Randall Garrett

The Alien was really alien-and Earth was faced with a strange problem indeed. They had to have a superman. And there weren't any. So.... Randall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction and collaborated with him on...

Metal fingers, five on each hand; each hand attached to an arm, and each pair of arms connected to a silvery sphere that sat atop a four-foot pillar. Within the pillar, micro-relays ticked and chuckled, sending delicately measured surges of power here and there through silver nerves to metal muscles. Responding, the hands built an energy generator. And when they finished, they built another. And another. On and on, monotonously. Crayley rubbed...

Set in an alternate reality where Richard the Lionheart's descendants rule the Anglo-French Empire, the laws of magic have developed in place of the laws of physics. In this late 20th century world, people still travel through pea fog by horse and carriage, but magic has made levitation and enchantment spells the norm, especially at a sorcerer's convention. The International Sorcerer's Convention is in full swing. Until London's Chief Forensics Sorcerer,...

Eleven Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Randall Garrett, Volume 3. Featured here: "The Eyes Have It", "But, I Don't Think", "Anchorite", "In Case of Fire", "Psichopath", "The Measure of a Man", "Time Fuze", "Belly Laugh", "...After A Few Words", "Damned If You Don't", "Hanging by a Thread", "Anything You Can Do!", and "The Bramble Bush".

Twelve Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Randall Garrett, Volume 2. Featured here: "The Destroyers", "By Proxy", "Hail to the Chief", "Dead Giveaway", "Cum Grano Salis", "The Measure of a Man", "The Assess of Baalaam", "With No Strings Attached", "No Iron Bars a Cage...", "Damned If You Don't", "That Sweet Little Old Lady", and "Instant Decision"..

Six Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction written by Randall Garrett. Featured here: "Six Frightened Men", "Prisoner of War", "Satellite of Death", "The Mannion Court-Martial", "Skid Row Pilot", and "Kill Me If You Can!".

Five Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Randall Garrett, Volume 5. Featured here: "The Judas Valley", "The Highest Treason", "Despoilers of the Golden Empire", "Pagan Passions", and "Heist Job on Thizar".

This is a great collection of action short stories by Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Alien Dies at Dawn", "The Incomplete Theft", "Menace From Vega", and "Bleekman's Planet".

"NOW WHAT the hell's the matter with me?" thought Paul Wendell. He could feel nothing. Absolutely nothing: No taste, no sight, no hearing, no anything. "Am I breathing?" He couldn't feel any breathing. Nor, for that matter, could he feel heat, nor cold, nor pain.

The Serapis Classics edition of "The Randall Garrett Omnibus" features 23 incredible stories from one of the masters of science fiction! Randall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure science fiction, and collaborated with him on...