Twofer Science Fiction (Illustrated): Rediscovered Planets

“Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once – but they were something else now. The Magter had only one desire – Kill! Kill everything, themselves, their planet, the universe if they could – Brion Brandd was sent in at the eleventh hour. His mission was to save Dis, but it looked as though he was going to preside over its annihilation.”
- The Argosy

This new AAeB Twofer book series presents two “golden” sci-fi novels for less than the cost of a neutralizer or sonic screwdriver. The theme of this volume is planets. Here you’ll find Murray Leinster’s The Mad Planet, the story of earth becoming almost inhabitable due to fissures that pour out steady streams of foul gas. Also here’s Harry Harrison’s Planet of the Damned, the story of a man with a heightened sense of empathy that allows him to win an annual physical and mental competition, but he’s sent to the hellish planet of Dis where he must use his talent to help avert a global disaster.

Murray Leinster is the author of more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.

Harry Max Harrison is best known for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and his novel Make Room, Make Room, which was the basis for the movie Soylent Green.

H.L. Osterman is an editor and writer with a special fondness for sci-fi. He’s known for his anthologies Robots and Rust Buckets and Time Travel and Other Science Fiction Journeys.