This volume assembled 30 complete novels and short stories by Murray Leinster, published between 1919 and 1963. Included are such science fiction classics as "The Runaway Skyscraper," "Space Tug," "Second Landing," and "Operation Terror," as well as rarities like "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero," "The Gallery Gods," and "Nerve." Also includes a biographical introduction and a selected bibliography.Complete list of contents:INTRODUCTIONTHE RUNAWAY SKYSCRAPER (1919)A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO (1919)THE MAD PLANET (1920)THE GALLERY GODS (1921)THE RED DUST (1921)NERVE (1021)MORALE: A STORY OF THE WAR OF 1941-43 (1931)THE FIFTH-DIMENSION TUBE (1933)INVASION (1933)SPACE PLATFORM (1953)SPACE TUG (1953)THE INVADERS (1953)OPERATION: OUTER SPACE (1954)SECOND LANDING (1954)SAM, THIS IS YOU (1955)WHITE SPOT (1955)SCRIMSHAW (1955)SAND DOOM (1955)THE MACHINE THAT SAVED THE WORLD (1957)THE MONSTER FROM EARTH'S END...

Science Fiction. 45020 words long. First published in USA, 1949

Because Bron Hoddan was a serious electronics engineer, he didn’t want any part of his particular planetary heritage. For he was from Zan - and Zan’s only occupation was space-ship piracy!. So Bron went to Walden, the most civilized planet of them all. His first step to making himself a good reputation was to invent a machine that would save the government millions. But when instead he was seized and jailed as the most unspeakable criminal in Walden’s history, he realized that there was only one way open to remedy this “civilized” disaster. And that was by putting into use some of Zan’s old-fashioned buccaneering techniques! First serialized as The Pirates of Ersatz in Astounding Science Fiction in  February– April 1959. Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960.

Murray Leinster -- a staple in the Golden Age of pulp science fiction -- penned more than a thousand stories during his long and celebrated career. The Second Murray Leinster Megapack selects 20 more (all published between 1919 and 1960).