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This World Must Die Anthony Varret, Undersecretary for Security in the Council, drew a notebook from his pocket, consulted it briefly. We have chosen you four because each of you has received a sentence of detention for life because of tendencies toward violence in one form or another. One of the prisoners, Phillips, felt impelled at last to speak. Just what plans do you have for us? he demanded harshly. Nothing complicated, replied Varret, matching the tone. We need you to perform a mass murder * Mass murder Whatever will these science fiction writers think of next. Never fear, This World Must Die And Other Stories has answers to that question -- including the title story, and Exile, The Talkative Tree, and A Transmutation of Muddles. Enjoy
They didn't think of themselves as pioneers. They simply had a job to do. And if they had to give up money, or power, or love -- or life itself -- that was . . . the Fee of the Frontier.
The "Golden Age of Science Fiction" Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Horace B. Fyfe (1918-1997) is one such unjustly forgotten author. Included here are 16 science fiction stories plus one novel, published between, representing some of his best work: D-99 (novel) LET THERE BE LIGHT MANNERS OF THE AGE LUNA ESCAPADE THE OUTBREAK OF PEACE FEES OF THE FRONTIER IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON THIS WORLD MUST DIE! THE TALKATIVE TREE A TRANSMUTATION OF MUDDLES SATELLITE SYSTEM FLAMEDOWN THE ENVOY, HER THE WEDGE EXILE YES SIR! 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!
"You have been chosen for this mission of murder because you are the only people in our culture who are capable of this type of violence. You have broken our laws, and this is your punishment!" THIS WORLD MUST DIE! Social living requires the elimination, or at very best, the modification of many elements necessary to survival in "nature." And when an emergency arises, very often it is the person who would be considered a "criminal," in other situations, who alone is able to cope with the necessities. If we manage to eliminate "violence" from human affairs, what will we find when a need for "violence" arises -- a need outside of man's artificial control of his environment?
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II.