The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
For the first time in centuries, someone has committed premeditated murder—almost unthinkable in an age of telepathy. Psychic detective Lincoln Powell will risk it all to meet out justice.
Tag Archives: 1952
Death on the Riviera – John Bude
Inspector Meredith and Sergeant Strang investigate a counterfeiter and smuggling ring on the French Riviera, along with one mysterious murder of an Englishman…
I Am Crying All Inside – The Complete Clifford D. Simak, Vol. 1
By the time he was named the third Science Fiction Grand Master in 1977, Clifford D. Simak had already been …
City – Clifford Simak
Clifford Simak’s cerebral fixup novel that takes humanity out of its far-future cities, to the stars, and beyond humanity itself.
Obit Delayed – Helen Nielsen
When a young woman is killed in a small desert town, the only person not yet ready to condemn her ex-wife is the plucky journalist Mitch Gorman.
The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick
Collecting a dozen of the earliest stories by Philip K. Dick, including “Beyond Lies The Wub,” “Second Variety,” “The Defenders,” “The Variable Man,” and more.
Cropper’s Cabin – Jim Thompson
For Tommy Carver, Okie sharecropper with a short fuse, standing up to his miserable life may be the only way to escape it—if he’s not caught for a crime he didn’t commit.
A Shot in the Dark – Richard Powell
Johnny Edwards arrives too late to save his friend Tony, but he can still avenge him. And with reckless abandon Johnny chases after a smuggling gang.
Notions: Unlimited – Robert Sheckley
A collection of a dozen short stories and novelettes by satirical mastermind Robert Sheckley, from his work in the middle 1950s for Galaxy and F&SF.
Judgment Night – C.L. Moore
A collection of one short novel and four novellas/novelets, showcasing some of C.L. Moore’s best solo science fiction offerings from the late ’40s and early ’50s.
The Long Loud Silence – Wilson Tucker
A grim vision of a United States divided at the Mississippi River into two halves: one ruled by military martial law, the other a be-plagued nuclear and biological wasteland.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 