Science fiction Stories (1979)

Octopus Editions - Edited by tom Boardman Jr.

First Contact by Murray Leinster
First contact with an alien species. Physically, they are very different from humans, but spychologically, they are the same.
5/10

Pictures Don't Lie by Katherine Maclean
Encounter with an alien species who is incredibly small.
5/10

Knock by Fredric Brown
How captive humans use their intelligence to get rid of their alien captors.
4/10

Romp by Mack Reynolds
In a future 'Big Brother' society, a man tries to escape the system, betraying his friends in the process.
3/10

Flying Dutchman by Ward Moore
An automated space ship retunrs to Earth after civilization has been destroyed.
5/10

Who Can Replace Man by Brian Aldiss
How robots react at the discovery that the people who instructed them no longer exist.
8/10

What thin Partition by Clifton and Apostolides
How a counsellor tries to use the special ability of a young girl (she creates poltergeists at will), to push forward an anti-gravity device.
7/10

In the Abyss by H.G. Wells
The discovery of intelligent life in the ocean depths.
6/10

The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov
Reflections of a young girl on how much better scholls were in the past, before the invention of computers and programmed teachers.
6/10
Crossfire by James white
On a battlefield, a group of soldiers discover long tubes that prove to be alien space ship and not enemy weapons as they first thought.
4/10

Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell
For fear of getting into administrative headache, a starship Captain invents an item which curiously is listed among his ship's inventory.
8/10

The Drop by John Christopher
Distant Future, in space. When they realize that Earth is now perfectly viable, a group of people pretend to be dissident, so that they will be dropped to planet Earth. (It is supposed to be a very dangerous place, and that's why humanity has pread ot into space.)
6/10

It Could Be You by Frank Robert
In a future society, a daily game show selects one person, who will be killed. Those who guess who it is wins a prize.
7/10

I am a Stranger There Myself by Mack Reynolds
Two men discuss in an Algier bar and discover that they are actually two aliens from a different race, present on Earth for different reasons.
6/10

The Luckiest Man in Denv by Cyril Kornbluth
In a future society where two close camps are regularly at war, a young man betrays everyone to reach higher levels and keep the was going on.
4/10

Not For An Age by Brian Aldiss
A man and his family are trapped in a 'time bubble' that people from the future watch over and over as if it was a mere movie. One day, the bubble collapse and the man is able to explore the city form the future.
5/10

The Astronaut by Valentina Zhuravlyova
The story of an starship Captain (with a passion for painting) who bravely remained on a desolated planet, so that his crew had enough fuel to return to Earth.
7/10

Manners of An Age by H.B. Fyfe
In a distant future, only a few people live on Earth, this in almost complete isolation. A particularly selfish man recalls his encounter with one of his rare neighbours: a woman.
8/10

Christmas Tree by Christopher Youd
A space farer discovers thta he is stuck to desolate station Luna, on the moon, because his health will not allow him to make another trip onto space.
7/10

The Stainless Rat by Harry Harrison
An interplanetary thief is recruted by the Special Police to work for them.
4/10

Spectator Sport by John D. MacDonald
A man travels to the future, but they refuse ti believe him and consider that he is mad. They brainwash him. When they understand their mistke, they put him in a device where he can experience life in the past - as western hero.
7/10

The Hypnoglyph by John Anthony
Through a device called the hypnoglyph a man smoothly hypnotises his friend, so that he can be sent to a planet where male are in short supply.
9/10