Harry Harrison

While on a gambling trip to the casino on the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. Some planet in the galaxy must -- by definition -- be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn't it . . . it was an awfully good approximation I started this story in an old issue of Astounding Stories that was kicking around - and was very happy to find the rest of it on Kindle. A quick read, really a novella. A solid page turner with lots of action, fun plot twists, and a satisfactory ending. If you like old Heinlein's I think you will like this.

While on a gambling trip to the casino on the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. Some planet in the galaxy must -- by definition -- be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn't it . . . it was an awfully good approximation

"I don't give a damn about your games, hearty cheers and physical exercises. This is important or I wouldn't be here " The other didn't speak-he was surely one of the officials-and Brion could sense his outraged anger. He must have drawn his gun, because the other man said quickly, "Put that away. You're being a fool " "Out " was the single snarled word of the response. There was silence then and, still wondering, Brion was once more asleep. "Ten seconds.

Segundo volumen de las antolog as de anticipaci n Acervo. Contiene los siguientes t tulos: Memoria perdida, Cursillo de supervivencia, El foco de la locura, Un mundo maravilloso, Los iluminados, Supervivencia, S lo una madre, Punto muerto, Pacto, El hechizo de la soledad, El vidrio de Iargo, Ning n lugar como la Tierra, Equilibrio, El robot que deseaba aprender, El mec nico, Brazo de la ley.

It was the highest honour to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-foot-tall lizards. But Bill, a Technical Fertilizer Operator from a planet of farmers, wasn't interested in honour - he was only interested in two things: his chosen career, and the shapely curves of Inga-Maria Calyphigia. Then a recruiting robot shanghaied him with knockout drops, and he came to in deep space, aboard the Empire warship Christine Keeler. And from there, things got even worse...

The Variable Man: Philip K Dick He fixed things-clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope-and its sure failure The Misplaced Spaceship: Harry Harrison It might seem careless to lose track of something like a battleship but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude. A misplaced battleship in the wrong hands can be most dangerous. Youth: Isaac Asimov They found the two strange animals the morning after they heard the thunder sounds. They knew that they could never show their new pets to their parents. Bread Overhead: Fritz Leiber The Staff of Life suddenly and disconcertingly sprouted wings -and mankind had to eat crow Rainworm: Jakob Chapman The bond was only marred in one way. I relived her strongest memories and emotions: the explosion of Candeo-being flung from the inferno while the rest of her race sizzled in silence-the planet below a glowing brand.

In x, Dan Chelotti conjures voices that wander, pause, analyze, articulate, attempt to enlighten, fail to enlighten, and then answer that failure with laughter. The wildly inventive imagery in these cinematic pieces lodges them somewhere between the surreal and the pure symbol, colorful and smooth like the lyrics of John Ashbery or Linda Pastan. In Chelotti's poems, diamonds talk and sheriffs balance frogs on the tips of pens. The rain says, Listen to Debussy, go ahead, Debussy will fix you. --From "Migraine Cure" The secret to including everything is to intricately divide your mind and then, all of a sudden, undivide it. --From "Still Life on a Scrolling Background"