The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack

Author : Achmed Abdullah
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434442932

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The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack by Achmed Abdullah Pdf

If you've picked up this volume, you may already be familiar with Achmed Abdullah's work from the first volume, "The Achmed Abdullah Megapack." If not, no harm done; both Megapacks contain short stories which can be read in any order. The only real difference is that Volume 1 contains quite a few supernatural stories, while Volume 2 focuses more on "contemporary" (early 1900s) life in exotic locales, like the Middle East, China, and New York City (primarily in Chinatown). Crime is frequently touched upon; many of these stories qualify as mysteries. Included: THE EVENING RICE THE HATCHETMAN FEUD REPRISAL THE HOME-COMING THE DANCE ON THE HILL THE RIVER OF HATE THE SOUL OF A TURK MORITURI THE JESTER THE STRENGTH OF THE LITTLE THIN THREAD GRAFTER AND MASTER GRAFTER THE LOGICAL TALE OF THE FOUR CAMELS THE TWO-HANDED SWORD BLACK POPPIES THE PERFECT WAY TAO A note for the sensitive: Some of these stories are not "politically correct" by today’s standards. Please keep in mind that Abdullah was writing in a different age, with different standards of propriety. The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years. And if you enjoy this Megapack, please take a look at the many others available...search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see the list -- mysteries, adventure, horror, science fiction, westerns, humor, and many more subjects and authors are available. (And always at a bargain price!)

Author : Achmed Abdullah
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Fourth Achmed Abdullah MEGAPACK® by Achmed Abdullah Pdf

Our fourth volume of Achmed Abdullah's collected works presents 15 more tales of mystery, adventure, and romance. Includes an introduction by Darrell Schweitzer.

Author : Achmed Abdullah
Publisher : Wildside
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Third Achmed Abdullah MEGAPACK® by Achmed Abdullah Pdf

Our third collection of Achmed Abdullah's classic fiction presents 15 more great pulp tales, mixing crime, mystery, historical adventure, and romance in exotic settings. Here are:

A WOMAN OF THE BENNI-FUHARA
COBBLER’S WAX
DELIGHTFUL LAN-FANG FOR THREE CAMELS MOST JUST AMONG MOSLEMS A MATTER OF FACE HOUND OF THE WILDERNESS BLACK LILY AFTER YOUTH< ACCORDING TO HERBERT SPENCER A FULL HOUSE HENRI ALWAYS SAYS SO! THE VICTORY AS HE REAPED MONSIEUR LE MARQUIS IS NOT AT HOME

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Author : Achmed Abdullah
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434446459

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The Achmed Abdullah MEGAPACK ® by Achmed Abdullah Pdf

Achmed Abdullah wrote for the pulp magazines of the early 20th century, becoming one of the most popular and talented writers of the field. His exotic locales and vivid characterizations made him highly sought after. Now, The Achmed Abdullah Megapack collects 20 of his classic stories, ranging from fantasy and ghost stories to mystery and adventure. Great tales from a forgotten master! Included are: INTRODUCTION, by Darrell Schweitzer WINGS LIGHT FEAR THE CHARMED LIFE FRAMED AT THE BENEFACTORS CLUB RENUNCIATION POKER THE YELLOW WIFE BISMILLAH! A YARKAND SURVEY THE INCUBUS PRO PATRIA PELL STREET BLUES THE MYSTERY OF THE TALKING IDOLS A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY THEIR OWN DEAR LAND THE STRONG MAN HIMSELF TO HIMSELF ENOUGH INTERLUDE AN INDIAN JATAKA And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see all the entries in the Megapack series -- including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, classics, and much, much more!

Author : William F. Wu
Publisher : Boruma Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781005455637

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The Yellow Peril by William F. Wu Pdf

This study examines the way Americans of Chinese descent were portrayed in American literature between 1850 and 1940. Their depictions are compared to historical events that were occurring at the time the works of literature were published. This edition has additions and corrections compared to the original hardback edition published in 1982. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ My purpose in writing this work has been to explore the depiction of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in American fiction, from the mid-nineteenth century entry of the first Chinese immigrants in significant numbers, to the eve of World War II. I consider both the immigrant Chinese and the American-born generations that followed them to be Chinese Americans, but will sometimes identify the groups separately in recognition of the fact that the historical experience and treatment of the immigrants in fiction has been different from that of their descendants. The fiction treated in this study includes short stories and novels both by white Americans and Asian Americans. I am defining the term Yellow Peril as the threat to the United States that some white American authors believed was posed by the people of East Asia. As a literary theme, the fear of this threat focuses on specific issues, including possible military invasion from Asia, perceived competition to the white labor force from Asian workers, the alleged moral degeneracy of Asian people, and the potential genetic mixing of Anglo-Saxons with Asians, who were considered a biologically inferior race by some intellectuals of the nineteenth century. The Chinese immigrants were the first target of this attention, since they were the first Asian immigrants to reach the United States in large numbers. This study will focus on American fiction about Chinese Americans in an attempt to analyze the growth and development of attitudes about them. My thesis is that the Yellow Peril is the overwhelmingly dominant theme in American fiction about Chinese Americans in the years with which this study is concerned. It is expressed through the variety of images of the Chinese Americans that appear, especially in their relation to, and their role as part of, the United States. The historical causes and literary subject matter change, but the theme neither disappears nor abates. Each work of fiction has been studied individually for the images it contains. Prior to the turn of the century, the Yellow Peril is perceived only as stemming from the Chinese. In the twentieth century, especially in the pulps, the Japanese joined the Chinese as a perceived menace to Europe and North America. The overall process of evaluation relies primarily on detailed analyses of the characters under consideration. This has been done with an awareness that the American public as a whole sometimes did not distinguish carefully among Asian ethnic groups, so that events involving one Asian ethnic group often affected the image of another. Some works are obscure and these have been quoted at greater length than more available ones. Relatively few critical sources have been cited; this is due to a dearth of relevant studies. The less important works of fiction have naturally received little critical attention and, often, when such attention was concerned with pertinent stories, the authors had little or nothing to say about the depiction of Chinese Americans. This observation is intended only as an explanation, and not as a value judgement of earlier scholarship with different goals.

Author : David H. Keller
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479406104

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The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM, Vol. 5: David H. Keller by David H. Keller Pdf

David H. Keller, M.D. (1880-1966) was indeed a medical doctor (a psychiatrist -- and the first to write science fiction). He was an early proponent of H.P. Lovecraft and wrote a number of articles on Lovecraft's work, whose influence can be seen in some of his horror stories. Another influence was James Branch Cabell. This volume concentrates on Keller's fantasy and horror, but does include -- at the end of the book -- a few science-fiction and science-fantasy works which we obtained to late to include in the (already published) Golden Age of Science Fiction volume of his work. Included here are: THE JELLY-FISH THE WORM THE BONELESS HORROR A PIECE OF LINOLEUM THE GOLDEN BOUGH THE DEAD WOMAN THE DOORBELL TIGER CAT THE THIRTY AND ONE HEREDITY THE FACE IN THE MIRROR THE GOLDEN KEY STENOGRAPHER'S HANDS WHITE COLLARS THE CEREBRAL LIBRARY UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN LIFE EVERLASTING A note to the sensitive: As with many pulp writers, especially those born in the 19th Century, his works are not always politically correct by today's standards. You have been warned. If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Author : Kenneth Grahame,H.P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479402847

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The Dragon MEGAPACK ® by Kenneth Grahame,H.P. Lovecraft Pdf

Dragons have thrilled the imagination since the days of ancient Greece and Rome. From heroes like Hercules to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, from Frodo in The Hobbit to St. George, generations of heroes -- real and fictional -- have sought to slay the Great Worms and plunder their treasure troves. This volume collects 25 modern and classic works about dragons (plus a bonus short poem), from Beowulf to the Brothers Grimm, from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" to modern tales great new writers like Michael Kurland and Gary Lovisi. Included are: SYMPATHY FOR DRAGONS, by John Gregory Betancourt THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS, by The Brothers Grimm THE FIFTY-FIRST DRAGON, by Heywood Broun THE SLAYING OF THE MONSTER, by R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft THE KING OF THE FISHES, by Joseph Jacobs THE STUDENT WHO WAS FORCIBLY MADE KING, by Anonymous OF MICE & DRAGONS, by Gary Lovisi THE DRAGON OF THE NORTH, by Andrew Lang THE RELUCTANT DRAGON, by Kenneth Grahame JOHN THE TRUE, by Joseph Jacobs VERNAN'S DRAGON, by John Gregory Betancourt HOW THE DRAGON WAS TRICKED, by J. G. von Hahn LILY AND THE LION, by the Brothers Grimm LILY AND THE DRAGON, by Michael Kurland THE PRINCE AND THE DRAGON, by Andrew Lang WHY THE RED DRAGON IS THE EMBLEM OF WALES, by W. Jenkyn Thomas JABBERWOCKY, by Lewis Carroll THE DRAGON'S TEETH, by Nathaniel Hawthorne THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY, by Henry Carey THE LAST OF THE DRAGONS, by E. Nesbit THE DRAGON OF LA TRINITA, by Mary Lovett Cameron THE LITTLE BULL-CALF, by Andrew Lang RICH PETER THE PEDLAR, by George Webbe Dasent THE TWO BROTHERS, by The Brothers Grimm THE MANDELBROT DRAGON, by Mary A. Turzillo THE TALE OF BEOWULF, by Anonymous (translated by William Morris) And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more great collections, ranging from fantasy and science fiction to mysteries, westerns, adventure stories, and more! (View them by publication date to see the most recent additions.)

Author : Bryce Walton
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781479407538

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The Bryce Walton Boys’ Adventure MEGAPACK ® by Bryce Walton Pdf

Bryce Walton was a prolific short story writer as well as a popular novelist. He began his career writing for the science fiction pulp magazines, and later moved into the more respectable (and higher paying) mystery short story and Young Adult book fields. Wildside Press has been working to reissue many of his classic works. Here, then, are four of his action-adventure novels aimed at the Young Adult market (they are quite readable for adults, too): Cave of Danger Harpoon Gunner Hurricane Reef The Fire Trail If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Johnston McCulley
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479402755

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The Johnston McCulley MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Crimes by Johnston McCulley Pdf

The Johnston McCulley MEGAPACKTM collects 15 tales of mystery, detection, and adventure by the creator of Zorro -- more than 500 pages of great reading. Included are: THE MAN WHO CHANGED ROOMS DIAMONDS, DIRT, AND DUTY A CROOK WITHOUT HONOR PODDIN'S MISTAKE INITIATING NOGGINS ETERNAL ASSETS SLAVE OF MYSTERY THE OBVIOUS CLUE RUN TO GROUND THE ONLY WAY THE GREAT GREEN RING NEW YEAR'S DUTY WITHOUT THE BLUE AN ORIGINAL REVOLUTION RICHARD HUGHES--RAILROAD DETECTIVE If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Jackson Gregory,Walker A. Tompkins,Allan K. Echols,Will Cook
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479407514

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The Sixth Western Novel MEGAPACK ®: 4 Novels of the Old West by Jackson Gregory,Walker A. Tompkins,Allan K. Echols,Will Cook Pdf

Saddle the horses and round up the posse -- it's time for another ride through the Old West with four more great western novels! Here are: Sudden Bill Dorn, by Jackson Gregory... They were made for fighting and loving: Bill Dorn, hard-bitten cowman facing the loss of his ranch to a friend turned outlaw, and Lorna Kent, a stranger in Nacional, wanted for murder yet claiming to be the heiress to a deserted ranch... Border Ambush, by Walker A. Tompkins... Seeking to avenge a murder and destroy an outlaw empire, Doug Redding scoured the wastelands in search of a hidden canyon where a notorious rustler holed up between raids! Killers Two (aka "Keep Off My Ranch"), by Allan K. Echols... A lone rancher pits his guts against the fast guns of two rustlers! Bullet Range, by Will Cook... "A tough, gutsy tale of a range that lived by the gun. Top flight!" -- Real Magazine If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Alan E. Nourse
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479405954

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The 17th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: Alan E. Nourse by Alan E. Nourse Pdf

The Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACKTM series showcases great science fiction authors whose work might otherwise be forgotten. This time we focus on Alan E. Nourse, medical doctor and science fiction author, who paid his way through med school with his writing. He may be most famous as the author whose title was "borrowed" for the movie Bladerunner...though the movie was based on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Nourse published just a handful of novels in addition to his magazine stories, but he was well regarded at the time, and his work has stood up well. We are delighted to include no less than 22 of his classic tales in this volume. Here are: MARLEY'S CHAIN CONSIGNMENT DERELICT INFINITE INTRUDER LETTER OF THE LAW BRIGHTSIDE CROSSING PRoblem BEAR TRAP THE COFFIN CURE MARTYR THE NATIVE SOIL CONTAMINATION CREW GOLD IN THE SKY STAR SURGEON AN OUNCE OF CURE CIRCUS THE DARK DOOR IMAGE OF THE GODS MEETING OF THE BOARD MY FRIEND BOBBY SECOND SIGHT THE LINK If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 200+ other entries in the series, covering mysteries, science fiction, modern authors, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Author : Emil Petaja
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479402700

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The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM, Vol. 3: Emil Petaja by Emil Petaja Pdf

Emil Petaja (1915 - 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects. Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of "weird fiction." You can find echoes not only of H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard in his work, but previous generations of weird authors such as Poe, Blackwood, and E.F. Benson. This volume includes 10 stories and a poem: MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD LIVE EVIL SKYDRIFT THE DARK BALCONY THE HUNGRY GHOST THE INSISTENT GHOST THE JONAH THE MUSIC-BOX FROM HELL VOTARESS THE INTRUDER MARMOK (poem) If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 190+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Raymond Z. Gallun
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479407484

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The 25th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Raymond Z. Gallun by Raymond Z. Gallun Pdf

Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911 - 1994) was among the earliest pulp fiction writers who specialized in science fiction, and he sold many stories to magazines in the 1930s under his own name and several pseudonyms (such as Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond and William Callahan). His first novel, "People Minus X" (included here) was published in 1957, followed by his second, "The Planet Strappers," in 1961 (also included here). He was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. THE REVOLT OF THE STAR MEN THE ETERNAL WALL ASTEROID OF FEAR BIG PILL RETURN OF A LEGEND COMET'S BURIAL STAMPED CAUTION PEOPLE MINUS X (novel) THE PLANET STRAPPERS (novel) The Collector If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans,Edward M. Lerner
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479403769

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The Mad Scientist Megapack by Lawrence Watt-Evans,Edward M. Lerner Pdf

"The Mad Scientist Megapack" assembles 23 tales of Scientists, their Creatures, and Experiments both Diabolical and Dangerous! Included are: MYSHKIN, by David V. Reed A LIGHT THAT SHAMED THE SUN, by C. J. Henderson INCOMPLETE DATA, by H.B. Fyfe THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING, by Hugh B. Cave COSMIC TELETYPE, by Carl Jacobi MONSTER KIDNAPS GIRL AT MAD SCIENTIST'S COMMAND!, by Lawrence Watt-Evans GREAT MINDS, by Edward M. Lerner THE MAN WHO EVOLVED, by Edmond Hamilton NO GUTS, NO GLORY, by Edward M. Lerner THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL, by Clark Ashton Smith SONG OF DEATH, by Ed Earl Repp STATUS: COMPLETE, by Leslie J. Furlong FOOD FOR THOUGHT, by Jack Dolphin DR. VARSAG'S EXPERIMENT, by Craig Ellis PUBLIC SAFETY, by Matthew Johnson THE WORLD IN A BOX, by Carl Jacobi MACHINE RECORD, by Theodore R. Cogswell THE BIRTHMARK, by Nathaniel Hawthorne HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR, by H.P. Lovecraft ZAPT'S REPULSIVE PASTE, by J.U. Giesy THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, by Robert Louis Stevenson THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE EARTH, by Henry J. Kostkos SYMPATHY FOR MAD SCIENTISTS, by John Gregory Betancourt If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

Author : H.B. Fyfe,John Gregory Betancourt,Fritz Leiber,Manly Banister,J. Sheridan
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479407637

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The 2015 Halloween Horrors MEGAPACK ® by H.B. Fyfe,John Gregory Betancourt,Fritz Leiber,Manly Banister,J. Sheridan Pdf

Just in time for Halloween -- Wildside Press is pleased to present a small MEGAPACK® of great horror tales! Because it has an original story, we decided to release it for everyone to read. (It was free on our web site on Free Ebook Tuesday on the Tuesday before Halloween). Here are: THE WHITE CAT OF DRUMGUNNIOL, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu THURNLEY ABBEY, by Perceval Landon SPIDER MANSION, by Fritz Leiber THE GREEN THING, by Manly Banister (writing as Gregg Powers) THE ROMAN LADY, by H. B. Fyfe and John Gregory Betancourt If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!