ALTRUISTIC SPACE PIRATES, NUCLEAR-POWERED DJINN, A TIME-TRAVELLING KANGEROO—AND MORE . . .
Three complete novels of humorous adventure, one of them a Hugo Award finalist, plus a trio of witty short stories with the distinctive Leinster touch.
* The Pirates of Zan—When a young man is accused and jailed unjustly, he is given a secret offer—in return for help in escaping, he must shake up the galactic establishment, which is getting dangerously set in its ways. He succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations, seemingly becoming a space pirate, but being in reality, the deadliest do-gooder in the galaxy.
* Gateway to Elsewhere—Suppose that somewhere the world of the Arabian Nights is real, including very powerful and dangerous djinns, who are nothing like Aladdin's big blue pal. A man from our world wouldn't have a chance against them . . . or would he
* The Duplicators — A planet where everyone has a machine which can duplicate anything would be the wealthiest world in the galaxy, right Wrong. And unless the hapless voyager who's trapped on the planet can find a solution to its problem, his voyaging will be over—permanently.
Plus three short stories, including "A Logic Named Joe," an uncannily prophetic story of home computers and the internet — written in 1946!
"Murray Leinster was not only a very good writer, he was a pioneer. He invented the field of parallel-universe stories with his "Sidewise in Time," and his "First Contact" set the pattern for all the stories that followed of—well—of first contact with alien civilizations. The wondrous thing about his work is that those great, trend-setting stories read as fresh and timely as they did all those years ago." —Frederik Pohl
". . . good stories, marvelously put together. . . . It's a pleasure to watch such a masterly craftsman at work, producing a couple of hours of diverting reading with unfailing skill." —Robert Silverberg
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Product ReviewSome fantastic stories, well worth reading. Love the concerns about online privacy in a story written in the '40s. Highly recommended.
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Product ReviewRead the story for the first time in the '80s in translation. Guess it was one of the books that inspired my interest in computers. Actually pretty visionary piece, if you look closer at the Internet, huh?
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Product ReviewI do realise that this is decades old, from a different era, yes.
However, I have read many books of similar age and not found myself (literally) screaming out loud in frustration at the sexist pig portrayal of women!
Truly, it's so prevalent and so condescending and patronising that it ruined much of the storytelling for me.
Note: I am NOT a raging feminist, this is the first book I've encountered that's made me feel like this and so strongly too.
Not just one of the stories but all of them.
Truly not one to recommend for fellow female readers.
Kavey Favelle
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Product ReviewA Logic Named Joe is a great read and a good introduction to Murray Leinster. After reading this, I read all the other ebooks of his I could find (11 others, in fact)! Leinster is another one of those great early-20th century science fiction authors who I missed while growing up reading the big boys (Heinlein, etc). NOT to be missed out this time around!
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Product ReviewGreat entertainment! The tale telling was amusing and delightful!
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