Fritz Leiber
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"Since I've gone this far, I'll go a bit further and make the paradoxical admission that even us Deathlanders don't really understand our urge to murder. Oh, we have our rationalizations of it, just like everyone has of his ruling passion-we call ourselves junkmen, scavengers, gangrene surgeons, we sometimes believe we're doing the person we kill the ultimate kindness, yes and get slobbery tearful about it afterwards, we sometimes tell ourselves we've...
2) The big time
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While the Change War rages on up and down the timeline, weary warriors periodically retreat to the Place for R&R.
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I'm just looking at the Moon,' she said listlessly. 'It's green. Green as a beer bottle, green as emeralds, green as leaves with sunshine striking through them and green grass to lie on.' She couldn't help saying those last words. They were her token to the face, even though it couldn't hear.
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This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science-fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.
This collection includes the following stories:
"The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells—A man must choose between the rationality of science and the magic of imagination."All Cats Are Gray"...