world conquest

“Shadows – Four Stories” by John D. MacDonald explores themes of world destruction and the enduring quest for life. Through four poignant narratives, the author delves into the fragility of existence and the human spirit’s resilience in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Invisible Death – Two novelettes about madmen who want to conquer the world. Both stories were about the revenge that spurned egotistical men will wreak upon the world when they don’t get their ways. Both stories reveal weak men in positions of advantage as the aspiring autocrats of their fantasies.

Sinister Barrier – Charles Fort said, “I think we’re property.” And that is the plot of ‘Sinister Barrier.’

The Pool of Life – From out of the primordial ooze comes an entity that plots to conquer the Earth.

The Moon Trilogy is a three-part story that begins with a tale of space travel and reincarnation, becomes a tale of military dictatorship, and ends with a second American Revolution.

Cosmos was the biggest round-robin project of the classic pulp fiction era. Eighteen authors collaborated to create this massive seventeen chapter novel about interstellar and inter-dimensional conquest.

Early Stories by Edmond Hamilton – Four early stories from the fertile mind of the Father of World Destroying Space Opera.

Beyond the End of Space – Two short novels that warn how great inventions can be stolen and used by unscrupulous power brokers to enrich only themselves and control the world.

The Lanson Screen and Other Stories – Four stories of conflict, war, espionage, and the end of the world.

X-87 – Five stories by Ray Cummings from the early 1940s. These science fiction stories reflect the shock and fear of the reality of the early years of World War II.

The Horrors of Mars – Four stories with two alternate versions about the horrors to be found on Mars, the Red Planet, by Clark Ashton Smith.

The Onslaught From Rigel – When they went to bed that night it was mid-winter. When they woke it was the spring and their bodies had been turned into metal. They were the lucky ones.