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Philip K. Dick A condemned hunter is sent two centuries into the past to kill a religious founder, armed only with a gun and the target’s skull.
More details Ray Bradbury A burned-out coroner on a space morgue ship gets one last chance to confront the war whose dead he has carried for a decade.
More details Ray Bradbury On the eve of humanity’s first Moon rocket, the man who owns the launch company tries to stop a breakthrough he believes civilization is not ready to use.
More details Robert Sheckley Two stranded space travelers need fuel from a society whose idea of honorable warfare makes a simple recovery mission dangerous.
More details Walter M. Miller Jr. A defeated space fleet returns to peaceful Earth for fuel and turns a willing welcome into occupation, forced labor, and revolt.
More details Walter M. Miller Jr. A submarine officer deserts rather than help begin total nuclear war, but enemy vessels force him to decide what he is still willing to fight for.
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