Bring the Jubilee – Ward Moore
An alternate history that posits a Southern victory in the American Civil War, leading to a reconstructed North living in the shadow of a Southern empire.
Tag Archives: 1953
“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
Detour – Helen Nielsen
Kid hitchhiker Danny was making his big break for Mexico when the kindly old man giving him a lift is murdered. Danny sets out on the lam, trapped by circumstantial evidence.
The Lights in the Sky are Stars – Fredric Brown
“Only Fred Brown could have written this deeply moving science-fiction novel about one man’s epic, life-long struggle to open mankind’s pathway to the stars…”
Black Wings Has My Angel – Elliott Chaze
Escaped convict Tim Sunblade and tramp call-girl Virginia, trapped in a love/hate relationship, execute the perfect job: an armored truck heist that’ll make them rich…
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.
F&SF – March, 1956
Poul Anderson’s “Superstition,” Anthony Boucher lists the best SF of 1955; plus Ray Bradbury, Chad Oliver, J.B. Priestly, Evelyn Smith, John Vandercook, and Saki.
The Bounty Hunters – Elmore Leonard
Two Cavalrymen head south of the border after rogue Apache, only to find far worse: crooked Mexican gendarmes, American bandits, and the “Apache” scalps they traffic in…
Richard Matheson – Assorted Short Stories
Ten stories of horror, fantasy, and science-fiction that come bundled in the one Tor/Orb version of I Am Legend. Mostly old magazine reprints; mostly hit or miss.
Three Hearts and Three Lions – Poul Anderson
Danish resistance fighter finds himself transported from a 1940s battlefield to the borderlands between the realms of Faeire and the lands of Arthur and Charlemagne. Swords and sorcery ensue.
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.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 