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The famous building, towering in solitary splendour above the woods of central Manhattan, had changed little in a tho…

That was well done. Now they will not be tempted to return.' 'I am learning many things; but I still feel sad…

Before the age of planetary exploration opened in the late twentieth century, few scientists would have believed that…

'These poor, primitive colonists!' lamented Mihailovich. 'I'm horrified - there's not a single co…

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'Baas,' said the apartment's master comset, 'I accessed that special programme from Ganymede while yo…

'Whatever made you think I was dead?' cried Heywood Floyd. 'I've not felt better for years!' Para…

When I was studying at Flagstaff,' began van der Berg, 'I came across an old astronomy book that said: "T…

I wish I'd studied some psychology, thought van der Berg; then I could explore the parameters of his delusion. Yet…

Even in his most horrible nightmares, Dr van der Berg had never imagined being stranded on a hostile world in a tiny s…

What a terrible place, thought Chris Floyd - nothing but driving sleet, flurries of snow, occasional glimpses of lands…

As they unloaded the equipment from Bill Tee and set it up on their little granite landing-pad, Chris Floyd found it …

Hello, Gany Central - we've made a perfect landing - I mean Chris has - on a flat surface of some metamorphic roc…

'You'd better hurry,' Ganymede Central had advised, 'The next conjunction will be a bad one - we'l…

'Speaking from memory,' said Dr Anderson, 'Goddard's first rocket flew about fifty metres. I wonder i…

When people asked to see him together, it usually meant trouble, or at least some difficult decision. Captain Laplace …