Immediately, it was wrapped in an envelope of incandescent gas, and radio contact was lostThere were anxious minutes of waiting,for the two watchers on the…

Then the camera caught,a glimpse of something very strangeMany miles away, the golden landscape reared itself into a curiously symmetrical cone, like a…

From Capricorn to Cancer enclosed a slowly rotating drum, thirty-five feet in diameterAs it made one revolution every ten seconds, this carrousel or centrifuge produced an artificial gravity equal to that of the MoonThis was enough to prevent the physical atrophy which would result from the complete absence of weight, and it also allowed the routine functions of living to be carried out under normal or nearly normal conditions.…

His decision had been right; that very refusal to specialize had made him uniquely qualified for his present taskIn much the same way Frank Poole who sometimes disparagingly called himself General Practitioner in space biology had been an ideal choice as his deputyThe two of them, with, if necessary, help from Hal's vast stores of information, could cope with any problems likely to arise during the voyage as long as they kept their minds alert and receptive, and continually reengraved old…

There was certainly little agreement anywhere about the nature of TMA-1 or the Tycho Monolith, as some preferred to call it, retaining part of the abbreviation…

He had already noticed the cluster of red and green lights several miles ahead, and kept his eyes fixed upon it as the bus edged its way delicately down the…

With the taming of fire, he had laid the foundations of technology and left his animal origins far behindStone gave way to bronze, and then to ironHunting was succeeded by agricultureThe tribe grew into the village, the village into the townSpeech became eternal, thanks to certain marks on stone and clay and papyrusPresently he invented philosophy, and religionAnd he peopled the sky, not altogether inaccurately,Isabel Marant Bootswith…

One-Ear was still standing his groundPerhaps he was too brave or too stupid to run; perhaps he could not really believe that this outrage was actually happeningCoward or hero, it made no difference in the end,Isabel Marant Bootsas the frozen snarl of death came crashing down upon his uncomprehending head.A new animal was abroad on the planet, spreading slowly out from the African heartlandIt was still so rare that a hasty census might…

As they gathered round him in the morning mist, why he had paused for a moment here on the way to the river.From their side of the stream, in the never-violated safety of their own territory, the Others first saw Moon-Watcher and a dozen males of his tribe as a moving frieze against the dawn skyAt once they began to scream their daily challenge; but this time, there was no answer.The party stopped at the water's edge,Hermes Outletand for a…

the leopard advanced in search of the tender food that it cravedHad it met its prey in the open, it would have had no problems; but now that the man-apes were trapped, desperation had given them the courage to attempt the impossibleAnd for the first time they had the means to achieve it.Hermes OutletThe leopard knew that something was wrong when it felt a stunning blow on its headIt lashed out with its forepaw, and heard a shriek of agony…