The Best of Sydney J Bounds · Volume Two
- Authors
- Bounds, Sydney J.
- Publisher
- Venture Press
- Tags
- thriller , science fiction
- Date
- 2003-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.41 MB
- Lang
- en
ADRIFT IN SPACE
His spaceship destroyed, he was lost in space with only days to live.
His spacesuit would be his coffin when the air in his tanks ran out…
A modern Robinson Crusoe without an island, adrift in the limitless sea of space…
By turns chilling, eerie, strange and exciting, here are nine hand-picked early stories by one of the craftsmen of British science fiction, including ‘The Predators’, a complete short novel.
Featuring the best of horror fantasy in ‘Strange Portrait’, where a beautiful muse, a captivating portrait and a tortured artist collide in highly unfortunate circumstances, to the narcissistic struggles of pioneering colonists in extraordinary escapades on new planets. Crazed scientists, ominous university research, devious employees and dangerous experiments are matched by highly evolved predators in the battle to conquer and survive.
In the midst of atomic war and wandering orphans are the continuing search for acceptance and friendship, with the marital troubles of one selfish husband fading into insignificance when he realises his wife may be trapped in the danger zone of a destroyed planet...
Strange interplanetary hierarchies, gossiping housewives on Pluto and captivating sirens reveal human weaknesses that extend to aliens in shocking circumstances, while the dazzling mountain escapades of one trio put them at the mercy of a thriving lunar diamond smuggling trade and more…
For the first time in ebook, The Best of Sydney J Bounds Volume One is a unique and expertly sourced collection of classic science fiction.
Sydney James Bounds was an English author. He wrote over forty novels and hundreds of short stories, many published under pseudonyms or anonymously. He was best known for his science fiction, but also wrote horror, Westerns, mysteries and juveniles. Starting in 2007 his name has been honored by the British Fantasy Awards' Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award (a revival of the earlier Icarus and Newcomer Awards), which is sponsored and funded by his estate.