The Deviates Jones 1956 (Formerly published as the Secret People) A little science fiction blast from the past! In the not too distant future all reproduction is under the guise of the Genetics Bureau. Chief of the bureau, Robert Welton
Tag: science fiction
Friday Fiction: Rise of the Cat Overlords
Breed to Come Norton 1972 Who isn’t going to pick up a book with a cat dressed up with a hat on the cover? If it is also an Andre Norton title, then double bonus! This particular title, set in the
Trekker Friday Fiction
Star Trek: The Truth Machine Cerf 1977 I found this while browsing a collection looking for something for a patron, and just got so excited. (I think the kid I was helping thought I was having some kind of “episode.”)
Friday Fiction: Big Planet
Big Planet Vance 1957 Big Planet is home some of the rejects and ne’er do wells floating around the galaxy. Very earthlike, but much larger, hence the name Big Planet. Good guy Claude Glystra and his team are going to finally
Friday Fiction: Stress Pattern
Stress Pattern Barrett 1974 I have no words for this cover. Naturally, I had to have this book after seeing the cover. I don’t even care what this is about. Sci Fi from the old days usually has some of
WTF Cover Art: Timepivot – Friday Fiction
Timepivot Ball 1970 I really don’t know where to begin. Is it the giant ear on the naked woman’s body? Is the giant floating eyeball? The Galactic Federation really has some explaining to do. I am not even sure what
Venus on the Half-Shell
Venus on the Half-Shell Trout 1975 (paperback) Here is some Friday Fiction that I picked up for no other reason than I love the cover art. It was only after doing some cursory research that I discovered Kilgore Trout is
Friday Fiction: The Fight For Life
Fight for Life A Novel of the Atomic Age Leinster 1947 Physicist Steve Sims is wandering around a very desolate USA after nuclear bombs have destroyed everything. While wandering, has also been working on a treatise on the “Paradox of