Russell's ebook Library
50 in 50: Fifty Stories for Fifty Years!
Harry Harrison
From his first sale in 1950 on, Harry Harrison has been one of the science fiction world's creative dynamos, working in every subgenre of the field, always bursting with provocative ideas. Parodic one moment, serious the next, Harrison has been calle...
Bill, the Galactic Hero
Harry Harrison
Bill, the Galactic Hero [1]: Bill was a peaceful farm boy until he was lured by the martial music of apassing recruitment sergeant, drugged, and made to enlist in the EmpireSpace Corps.His basic training is sheer hell, but somehow he manages to stay ...
Captive Universe
Harry Harrison
In a valley lost somewhere in the Central American jungles lies an ancient Aztec civilization sealed off from the outside world. 21 years old, rebellious, Chimal wants desperately to escape. The cruel gods and priests who rule this inbred community w...
Deathworld 1
Harry Harrison
Deathworld [1]: DEATHWORLD centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet P...
Deathworld 2
Harry Harrison
Deathworld [2]: The planet was unknown, the inhabitants lived in the early bronze age one minute, the early machine age the next. Technology having degenerated into a series of mysteries jealously guarded by separate brotherhoods. And Jason dinAlt wa...
Deathworld 3
Harry Harrison
Deathworld [3]: The planet was called Felicity. The name was a joke except for those compelled to settle there. Inhabiting it were beings bred for thousands of years for a single purpose: to attack and kill. Jason knew this. But he also knew the plan...
The Hammer and the Cross
Harry Harrison
Hammer and the Cross [1]: 865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests.Shef, the bastard son o...
Homeworld
Harry Harrison
To the Stars [1]: Jan Kulozik is one of earth's privilieged elite. A brilliant engineer, he enjoys all the blessings of a 23rd-century civilization which survived global collapse & conquered the stars.Then he meets Sara, the beautiful, desirable ...
In Our Hands, The Stars
Harry Harrison
The Daleth Effect started in a small way when a test bench disintegrated. Within weeks it produced a power that could lift man to the stars, and within months it was the centre of a desperate power struggle, with Earth as the prize.
Invasion: Earth
Harry Harrison
The object appeared over the Pacific, moving so fast that it was over Arizona before the supersonic shock of its passing was felt. It slowed perceptibly somewhere over New Jersey, and took only a small chunk out of the World Trade Center on its way b...
The Jupiter Plague
Harry Harrison
Unexpectedly, long thought lost, the first manned Jupiter probe has returned - but only a madman would have tried to land it at Kennedy International!The result is the biggest air disaster in history. And that's only the beginning...
King and Emperor
Harry Harrison
Hammer and the Cross [3]: Set during an alternate Dark Ages that never was, The Hammer and the Cross is the gripping saga of Shef, the One King, a visionary and warrior whose accomplishments have changed the course of history. First, he led a mighty ...
Make Room! Make Room!
Harry Harrison
The world is crowded. Far too crowded. Its starving billions live on lentils, soya beans, and — if they’re lucky — the odd starving rat. In a New York City groaning under the burden of 35 million inhabitants, detective Andy Rusch is engaged in a desp...
Montezuma's Revenge
Harry Harrison
Tony Hawkin [1]: A priceless da Vinci painting, supposedly destroyed during World War II, miraculously appeared in Mexico. The Agency sent art expert Tony Hawkin to find out what the hell was going on down there.But what started as a holiday jaunt, s...
One King's Way
Harry Harrison
Hammer and the Cross [2]: A craftsman, visionary, and warrior, Shef has risen from slavery to become king of a mighty Viking nation. But his growing kingdom menaces all of Europe, and he has made many powerful enemies.Chief among his enemies are the ...
One Step From Earth
Harry Harrison
After years of research, man's dream of instantaneous transportation through the universe has been realized. Humanity begins to explore, settle and colonize throughout the universe, but in doing so finds itself changing.One Step From EarthPressureNo ...
Plague From Space
Harry Harrison
Dr. Sam Bertolli was there when the "Pericles" returned to Earth. He was the first man to reach Commander Rand as - hideously disfigured and close to death - Rand staggered off the spaceship. From that moment, Bertolli became the only line of defense...
Planet of No Return
Harry Harrison
Brion Brandd [2]: Landing on a new planet is a danger every time, and Selm II is no exception. The specialist didn't like it. There were no cities visible from space, no broadcatss or transmissions on the airwaves - yet the wrecked war machines of an...
Planet of the Damned
Harry Harrison
Brion Brandd [1]: Hugo nominated in 1962, originally published in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction as "Sense of Obligation."Brion has just won the Twenties, a global competition to test achievements in 20 categories of human activities - but befor...
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