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    The First Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Winston K. Marks
    The First Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Winston K. Marks
    The First Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Winston K. Marks
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    The First Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Winston K. Marks

    By Winston K. Marks

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    The "Golden Age of Science Fiction" Megapacks are designed to introduce readers to classic science fiction writers of the 1940s-1960s who might otherwise be forgotten. Winston K. Marks (1915-1979) is one such unjustly forgotten author.


    Included here are 12 science fiction stories, published between 1953 and 1959, representing some of his best work:


    THE WATER EATER (1953)

    UNBEGOTTEN CHILD (1953)

    …SO THEY BAKED A CAKE (1954)

    BACKLASH (1954)

    TABBY (1954)

    BREEDER REACTION (1954)

    FORSYTE'S RETREAT (1954)

    MATE IN TWO MOVES (1954)

    THE TEST COLONY (1954)

    BROWN JOHN’S BODY (1955)

    THE MIND DIGGER (1958)

    THE DEADLY DAUGHTERS (1958)


    If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the more than 100 other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateMay 21, 2014
    ISBN9781479402908
    The First Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: Winston K. Marks

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