Stories From "Other Worlds"

by E. E. Smith, Robert Moore Williams, Ralph Robin, R. A. Palmer, Boyd Ellanby

Overview

PUBLICITY STUNT
By Robert Moore Williams
Illustrated by Joe W. Tillotson

The orders were to build up Venus, make it sound like the gateway to Paradise for the average Earthman—fog-flies, flying snakes and "tame" Venusians included.


BUSINESS for the LAWYERS
By Ralph Robin
Illustration by Sam Kweskin

Bump-Arch had to complete his experiment or spend five more years as an apprentice Scientist—and if successful, his feat would provide plenty of...


DIAGNOSIS
By R. A. Palmer
Illustrated by H. W. McCauley

Take two men and one girl—the eternal triangle—and mix well with an oscilloscope gone haywire. What comes out? With ingredients like these, the result is adventure, terror and, of course, romance.


WHAT DO YOU READ?
By Boyd Ellanby
Illustrated by Malcolm Smith

Writers have long dreamed of a plot machine, but the machines in Script-Lab did much more than plot the story—they wrote it. Why bother with human writers when the machines did the job so much faster and better?


THE MACHINE THAT FLOATS
By Joe Gibson
Illustrated by H. W. McCauley

What if you invented a space ship? Would you give it to the world? And what if you decide NOT to! Are you a criminal to be hunted down?


TEDRIC
By E. E. SMITH, Ph. D.
Illustrated by J. Allen St. John

Aided by Llosir, his strange, new god, Tedric enters into battle with Sarpedion, the sacrifice-demanding god of Lomarr in this story of science and swash-buckling adventure which marks the return of "Doc" Smith, author of the Skylark series, Lensman series, etc.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186731955
Publisher:	Anthony Bly
Publication date:	02/17/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

E. E. SMITH - (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965), publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. Smith published two novelettes entitled "Tedric" in Other Worlds Science Fiction Stories (1953) and "Lord Tedric" in Universe Science Fiction (1954). These were almost completely forgotten until after Smith's death. In 1975, a compendium of Smith's works was published, entitled The Best of E. E. "Doc" Smith, containing these two short stories, excerpts from several of his major works, and another short story first published in Worlds of If in 1964 entitled "The Imperial Stars".

ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS - Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907 – May 12, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name). His first published story was "Zero as a Limit", which appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1937, under the pseudonym of "Robert Moore". He was a prolific author throughout his career, his last novel appearing in 1972. His "Jongor" series was originally published in Fantastic Adventures in the 1940s and 1950s, and appeared in book form in 1970. By the 1960s he had published over 150 stories.

RALPH ROBIN - Ralph Robin was born on September 7, 1914 and passed away in December 1983. In addition to his work as a chemist for the National Bureau of Standards, Robin was also a Professor of English at American University in Washington. He was recognized for his contributions to poetry when he received the Christopher Morley Award from the Poetry Society of America in 1976. As a science fiction author, he wrote and published a dozen stories in various magazines between 1936 and 1953. One of Robin's stories, "Inefficiency Expert," was first published in the March 1953 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, which was edited by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas.