Лучшие книги Теодора Когсуэлла

Порджи живет в мире, окруженном неприступной стеной. Здесь всё основано на магии, а техника запрещена. Тех, кто не хочет жить по магическим законам, забирает Чёрный Человек. Порджи задумал подняться на вершину стены и сконструировал для этого планер.

Порджи живет в мире, окруженном неприступной стеной. Здесь всё основано на магии, а техника запрещена. Тех, кто не хочет жить по магическим законам, забирает Чёрный Человек. Порджи задумал подняться на вершину стены и сконструировал для этого планер.

День Матери — чудесный день. Но он всегда заканчивается костром, на котором поджаривают непослушных мальчишек…

A «last person on Earth» tale, set after an alien invasion has wiped out humanity… The last resident of Earth sees the lights of a scouting vehicle and prepares to welcome one of the Masters..

500 years after the Galactic Empire's collapse, the 427th Light Maintenance Battalion of the Imperial Space Marines stubbornly hold onto their mission, training to repair starships that never come. Their equipment gradually wears out and to all outward appearance, they seem to be primitive savages, living by hunting and farming. When a coup removes Colonel Marcus Harris, commander of the maintenance battalion, in favor of his executive officer, the colonel and a loyal second lieutenant, Kurt Dixon, are jailed. When Dixon escapes, he hides in a battle suit to avoid detection. He accidentally activates it and is propelled into outer space. There, he is rescued by a scout of the new Galactic Protectorate…a ramshackle, barely-functioning organization whose leaders are fighting amongst themselves. The Galactic Protectorate, despite its name, has lost most of the technical expertise to do even routine maintenance on their own equipment. Both sides have something the other needs. But can they possibly work together? And if they do, will it be war – or the start of a new Galactic Empire? Theodore Cogswell's classic science fiction novella is available in ebook form for the first time in more than a decade!

Theodore Rose Cogswell (1918 – 1987) was an American science fiction author. His first published story, «The Spectre General» in the magazine ASTOUNDING (June 1952), was a humorous tale in which a long-forgotten maintenance brigade of the Imperial Space Marines holds the promise of reinvigorating a declining Galactic empire. It's a classic and was selected by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the greatest SF stories of all time. This volume (a reissue of Cogswell's 1968 collection, THE THIRD EYE) presents 16 of his classic stories and is the first of what should eventually be three Cogswell Megapacks, presenting his complete short stories. Included are: NO GUN TO THE VICTOR
MR. HOSKIN'S HEEL
THE CABBAGE PATCH
LIMITING FACTOR
DISASSEMBLY LINE
A SPUDGET FOR THWILBERT
TRAINING DEVICE
IMPACT WITH THE DEVIL
MACHINE RECORD
ONE TO A CUSTOMER
THE MAN WHO KNEW GRODNICK
LOVER BOY
THE OTHER CHEEK
MINIMUM SENTENCE
THE SHORT COUNT
CONVENTIONAL ENDING If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the more than 100 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! (Sort by publication date to see the most recent releases.)