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The Mack Reynolds Megapack
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Mack Reynolds Megapack is copyright © 2013 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. Cover art copyright © 2013 by Kovalenko Inna / Fotolia. For more information, contact the publisher.
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“Happy Ending,” by Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown, originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1957.
“Ultima Thule” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, March 1961.
“Gun for Hire” originally appeared in Analog, December 1960.
“Adaptation” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1960.
“Stowaway” originally appeared in Universe Science Fiction, June 1953.
“Medal of Honor” originally appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, November 1960.
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, December 1960.
“Status Quo” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, August 1961.
“Unborn Tomorrow” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1959.
“Summit” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, February, 1960.
“Freedom” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, February 1961.
“Dogfight—1973” originally appeared in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, July 1953.
“The Common Man” originally appeared in Analog, January 1963.
“Combat” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, October 1960.
“Black Man’s Burden” originally appeared as a 2-part serial in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, December 1961 and January 1962.
“Subversive” originally appeared in Analog, December 1962.
“Off Course” originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, January 1954.
“Revolution” originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, May 1960.
“Potential Enemy” originally appeared in Orbit, Vol. 1 No, 2, 1953.
“Border, Breed Nor Birth” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, July 1962.
“Mercenary” originally appeared in Analog, April 1962.
“Frigid Fracas” originally appeared as a 2-part serial in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, March and April 1963.
“Expediter” originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, May 1963.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
I grew up reading Mack Reynolds’ work, primarily in Analog magazine. He was one of editor John W. Campbell’s regular contributors, and while he never rose to the fame of such other Campbell-era authors as (say) Isaac Asimov or Robert A. Heinlein, he nevertheless had a long and distinguished career in the field.
His entry in Wikipedia says:
Dallas McCord “Mack” Reynolds (November 11, 1917 – January 30, 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding. His work is noteworthy for its focus on socioeconomic speculation, usually expressed in thought-provoking explorations of Utopian societies from a radical, sometime satiric, perspective. He was a considerably popular author from the 1950s to the 1970s, especially with readers of science fiction and fantasy magazines.
If you’ve gotten as far as this brief editorial note, you’re no doubt impatient to begin. So please feel free to jump ahead to the stories; they speak for themselves.
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
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