Quotes from Murray Leinster

No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does.

There is never a rational reason for a man to rejoice that a certain pretty girl exists and that he has found her. The experience, however, is universal.

Adventure is the point where you toss your life on the scales of chance and wait for the pointer to stop.

We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever have to face a superior race, we will die of it.

the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death

Hoddan swore from the depths of a very considerable vocabulary. You (censored)—(deleted)—(omitted)—(unprintability), he roared.

TABLE OF CONTENTS The Sentimentalists, by Murray Leinster The Girls from Earth, by Frank Robinson The Death Traps of FX-31, by Sewell Wright Song in a minor key, by C.L. Moore Sentry of the Sky, by Evelyn E. Smith Meeting of the Minds, by Robert Sheckley Junior, by Robert Abernathy Death Wish, by Ned Lang Dead World, by Jack Douglas Cost of Living, by Robert Sheckley Aloys, by R.A. Lafferty

Nothing, snapped Howell, that a man can imagine is impossible!

smoke came streaking upward. Then other threads of white began just outside the landing grid. They rushed after the first. The original rockets seemed to dodge. Others came up. There was an intricate pattern formed by the smoke trails of rockets rising and other rockets following, and some trails

eloptic radiation

It was not a conspicuously sane operation....

The hearts of the rich are hardened. The existence of the poor is a reproach to them. But

every man took himself seriously and did not quite believe that the universe had existed before he was born or would long survive his loss. Time

oxygen and water. But the water is in the form of high-pressure steam, which is used in engines. The jeep's fuel supplied steam for power and its ashes were water to drink and oxygen to breathe. Steam ran all motorized vehicles on Luna.

OPERATION: OUTER SPACE

Jenkins finished his writing career by writing novelizations of episodes of the science fiction television series Men Into Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants. Enjoy!

It isn't illegal to buy an artist's work for peanuts and sell it again at any price one can get. But it is an outrage!