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First appeared as a short story in Astounding Magazine, 1926.

An unidentified space ship lands in a Colorado lake. Equipped with a paralyzing ray weapon, the creatures begin taking human prisoners.

Bors felt as if he'd been hit over the head. This was ridiculous!

Joe had helped launch the first Space Platform--that initial rung in man's ladder to the stars.

The novel concerns the first interstellar flight, financed by making it into a television show.

When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace.

English professor Dale Hoberman is out of his depth as a visiting professor at Oxford. His one comfortable social connection is with a man long dead.