Leigh Brackett
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They say that Venus once had a moon. It rode in the clouds like a disc of fire and the god who dwelt within it was supreme over all the other gods. He watched the surface of the planet and all that was done upon it. But the lesser gods were jealous, and one day they were able to destroy the palace of the Moon-god.
David Heath, an earthman, is an outcast on Venus. He lost everything when he and his partner, Ethne, went searching for the legendary...
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There are men in space again. The catastrophic words went out from Mars to damp Venus and frost-wracked Mercury; to the lunar colonies of Jupiter and Saturn. To all points of the system the warning was screamed: Halt those fleeing star-pilgrims... those space-sons of the Ark of Mars.
Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for...
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Discover the golden age of science fiction with some of the best stories of intergalactic battles, space adventures and alien contact in this Leigh Brackett collection of selected planet stories:
• Black Amazon of Mars
• Child of the Sun
• Citadel of Lost Ships
• Enchantress of Venus
• Last Call from Sector 9G
• Outpost on Io
• Queen of the Martian Catacombs
• Shannach
• Terror Out of Space
• The Beast-Jewel of Mars
• The Blue...
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In Akashic Books's acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This collection of classic stories-the sequel to the award-winning, bestselling Los Angeles Noir-"reaffirm{s} that the shadows cast by the Southland's sun, and its gloomy ocean fog, have proved some of noir's most fertile territory" (Los Angeles Times).
This anthology...
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Discover the golden age of science fiction with some of the best stories of intergalactic wars, space adventures and alien contact:
Ray Bradbury:
Jonah of the Jove-Run
Zero Hour
Rocket Summer
Lorelei of the Red Mist
The Creatures That Time Forgot
Asleep in Armageddon
Defense Mech
Lazarus Come Forth
Morgue Ship
The Monster Maker
A Little Journey
Leigh Brackett:
Black Amazon of Mars
Child of the Sun
Citadel of Lost Ships
Enchantress of Venus
Last Call...
6) El Dorado
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Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen."