SEETEE SHIP / SEETEE SHOCK

Lancer Books paperback, 1972. Cover artwork by Jeff Jones.

Rear cover, synopsis, etc.

ROGUE STAR

Ballantine paperback, 1969. Cover by Paul Lehr.

JACK WILLIAMSON: THE HUMANOIDS (GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL NO. 21)

1954 paperback publishing by Galaxy. Cover artwork by Ed Emshwiller.

ACE DOUBLE: OFF CENTER + THE RITHIAN TERROR

Ace Double paperback, 1965. Cover by Jack Gaughan.

"The room was quiet; the man in front of the mirror was the only living thing there, and he was too horrified to utter a sound. 

In the mirror, five faces stared back at him: one young and ruddy, which was his own, and four that did not belong in that place at all, for they were wrinkled, malevolent, small as crabapples and blue as smoke. 

So begins Damon Knight's "Be My Guest," a story of the human race possessed by things that were - well, not exactly demons ... but not exactly not demons, either. It's just one of the unpredictable imaginitive tales in this fascinating collection by a modern master of science fiction." 

Contents: 

What Rough Beast

The Second-Class Citizen

Be My Guest

God's Nose

Catch That Martian

Ace Double paperback, 1965. Painting by Jack Gaughan.

"The fate of the Earth Empire hung in the balance - and Security Commissioner Spangler knew it was up to him to find the monster, the Rithian Terror, ans some called it. Seven Rithians had landed on Earth. Six had been disposed of. One was loose. 

Surely, Spangler reasoned, the stereoptic fluroscope would flush it out. "That's one test the Rithian can't meet, no matter how good his human disguise may be." Spangler explained to Pembun, the strange, little Colonial who had been sent to help find the monster. 

But Penbun didn't agree. "The trouble," he said, "is that the Rithi have no bones. Which would be indication enough under a fluroscope, if it weren't for the fact that it can easily swallow a skeleton." 

Spangler Shuddered."

BROTHER TO DEMONS, BROTHER TO GODS

Sphere SF paperback, 1981. Cover painting by Jim Burns.

THE PERFECT ULTIMAN 

In the vast multiverse of the future, genetic engineering has created four human and superhuman breeds. 

The trumen - perfected human beings who are bright and beautiful, without defects or disease, living in perfect harmony. 

The mumen - specialized mutants reshaped for war or space or life on other worlds. 

The stargods - immortals created too much in the image of their blundering Creators, ruling the multiverse with more power than compassion. 

The Fourth Creation - a final attempt to restrain the tryrannic follies of the stargods who have killed the last Creator in their bid to rule supreme. 

Of the Fourth Creation only two young children survive; Davey Dunahoo and Buglet. Doomed to die with the premen on the desolate planet Andoranda V, Davey and Buglet face the awesome challenge of producing the Ultiman to destroy the mighty gods."

THE HUMANOID TOUCH

Sphere SF paperback, 1982. Cover artist uncredited.
Possibly Tony Roberts of Jim Burns?

"HUMANOIDS: SELF-DIRECTED ROBOTS INVENTED TO SERVE AND GUARD MANKIND 

More than thirty years ago Jack Williamson created one of the finest Science Fiction novels of all time - THE HUMANOIDS. In this new novel he returns to his classic subject: the final confrontation of man and machine. THE HUMANOID TOUCH is a new peak for a master of Science Fiction."

THE LEGION OF SPACE

Pyramid paperback, second edition, Oct 1969. Cover: Paul Lehr.

"They were the most fabulous trio of swashbucklers ever to ship out to deep space - the giant Hal Samdu, the inscrutable Jay Kalam, and that marvel of greed, trickery and deceit, the incomparably dishonest Giles Habibula! Together they thundered across the stars searching for the ultimate prize - the most important female in the galaxy. Together they hurled themselves into the wildest adventure of their strange lives. And together they faced incredible evil and howling destruction - with a known traitor as their only guide!"

GOLDEN BLOOD

Lancer paperback, 1964. Artwork by Ed Emshwiller ("Emsh").

"Au / 79 / 197.2 

Chemical symbol...Atomic number...Atomic weight... 

Scientific terms for gold...But science can't begin to explain the mystery and magic of gold. 

It was gold that lured the "Secret Legion" - as oddly mixed a group of adventurers as any in song or story - into the world's most treacherous desert. 

And gold they found - a golden man, an exotic golden woman, a huge golden tiger, and an eerie golden snake. 

Gold brought them together ... Gold made them enemies in a battle to the death...Gold held the key to the mysterious forces that assailed them. 

Jack Williamson, alchemist with words, spins a rare web of adventure, fantasy and science...a gem from the golden age of Weird Tales, now available in book form for the first time."