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A dilemma in the Nebula! Two spaceships meet in deep space. How do they establish trust, not only between their two crews, but also between their home worlds? A classic puzzle. The only way to warn home would be to return, and how do you know you were not being followed? Trade would be desirable, but how can you base an exchange of knowledge on unfounded trust?

A man left for dead, after the rest of his family is killed, somehow survives and is slowly remembering the events surrounding the incident. He now lives on the moon and is in charge of shipments back and forth to earth from the mines there. An attempted robbery reveals the murderer of his family. He wants revenge, but how?

A sharp classic science fiction tale of alien intervention, prehistoric invention, and the dangerous ripple effects of technological progress, This Star Shall Be Free by Murray Leinster explores how one experiment in abundance helps shape humanity’s future among the stars...

A classic Hugo Award-winning science fiction adventure, Exploration Team by Murray Leinster follows a Colonial Survey officer, an unauthorized settler, and specially-bred Kodiak bears across the deadly alien world of Loren Two. Intelligent, suspenseful, and richly imaginative, this novelette is...

One emergency. Two journeys. A mystery that refuses to stay buried. In The Ambulance Made Two Trips, Murray Leinster delivers a gripping tale of suspense, mystery, and unexpected twists. What begins as a seemingly ordinary emergency quickly unfolds into a deeper puzzle, where appearances are...

There are strange worlds to be met, stranger minds to be understood, and problems which must be solved before the last valve blows or the last star sets. The Murray Leinster Library presents the complete books of Murray Leinster, read in full: tales of first contact, perilous planets, sidewise histories, ingenious machines, and human beings using courage, wit, and practical sense against the unexpected immensities of the universe.

In Murray Leinster’s classic science fiction adventure The Red Dust, humanity struggles to survive in a strange far-future world ruled by gigantic insects, deadly fungi, and poisonous red spores. As Burl leads his tribe through an alien wilderness filled with monstrous threats, this sequel to...

Enter the perilous depths of space in Doctor by Murray Leinster, a gripping science fiction novel of medical suspense, interplanetary danger, and humanity’s fight for survival. Aboard the starliner Star Queen, Doctor Nordenfeld faces a terrifying threat when a young survivor from a ruined...

In The Hand of God, Murray Leinster delivers a tense and morally charged Western short story where justice, violence, faith, and duty collide. Set against the heat and pressure of a Southern night, the story follows a sheriff guarding an accused prisoner while an angry mob gathers outside...

Welcome fellow travelers to another exciting issue of The Thrill Book! Herein lies all manner of stories for the discerning fan of pulp fiction. We have the chilling science fiction tale of a demented inventor wreaking havoc upon the world in Murray Leinster's "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero". Explore the lost civilization of the Sargasso Sea in the first installment of "The Lost Empire"! We also get the next part of the sea-faring serial "The Opium Ship" as well as the concluding section of the spy story "Strasbourg Rose"! And that's only scratching the surface! So much more lies inside. We ...

The Leader by Murray Leinster is a gripping early science fiction tale about charisma, tyranny, and psychological control. Told through letters and reports, this thought-provoking narrative explores how a mysterious ruler rises to power, manipulates a nation, and reveals the fragile line between...

Step beyond the stars and into the boundless imagination of the genre’s greatest visionaries with The Masters of Science Fiction Short Stories—a powerful collection of timeless tales from the pioneers who shaped modern science fiction.

Orejas de ellos, or the things that listen, murmured the superstitious fishermen as strange phenomena began to unfold off the Philippine coast. How else could one explain the sudden vanishing of a vessel beneath an eerie curtain of foam? The frantic writhing of thousands of fish caught in a nightmarish section of ocean? What terrifying monsters lurked in the depths of the Luzon Deep, and what sinister plans did they have? Radar expert Terry Holt and the crew of the Esperance must devise a weapon to combat the horrifying creatures that threaten humanitys very existence. Prepare for a gripping ...

In the thought-provoking short story Leader, first published in 1960, renowned science fiction author Murray Leinster (the pen name of William F. Jenkins) delves into the complexities of power and influence. The narrative unfolds through a series of letters between two scientists Professor Albrech Aigen, who is exploring the dark legacy of a former despotic ruler known as The Leader, and Dr. Karl Thurn, who investigates the unsettling realm of psionic abilities, including mind control. With The Leader echoing the persona of Adolf Hitler, this tale serves as an allegorical critique, examining ...

Step into the golden age of speculative imagination with Classic Science Fiction: Selected Short Stories, a masterfully curated collection from some of the most influential voices in science fiction history. This volume brings together visionary tales by Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, Lynn Venable, E. E. Smith, and Fredric Brown—authors who shaped the genre with bold ideas, sharp wit, and unforgettable concepts.

Planet of Dread is a gripping classic of mid-century science fiction that plunges listeners into a brutal fight for survival on an alien world. Written in the early 1960s, this novel follows Moran, a man betrayed and abandoned aboard the spaceship Nadine, then cast onto a cloud-shrouded planet teeming with gigantic insect life and hostile, unfamiliar ecosystems. As Moran struggles to adapt, the story explores isolation, moral ambiguity, and humanity’s relentless drive to survive when stripped of all safety and certainty.

Third Planet by Murray Leinster is a classic mid-20th-century science fiction novel that blends space exploration with a chilling warning about humanity’s future. Written during the height of Cold War tensions, the story follows the crew of the survey ship Lotus as they investigate a once-living planet reduced to lifeless ruin by nuclear devastation. What they uncover is more than an alien mystery—it is a mirror reflecting Earth’s own perilous path.

Nobody Saw the Ship by Murray Leinster is a tense and quietly unsettling science fiction novelette that explores first contact from a chillingly indifferent perspective. When a small alien scout ship lands on Earth completely unnoticed, its lone occupant—an advanced being known as the Qul-En—begins a covert biological mission essential to its species’ survival. What follows is a methodical and increasingly disturbing search for a rare hormone, extracted through brutal experimentation on Earth’s wildlife.

The Other Now by Murray Leinster is a haunting and emotionally resonant science fiction novella that explores love, grief, and the fragile boundaries of reality itself. When Jimmy Patterson is left shattered by the death of his wife, Jane, his quiet mourning is disrupted by unsettling anomalies—familiar moments replayed out of sequence, a doorway that seems charged with meaning, and diary entries written in Jane’s unmistakable hand after her passing.

This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "The Gate to Xoran" by Hal K. Wells, "The Eye of Allah" by C. D. Willard, "The Fifth-Dimension Catapult" by Murray Leinster, and "The Pirate Planet[' by Charles W. Diffin. - Summary by Bill Boerst