UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FANTASY FICTION
David Henry Keller
Also known as: Keller, David Henry, 1880-1963., David H. Keller
I CAN not more appropriately introduce the Cosmos than by presenting a brief sketch of the life of its illustrious author.
— from Cosmos
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Giants
Introduction: Giants in the Earth - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Giants in the Earth) The Riddle of Ragnarok - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Straggler from Atlantis - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman He Who Shrank - novella by Henry Hasse From the Dark Waters - short story by David Drake Small Lords - novelette by Frederik Pohl The Mad Planet - novella by Murray Leinster Dreamworld - short story by Isaac Asimov The Thirty and One - short story by David H. Keller, M.D. The Law-Twister Shorty - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson In the Lower Passage - short story by Harle Oren Cummins Cabin Boy - novelette by Damon Knight The Colossus of Ylourgne - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith

Cosmos
"Cosmos est le premier volume d'une trilogie intitulée "Brève encyclopédie du monde". Il présente une philosophie de la nature. Il sera suivi de "Décadence", qui traitera de l'histoire, puis de "Sagesse", consacré à la question de l'éthique et du bonheur. "Trop de livres se proposent de faire l'économie du monde tout en prétendant nous le décrire. Cet oubli nihiliste du cosmos me semble plus peser que l'oubli de l'être. Les monothéismes ont voulu célébrer un livre qui prétendait dire la totalité du monde. Pour ce faire ils ont écarté des livres qui disaient le monde autrement qu'eux. Une immense bibliothèque s'est installée entre les hommes et le cosmos, et la nature, et le réel". Tel est le point de départ de ce livre, dans lequel Michel Onfray nous propose de renouer avec une méditation philosophique en prise directe avec le cosmos. Contempler le monde, ressaisir les intuitions fondatrices du temps, de la vie, de la nature, comprendre ses mystères et les leçons qu'elle nous livre. Tel est l'ambition de ce livre très personnel, qui renoue avec l'idéal grec et païen d'une sagesse humaine en harmonie avec le monde."--Amazon.com. Cosmos is the first volume of a trilogy entitled "Brief encyclopedia of the world." This contains a philosophy of nature. It will be followed by "Decadence", which will deal with its history, then "Wisdom", dedicated to the issue of ethics and happiness. In this first book Michel Onfray proposes that we return to a philosophical meditation in tune with the cosmos. Contemplating the world, recovering the founding intuitions of time, of life, of nature, understanding its mysteries and the lessons it gives us. Such is the ambition of this very personal book, which revives the Greek and pagan ideal of human wisdom in harmony with the world.

Science Fiction Gems, Volume Fourteen
Secret of the Lightning - short story by Robert Moore Williams Refueling Station - short fiction by Rog Phillips Death in Transit - short story by Jerry Sohl Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitarium - short story by Fletcher Pratt A Message from Our Sponsor - short story by Henry Slesar "You'll Never Go Home Again" - short story by Clifford D. Simak (variant of Beachhead 1951) One of Them? - short story by Robert Abernathy The Pent House - short story by David H. Keller, M.D. Someday - short story by Isaac Asimov The Contact Point - short story by Jack Sharkey Oh Mesmerist from Mimas! - novelette by Roger Dee Wreck of Triton - short story by Alfred Coppel (variant of Wreck Off Triton 1951) Beyond the Time Door - short story by David Wright O'Brien The Golden Girl of Munan - novelette by Harl Vincent