Последние издания книг Лестера Дель Рея

The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACKs are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers who might otherwise be forgotten. Lester del Rey (1915–1993) is most remembered today as one of the namesakes of Del Rey Books—but in the Golden Age he was an accomplished writer who got his start alongside (and sold to the same markets as) a young Isaac Asimov. This volume assembles 9 classic del Rey tales—more than 500 pages of great reading! Included are:

PURSUIT

LET 'EM BREATHE SPACE
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
THE SKY IS FALLING
DEAD RINGER
VICTORY
POLICE YOUR PLANET
BADGE OF INFAMY
NO HEAD FOR MY BIER

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Перед вами сборник классической американской фантастики «Золотого века».
Пара голодных космических вампиров, спасаясь от законов галактики, прибывает на её окраину – нашу планету. Два трупа из которых высосаны вся кровь и жизненная энергия не могут не обратить на себя внимание планеты, ведь преступность полностью искоренена…
Задолго до Потопа на Земле жила иная раса. И была война этой расы с разумным облаком мыслящих электронов. Существа-электроны проиграли войну, и только малая их часть осталась на долгие века в надёжном убежище на острове… При строительстве аэродрома убежище было вскрыто и электроны вселились в мощный бульдозер. Их цель, как и много веков назад, одна – убивать людей!
В преддверии начинавшейся мировой войны Симон Эймс создал десять роботов, каждого из которых снабдил лишь одним из разделов знаний и замуровал в бетонных бункерах, способных простоять столетия. И вот время пришло…
Похожие на гигантских бабочек, пришельцы пытались наладить ментальный контакт с землянином, чтобы получить так необходимый им мышьяк…

In the future Mars is inhabited. Cities are growing fast and crime is rampant. Bruce Gordon, an ex-cop, was shipped to Mars with no return ticket. Caring with himself nothing but a knife he has only one order, to police the Red Planet!

Wilbur Hawkes wakes from a coma after seven months with total amnesia. He can't remember of anything. Only thing he realizes that his life is in danger. Wilbur is running through New York not knowing where to go. When he sees heat rays, disintegrating men, and exploding cats things become horrifying…

Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited Lester del Rey collection. Badge of Infamy The Sky Is Falling Police Your Planet Pursuit Victory ... And It Comes Out Here Let'em Breathe Space Operation Distress Dead Ringer No Strings Attached The Dwindling Years Earthbound

Dave stared around the office. He went to the window and stared upwards at the crazy patchwork of the sky. For all he knew, in such a sky there might be cracks. In fact, as he looked, he could make out a rift, and beyond that a ... hole ... a small patch where there was no color, and yet the sky there was not black. There were no stars there, though points of light were clustered around the edges, apparently retreating.

It seemed Earth was a rich, and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy. Things can be deceptive though; children playing can be quite rough - but that ain't war, friend! Lester Del Rey weaves a fantastic science ficiton tale worthy of his status as a grand master!

The computer seemed to work as it should. The speed was within acceptable limits. He gave up trying to see the ground and was forced to trust the machinery designed for amateur pilots. The flare bloomed, and he yanked down on the little lever. It could have been worse. They hit the ground, bounced twice, and turned over. The ship was a mess when Feldman freed himself from the elastic straps of the seat. Chris had shrieked as they hit, but she was unbuckling herself now. He threw her her spacesuit and one of the emergency bottles of oxygen from the rack. "Hurry up with that. We've sprung a leak and the pressure's dropping."

Bruce Gordon was an ex-fighter, ex-gambler, ex-cop, ex-reporter, and now he was an ex-patriot of Earth. Security shipped him to Mars with a knife, 100 credits, and a yellow card that meant no return. An SF novel that would appeal to Mickey Spillane fans, Police Your Planet features lots of hands-on violence, assorted beatings, and blood. But this isn't just a crime novel put into space; this is a hard sf novel, and the terraforming of Mars, while not dwelt upon, is central to the story.

Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble-but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned. Lester Del Rey proves his sci-fi genius with one of his better futuristic stories, Let 'Em Breathe Space!

Fear cut through the unconscious mind of Wilbur Hawkes. With almost physical violence, it tightened his throat and knifed at his heart. It darted into his numbed brain, screaming at him. He was a soft egg in a vast globe of elastic gelatine. Two creatures swam menacingly through the resisting globe toward him. The gelatine fought against them, but they came on. One was near, and made a mystic pass. He screamed at it, and the gelatine grew stronger, throwing them back and away. Suddenly, the creatures drew back. A door opened, and they were gone. But he couldn't let them go. If they escaped....

Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble—but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned. Five months out from Earth, we were half-way to Saturn and three-quarters of the way to murder. At least, I was. I was sick of the feuding, the worries and the pettiness of the other nineteen aboard. My stomach heaved at the bad food, the eternal smell of people, and the constant sound of nagging and complaints. For ten lead pennies, I'd have gotten out into space and tried walking back to Earth. Sometimes I thought about doing it without the pennies.

Сначала человек создал робота, а потом возник конфликт, в результате которого погибли все люди и уцелели только роботы. И теперь, спустя много тысяч лет, роботы начали программу по воссозданию человека, чтобы понять самих себя. Но это сложный путь, так как все данные о людях утрачены...

Это - Лестер Дель Рей. Один из классиков "золотой эры" американской научной фантастики. Один из талантливейших "птенцов гнезда кэмпбеллова". Писатель, удостоенный в 1990 году звания "Великий мастер", присуждаемого Ассоциацией американских писателей-фантастов. Автор уникальной "истории американской научной фантастики" - "Мир научной фантастики: 1926 - 1976". Писатель, способный поставить самый увлекательный, самый приключенческий сюжет на службу не только МЫСЛИ, но и ЭТИКЕ. Итак, вы хотите лично познакомиться со сверхлюдьми - "Псиматами"? Хотите смеяться вместе с ироничными колонизаторами новых миров - "Полицией вашей планеты"? Хотите…

Это — Лестер Дель Рей. Один из классиков «золотой эры» американской научной фантастики. Один из талантливейших «птенцов гнезда кэмпбеллова». Писатель, удостоенный в 1990 году звания «Великий мастер», присуждаемого Ассоциацией американских писателей-фантастов. Автор уникальной «истории американской научной фантастики» — «Мир научной фантастики: 1926 - 1976». Писатель, способный поставить самый увлекательный, самый приключенческий сюжет на службу не только МЫСЛИ, но и ЭТИКЕ. Итак, вы хотите лично познакомиться со сверхлюдьми — «Псиматами»? Хотите смеяться вместе с ироничными колонизаторами новых миров — «Полицией вашей планеты»? Хотите…

When sun storms periodically swept Mercury with waves of solar fire, radiation and electricity, it was usual for the authorities to order evacuation of the small mining communities on the side of the planet that faced the Sun. But as time for the most violent solar eruption known to earthlings approached, no rescue rocket ship appeared outside the Sigma dome that housed Dick Rogers and his family.

Around one of the universe's most awesome events — sun spots — Lester del Rey has written a tale of rugged courage and heroism in the face of impending doom. Young Dick Rogers wasn't too well liked by the townspeople. He insisted on keeping an erratic "wispy" — the strange form of Mercury life that took the shape of an electrically charged ball of flame — as a friend. And though Dick's favorite "wispy," Johnny Quicksilver, could usually be trusted, the mining engineers were never sure whether it was he who periodically blew out fuses and upset delicate electrical circuits.

Against this background, the story of Dick Rogers' odyssey through Mercury's bleak and blazing landscape takes on desperate urgency. How he, an ancient robot and the Mercury veteran "Hotside Charlie" withstand Mercury's 800 degree temperatures, escape rivers of molten lead, and fight the planet's horrifying silicone beasts, is in the best science fiction tradition.

In the future, powerful unions called lobbies control much of society. One of the most powerful lobbies is the medical lobby, which following a pandemic that spread across earth, has required all medicine from being practiced only by authorized lobby members and only in approved lobby facilities. Daniel Feldman was once a doctor but has now become a pariah due to his breach of these rules. Trying to escape the shame he travels to Mars, where he discovers a disaster threatening billions of lives.

Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble—but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned.

It seemed Earth was a rich and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy. Things can be deceptive though; children playing can be quite rough – but that ain't war, friend!