Great Stories of Space Travel

Impossible? Don’t be so sure!

As the “realm of the impossible” expands at an almost frightening rate, the tales of the best science fiction writers become more than merely imagination-inspired.

Voyaging to the stars, discovering life forms there which seem, at first, inconceivable to us oxygen-breathers, may well occur in this or not-too-distant generations. What might those intrepid explorers of the solar system and beyond encounter? Here are the speculations, some terrifying, some delightful, all thought-provoking, by science fiction’s greatest writers.

Lester del Rey: The Wings of Night
Jerome Bixby: The Holes Around Mars
Ray Bradbury: Kaleidoscope
Jack Vance: I’ll Build Your Dream Castle
A.E. Van Vogt: Far Centaurus
Murray Leinster: Progagandist
Damon Knight: Cabin Boy
Arthur C. Clarke: A Walk in the Dark
Isaac Asimov: Blind Alley
Poul Anderson: The Helping Hand
Eric Frank Russell: Allamagoosa