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| Macfadden paperback, 1969. Cover by Jack Faragasso. |
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| Rear cover/synopsis. |
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| Madfadden paperback, second printing, February 1968. Cover artist uncredited. |
"THE GREKS WERE PEOPLE-HATERS
They came to Earth in their space ship, bearing fabulous gifts - such as machines that did any day job automatically, and fertilizer that made plants shoot up overnight. But they presented their gifts with contempt, and with a look in their eyes that made people feel "creepy".
Still, because of the brave new world they promised, they Greks could be forgiven anything - until they left and people discovered the machines were breaking down. Then their only choice was to beg the Greks to come back, on their own terms. And they knew the terms would be hard..."
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| Macfadden paperback, 1968. Cover artist uncredited. |
"Only one man could save the world, and he was dead - again. Once he had been assassinated by a political rival. The second time he had a heart attack while negotiating a surrender to the enemy. Now he was back, younger and more vigorous than before, giving new hope to the terrans in their battle for survival. Had he really died once - or more than once - leaving a robant in his place? Or had he learned to manipulate time so he could use all of his several possible futures?"
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| Macfadden paperback, second printing, June 1970. Cover painting: Jack Faragasso. |
"The machine decided who would live and who would die. It provided food from mechanized plants. It enabled people to travel to distant planets, or to go backward and forward in time. The only thing in the universe it had not yet changed was man. Here is a world in which new problems and new dangers have replaced the familiar ones - but man continues his age-old battle to retain mastery over the machines he created."
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| Macfadden paperback, second printing, October 1969. Cover painting: Jack Faragasso. |
"ALL LIFE'S PROBLEMS HAD BEEN SOLVED.
Man controlled time, overproduction, fantastically powerful weapons - even death. But universal happiness seemed farther away with each forward stride.
These imaginative stories explore new dimensions of time and space, as man learns that even the most advanced technology cannot protect him against primitive nature, intergalactic enemies, and the weakness, greed and treachery of human beings."