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1) Dune
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Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called the spice. After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and to...
3) Owl moon
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On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
4) Rascal
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The story of the childhood of the author in a small Wisconsin town during the early part of the twentieth century and his escapades with his pet raccoon.
5) Gentle Ben
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Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.
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The Ethical Engineer is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, first published in 1963. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom, where a power-hungry king named Lanius seeks to expand his empire by conquering neighboring lands. The main character, Conn Maxwell, is an engineer who is hired by Lanius to build a war machine that will help him conquer his enemies. However, Conn is also a man of ethics and principles, and he struggles with...
7) Lion Loose
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This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'The most dangerous of animals is not the biggest and fiercest-but the one that's hardest to stop. Add intelligence to that... and you may come to a wrong conclusion as to what the worst menace is.... ' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which...
8) Novice
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This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Schoenherr that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'A novice is one who is inexperienced-but that doesn't mean incompetent. Nor does it mean stupid!' This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its...