Ray Bradbury

Isaac Asimov

Robert Sheckley

Murray Leinster

Milton Lesser

Harlan Ellison

Edmond Hamilton

Jack Williamson

David Keller

Charles Fontenay

Chester Geier

Frank Long

Berkeley Livingston

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback collections of the best in classic science fiction short stories. Enjoy our fifteenth collection of Science Fiction Gems, which features some great fiction by brilliant writers. These stories are a pretty brilliant group-a real nice batch to cozy up to. If you're searching for the perfect woman, try "Accept No Substitutes," but you may find out that too much perfection is not always a good thing. If you love innocent little kids, you may learn that innocence and evil are not that far apart in "Zero Hour." "The Thing in the Truck" should satisfy your cravings for potatoes, only make sure they're well cooked. Like a good murder mystery? Try out "Earth Transit" for a nifty whodunit in outer space. "The Man With X-Ray Eyes" shows you how blind ambition can make you see a whole lot more than just the simple facts. And "Someday" will give you a bird's eye view of the entire phenomenon of self-awareness. All in all, there are some grand futuristic thrills waiting for you in the pages of this new collection; so be bold and step into the future. Here's the lineup: ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES By Robert Sheckley THE THING IN THE TRUCK By Milton Lesser IN THE SCARLET STAR By Jack Williamson ZERO HOUR By Ray Bradbury GLOW WORM By Harlan Ellison THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES By Edmond Hamilton EARTH TRANSIT By Charles L. Fontenay SOMEDAY By Isaac Asimov THIS STAR SHALL BE FREE By Murray Leinster PHANTOM HANDS By Berkeley Livingston ONE-WAY TUNNEL By David H. Keller THE TIMELESS MAN By Frank Belknap Long

Science Fiction Gems, Volume 15, Milton Lessor and Others

When John Lion Deveron meets April McCreagh, a young, beautiful secretary at his newspaper office, a strange fantasy should have warned him that his staid, comfortable (but childless) marriage is endangered. A pleasant summer of luncheons together evolves into only a pattern of family visits, clouded by the disapproval of Lion's wife, Cynthia. But April's determination, if unconscious, is not to be deterred by his marriage-or her own subsequent one. The social and distance barriers to their union seem insurmountable. However, whether or not, as friend Brightwood suggests, some Destiny is involved, their mutual attraction is inexorable-and Mother wants a grandson. Dissolving the barriers to their consummation involves Lion's conversion, by virtue of April's poetic fancy, from a rather conservative newsman into a springtime forest god. The conversion successful-at heavy cost-Lion finds that, alas, to trust a woman is to write one's memoirs in the snow. When their tug of war concludes, he is confronted with the ultimate question: has he won or lost?

A Tale of Destined Love...and Betrayal

Dionysos in Tears

MARS FOR THE MARTIANS! Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on Mars.

Rebels of the Red Planet

Charles Fontenay

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