PDF Books in Children's Science-Fiction
Tubemonkey
by Jerome BixbyTubemonkey is a space opera written by Jerome Bixby. Steve Podalski swung his legs into view and slid carelessly down the dull metal roundness of tube fourteen, like a boy on a barrel. His magnetic boots thunked onto tube thirteen and took hold. He gave Rhiannon a look compounded of acid and pity. "Go to hell with your noise."Off at the other end o..
Who Goes There?
by Charles H. DavisThrough the outer limits of our solar system, two great ships flashed through the void. Light from distant Sol gleamed feebly on their dark hulls, paled to insignificance by the flare of pure energy that blasted each ship through space at inconceivable velocity. Sol's illumination was just enough to pick out the jagged gash near the base of the lea..
Oh Mesmerist From Mimas!
by Roger D. AycockThe sudden hush that fell wasn't out of deference to me, though I'm pretty well known through the odd corners of the Solar System, but because of the Mimasan smiley I carried in a ten-inch tungsten wire cage under my arm. Nothing this side of Saturn's inner moon can lay down the euphoric aura of peace and brotherhood that a smiley can, and this one..
The Dead-Star Rover
by Robert AbernathyThe Dead-Star Rover is an adventurous science fiction short story by Robert Abernathy.The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour—far too fast for such uneven country. Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the..
Unwelcome Tenant
by Roger D. AycockUnwelcome Tenant is a planet fiction story written by Roger Dee as part of the planet stories magazine.Maynard was dividing his attention equally between the transparent bubble that housed the Meinz pendulum and the two ports, forward and aft, that broke the steel panelling of the control cubicle. He listened critically to the measured clicking of ..
The Warlock of Sharrador
by Gardner F. FoxThe Warlock of Sharrador is an adventurous science fiction story written by Gardner F. Fox which is published in Planet Stories Magazine.The McCanahan came awake in the pearl mists of a Senn dawn, staring upward into the round blue muzzle of a Thorn blaster. The handgun hung in the air without visible support, its trigger moving slowly back. ..
In the Sphere of Time
by Ray PalmerIn the Sphere of Time is a science fiction adventure story written by J. W. Pelkie which was published in Planet Stories Magazine.Once upon a time there was a world as bright and fair as youth. It spun its green and golden beauty in an envelope of blue sky while whirling around a blazing white sun.... But beneath the enchanting surface of thi..
Valkyrie from the Void
by Basil WellsValkyrie from the Void is a planet fiction story written by Basil Wells.Hardan Synn reined in his graceful golden-furred maar as he reached the rim of the river's low bluff. He was uncomfortable, for the vurth-padded garments that covered his naked body were growing dry, but tied to his huge hornless saddle were three fat Dryland birds. He would ea..