Lost Sci-Fi Books 496 thru 500

Five stories. Five very different excursions into the imaginative worlds of vintage science fiction, where interplanetary conflict, deadly mysteries, strange technology, and unexpected twists are waiting. Battle of the Solar System by Ray Cummings launches into a sweeping adventure on a cosmic scale, carrying readers into a future where danger stretches across the planets and the stakes could not be higher. The Grip of Death by Robert Bloch brings the celebrated author of Psycho into darker territory, where fear grows from a disturbing situation that refuses to release its hold. Shandy by Ron Goulart delivers the offbeat imagination and sharp humor that made Goulart such a distinctive voice in speculative fiction. Nothing is quite as straightforward as it first appears. The Secret Flight of Friendship Eleven by Alfred Connable looks toward the excitement and uncertainty of the space age, following a secret mission whose true purpose leads somewhere unexpected. Process by A. E. van Vogt rounds out the collection with the kind of bold concept that helped make van Vogt one of science fiction’s most influential Golden Age writers. From Ray Cummings and Robert Bloch to Ron Goulart, Alfred Connable, and A. E. van Vogt, this collection crosses decades of science fiction storytelling with five authors who approached the fantastic in remarkably different ways. Blast across the solar system, confront the unexplained, and rediscover five imaginative tales from science fiction’s extraordinary past.