C M Kornbluth

In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world's most powerful executives. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that all the products on the market improve the quality of life. However, the most basic elements are incredibly scarce, including water and fuel. The planet Venus has just been visited and judged fit for human settlement, despite its inhospitable surface and climate; colonists would have to endure a harsh climate for many generations until the planet could be terraformed. Mitch Courtenay is a star-class copywriter in the Fowler Schocken advertising agency and has been assigned the ad campaign that would attract colonists to Venus, but a lot more is happening than he knows about. Mitch is soon thrown into a world of danger, mystery, and intrigue, where the people in his life are never quite what they seem, and his loyalties and core beliefs will be put to the test.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels, complete with original illustrations. The first novel, "The Ship from Infinity," is a wonderful deep space thriller. What were the secrets of the "death ship?" Deep in the void it lurked, a mysterious giant of metal, shaped into a vessel so vast it was beyond belief. And those who saw it-died But the inner treasures and technological secrets of this massive, dead spaceship were thought to be worth incalculable wealth, and an alliance of space salvagers would take any risk to lay first claim on her-even at the cost of their lives. This terrific Edmond Hamilton tale is a true forgotten gem, filled with the kind of action and intrigue that made him one of the most beloved science fiction authors of the 20th Century. The second novel is "Takeoff." Next stop...the moon Out in the remote California desert Mike Novak was sitting on a powder keg. He was working on the biggest thing since the atom bomb Hired to build a mock-up fuel tank for a mock-up spaceship, Mike discovered he was looking at a design that could actually work A design that would soon turn his life upside down. Here is a wildly exciting story torn from newspaper headlines-the story of man's first triumphant step into outer space. It is an unforgettable, nerve-clenching novel of the first moon-rocket and the men who dared to build it-told by one of the great masters of science fiction... C. M. Kornbluth.

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel, "The Syndic," is a futuristic adventure tale by the highly respected sci-fi author, C. M. Kornbluth. Was this the America of the future? Here is a shocking but realistic picture of America in the far future-a wild chaotic America, but a very possible America. An America where people pay protection instead of taxes-where polo is played in jeeps with 50-caliber machine guns. An America full of the wonders of tomorrow driven by passions that are ageless. There have been a thousand tales of future Utopias and possible civilizations. Join legendary sci-fi author C. M. Kornbluth as he takes you into a future where America is ruled by the Mob. The second novel, "Flight to Forever," is a top-flight time travel novel. It features a man pitted against the limitless wastes of Time. A man who fought the strange, inhuman civilizations of Earth's unguess¬able future, searching hopelessly among the never-ending tomorrows for the road to one unforgettable yesterday Here is a memorable time travel adventure novel by one of the most heralded sci-fi authors of all time, Poul Anderson.