as guilty of irrationality as you."W
- 1702 "Happy New Year!" she cried. But how often should one hear it said in a single lifetime?Outside, bells were ringing. "Happy New Year!"The mad sound of people crazed for the moment, shouting, echoed the bells."Happy New Year!"
- 1701 Calculations were rapidly made and the answer arrived at. The Rell prudently decided to remain where they were for the present.Captain Leonard Brown, USAF, hunched over the instruments in the cramped control cabin which, being the only available s.p.a.ce
- 1700 House Bartock balled his fist and hit her. Three of the girls caught her as she fell. None of them tried to do anything about Bartock, who had levelled his blaster at Jane c.u.mmings.Trembling, she went down the companionway with him.A fierce cold wind bl
- 1699 "Then let's get started."The Firstman stared at him levelly. "You're a brave man, Mayhem.""Let's say I'm not afraid to die. I've been a living dead man for eight years. Come on."One of the so-called c
- 1698 "Girls! Hurry with your packing! Girls!"Sighing, Matilda Moriarity subsided. The girls, obviously, were in no hurry. That would have been out of character.Matilda Moriarity sighed again. She was short, stocky, fifty-two years old and the widow o
- 1697 Smith laughed at the two giants. "Well," he said.Kard rushed. Smith dropped to hands and knees, pinched Kard's legs, held them perpendicular from the knees down. Kard's rus.h.i.+ng weight carried his body on over. His knees popped. He
- 1696 He smiled. "All right, I'll--stop."And together, laughing, they walked out of the room. Smith was surprised to find he had no trouble at all with the door.Jorak had a friendly smile for Smith when he entered their room. "There's a
- 1695 "This is getting me nowhere," Jorak hissed. "You're making me look like a fool, Earthsmith." Perspiration bathed the purple face, stained the sides of Jorak's tunic darkly.And then he smiled. Smith felt giddy, hardly could ke
- 1694 That part of it at least turned out better than Smith had hoped. There were eggs, and while he was sure he would not recognize the fowl if he saw it, he could at least order his over-light and get something familiar. And there were long strips of fatty me
- 1693 "We were always there. We colonized the rest of the galaxy. Long ago."The registrar clicked furiously, expressed itself still more femininely this time. "Oh, that planet! You certainly are the first, Smith. The very first here at the school
- 1692 "That did it. Get the gun!" The voice was high, almost girlish. A young boy?A slightly heavier voice said, "Got it. Keep an eye on him while I find out why the fan stopped working.""He's going no place. You were right. That b
- 1691 Neff swung the great door back into place with its whoosh--thunk that sealed in air, sound and nearly a hundred thousand dollars in currency. He levered the bolts into place and spun the expensive combination lock.The vault, tucked away in the front, left
- 1690 The staggering truth about Atummion seeped in slowly. Item one: Although we put only a pinch of it in a whole barrel of talc.u.m powder, it did give the female users a terrific complexion! Pimples, black-heads, warts, freckles and even minor scars disappe
- 1689 The alarm in his voice was the signal for them to attack. In a moment he was the center of a mob of women all bent, it seemed, on his destruction. He fought at first as gently as he could. But as some of the stones. .h.i.t and some of the clubs struck vul
- 1688 "... Hi boss," Algernon Allerdyce called in greeting. His nose sniffed appreciatively at the aroma of coffee."Hi Oogie," Sam Grogan replied without turning from what he was doing, lifting the cover of the percolator on the electric pla
- 1687 "They aren't extraterrestrials in the other dome, Ben," Monroe volunteered in a sudden burst of sanity. "No, they're human, all right, and from Earth. Guess where.""I'll kill you," I warned him. "I swear I
- 1686 "But we do not want what the Rykes have obtained--if we have to pay their price for it.""Then you are complete fools," said Markham. "Fortunately, you cannot and will not speak for all of Earth."Hockley paced back and forth a
- 1685 In the evenings, in the study lounge of the dormitory, they held interminable bull sessions exchanging and digesting what they had been shown during the day. It was at the end of the third day that Hockley thought he could detect a subtle change in the gr
- 1684 Hockley heard the buzz and switch clicks of communication circuits reaching for the s.h.i.+p. Then, in a moment, he heard the somewhat irritated but familiar voice of his old friend."Waldon Thar speaking," the voice said. "Who wishes to tal
- 1683 Showalter stopped at the door of the conference room. "Maybe they want to sell us something. At any rate, we're about to find out."The conference table was surrounded by Senators of the Committee. Layered behind them were scientists represe
- 1682 "Right." Each looked as though the other were something unmentionable, left over from the last cleaning of the cesspool."So we just...." He leaned forward and outlined his plan.Five days pa.s.sed, peaceably. The natives gave the post a
- 1681 He had forgotten the flashlight again, and he cursed as he stumbled over an unseen obstruction."Bila!" he called."Yes, starman?" The alien appeared as if from nowhere."I'm afraid that I'm not as gifted as you when it com
- 1680 "This is it," Burnine gasped. "Good thing Engels liked to brag. That big panel is the converter."He reached out a bony hand for a maze of wires, but Case stopped him."Wait. We don't want to do just a temporary job. And we don
- 1679 They must be a sc.r.a.ppy people. Almost every male citizen carried a gun. His own wouldn't be noticed, then.Before a huge building, the truck stopped. The end of the journey. Case hopped off, nodded his thanks for the lift and started walking.Those
- 1678 He was sorry now that he hadn't thought to shoot cross-country to get Karin. Who knew for certain where the next blast would hit? He could have dropped her off at the moon base.The moon was full in his vision plates now. He was close enough to tune i
- 1677 "Good grief, man! Where've you been? Get down here fast. But fast!""Listen, Cranly. I'm on my honeymoon. Or have you forgotten? Remember three days ago you were best man at a wedding? Well, the fellow at the altar was Case Damon.&
- 1676 "To whom do we bring these sacrifices?"As the high priest uttered the words, and before the booming answer came, a hand grasped Ennis and pulled him back from the line of victims. He spun round to find that it was one of the other priests who ha
- 1675 "Are you who come here of the Brotherhood of the Door?" he asked, apparently repeating a customary challenge.Campbell answered, his flat voice tremorless. "We are of the Brotherhood.""Why do you not wear the badge of the Brotherho
- 1674 They landed amid unseen men in the c.o.c.kpit, and as he scrambled to his feet the inspector cried, "Follow that boat that just went down-river. But no shooting!"With thunderous drumfire from its exhausts, the cutter jerked forward so rapidly th
- 1673 "All right," he said quietly. "I can disguise you so you'll not be recognized. But you'll have to follow my orders exactly, or death will result for both of us."That strange, hooded dread flickered again in his eyes, as thoug
- 1672 "All right, if you say so," he murmured. "Now tell me about that night--the other time. Drill--"Drill Morgan laughed. The laugh was jerky, forced. The hand with which he scratched the match to light his cigarette made the little flame
- 1671 "Gee, Drill, if you only would!" he breathed. Think of it! Me, dumb-bell Rabbit Meekers, in with Drill Morgan on a job! Gosh, I'd never forget it. I'd learn more in that one night than I ever knew in all my life before. And, at that, D
- 1670 Potts tapped his forehead with a forefinger and asked, "What is a brain? You'll say it's an organ occupying the skull and forming the center of the nervous system, and the seat of intellect, or some such thing. I don't think so. It gen
- 1669 "Orville Potts, out to the door," the bored voice said.Potts gave Wilhart a killing look when the big attendant, immaculate in white duck trousers and short-sleeved linen s.h.i.+rt, pa.s.sed through to the porch. Potts wondered why so many of th
- 1668 "Helmets!" Big Tim breathed. "Brad, those are helmets. And unless I'm mistaken the other stuff must be suits of some kind. What have we stumbled onto, anyway?"Nellon pa.s.sed a slow, almost-knowing glance about the room, his helme
- 1667 "Well, keep your eyes peeled for Tower Point up there. As soon as we've got old Ryska's junk, we'll all be heading for home."Nellon felt a weary sort of satisfaction. No, Big Tim didn't suspect. Big Tim didn't know that
- 1666 He left the lifeboat and closed the door behind him. There was no point in worrying about a boat he couldn't use.He made his way back toward the engine room. Maybe there was something salvageable there. Swimming through the corridors was becoming eas
- 1665 The Senator looked blank for a second, then recognition came into his face. "Wendell, eh? After all this time. Poor chap; he'd have been better off if he'd died twenty years ago." Then he paused and looked up. "But just who are yo
- 1664 "You don't sound very optimistic, Dr. Mallon," said the FBI man.Mallon shook his head. "Frankly, I'm not. He was shot laterally, just above the right temple, with what looks to me like a .357 magnum pistol slug. It's in there
- 1663 "Okay, Sid--Mike. We'll take it a while."The rhythm of the axe-strokes ceased. Red Mike swept the back of a forearm across the semi-shaven stubble that set him as something of a dandy. Wordlessly, big Sid ambled up the road to replace Vito.
- 1662 These people appeared friendly to the Earthlings, but so did the Earthlings give the appearance of friendliness to the natives; that was proof in itself that you couldn't trust actions to indicate purpose. But even more than that, their basic alienne
- 1661 When the door closed, the room throbbed to Leah's sobs."I couldn't help it, Dr. Wong," she cried. "I got so bored, sitting and looking at those books, day after day, with nothing to do! I thought I'd just slip down here for a
- 1660 "They got Tanya," she said dully. "They took her away.""What happened? Quick!""After I reported to BureauMed--I'm sorry I did that, Dr. Wong, but I just couldn't help myself. I didn't tell them about Tanya
- 1659 "What good will that do? You know how terrible you feel now about being left out--though I swear I never meant it to be like this. But just try to imagine. If you report me so that Leader Marley gets the secret of SDE, then thousands of people will b
- 1658 James shuffled out of the room."I suppose that means I'll manage," said Leah, with a self-pitying sigh. "I've noticed that whenever people decide to rough it and do without a Menial, they take it for granted the women will do the
- 1657 He cleared his throat. "...the Summer Seminar. t.i.tle: The Propogation of White Martian virus. Paragraph. It will be remembered that the early attempts to establish Earth colonies on Mars were frustrated by the extreme susceptibility of our people t
- 1656 They'd entered the woods. Even before that, Dr. Pine had lagged because his slippers kept falling off, and now he brought up the rear. Chet, in the lead, took a last long look at the s.h.i.+p before the trees and mosses cut off his view.He went on sl