Randall Garrett

- Als Telzey erwacht, hat sie eine Doppelgängerin. Keines der beiden Mädchen weiß, welches das echte und welches das synthetische ist. Sie haben ihre Rolle zu spielen als Marionetten, deren Bewegungen ein Computer steuert... - Engstirnigkeit und Rechthaberei beschwören die Katastrophe herauf. Und das Schicksal von Millionen liegt in den Händen des dümmsten von ihnen... - Ein Fanatiker hat den Sendboten einer außerirdischen Welt erschossen. Nun wartet die Menschheit auf die Rache der Roboter... - Es war nicht das Paradies, in dem er lebte und arbeitete, aber es war seine Welt. Gewaltsam herausgerissen, kam er mit allem zurecht, nur mit einem nicht... Die von Christian Dörge zusammengestellte Anthologie Die unheimliche Freiheit enthält vier Erzählungen von James H. Schmitz, H. Beam Pier, Randall Garrett – und von Harry Bates, dessen legendäre Erzählung Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand (die literarische Vorlage für zwei Verfilmungen aus den Jahren 1951 und 2008) hier erstmals seit Jahrzehnten wieder in deutscher Sprache erhältlich ist. Die unheimliche Freiheit erscheint in der Reihe GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION aus dem Apex-Verlag, in der SF-Pulp-Klassiker als durchgesehene Neuausgaben wiederveröffentlicht werden.

Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber -- The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith -- The cat from hell / Stephen King -- Out of place / Pamela Sargent -- Schrödinger's cat / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Groucho / Ron Goulart -- My father, the cat / Henry Slesar -- The cat man / Byron Liggett -- Some are born cats / Terry and Carol Carr -- The cat lover / Knox Burger -- Jade Blue / Edward Bryant -- Tom cat / Gary Jennings -- Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee / Gene Wolfe-- The witch's cat / Manly Wade Wellman -- Antiquities / John Crowley -- A little intelligence / Randall Garrett -- The cat / Gene Wolfe -- Afternoon at Schrafft's / Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick.

When an extraordinary alien creature becomes Earth's most feared master criminal, it becomes necessary to develop a super-human to do it battle. That the Nipe had embarked on its incredible career of robbery and murder had been, more or less, an accident. After all, it was a civilized being of high intelligence, intent only on establishing contact with the Earth's Real People. Those pitiful creatures with only two eyes and four limbs, with their slow, slow reflexes and their savage weapons, couldn't be the ruling life-form! Why, they didn't even keep the Customs . . . and any civilized species must surely adhere to ritual. But why, then, had the Nipe been unable to find the Real People? Obviously, they had some reason to remain hidden, and that left the Nipe but one alternative — to build a communicator with which it could reach its home. It would take time, and a great deal of specialized equipment, to build the transmitter. And in the course of collecting the necessary materials, the Nipe occasionally had no alternative but to kill. Even though the humans weren't Real People, the Nipe at least showed them the respect of devouring their remains—after all, the Real People might be watching. In the year 2081 A.D.-the Nipe's opinion notwithstanding—the Earth was a highly civilized planet. And, although the Nipe was a pretty big nuisance, it was clear to the administrators of Government City that its technological knowledge could contribute greatly to Earth's understanding. Therefore, it was decided that although they could blast the Nipe to smithereens with a single bomb, the best course of action would be to keep tabs on it in its lair in the old New York subway system until a man could be trained, and equipped with reflexes quick enough to prevent the Nipe from killing him before he could convince it that it was safe with the humans. The neurophysical institute took nearly five years to perform the tedious series of operations and affect the training program to convert Bart Stanton into a super-human. But when they'd finished with him, there still remained another, even stranger part of the great plan to carry out. In the exciting climax and weird denouement of this unusual novel are twists and turns that make ANYTHING YOU CAN Do ... a remarkable study of conflict between alien cultures—and a compelling tale about the idiosyncrasies of human nature.

The Test - short story by Richard Matheson Anachron - short story by Damon Knight Black Charlie - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Down Among the Dead Men - novelette by William Tenn The Hunting Lodge - novelette by Randall Garrett The Lysenko Maze - short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell] Fondly Fahrenheit - novelette by Alfred Bester The Cold Equations - novelette by Tom Godwin Letters from Laura - short story by Mildred Clingerman Transformer - short story by Chad Oliver The Music Master of Babylon - novelette by Edgar Pangborn The End of Summer - novelette by Algis Budrys The Father-Thing - short story by Philip K. Dick The Deep Range - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Balaam - short story by Anthony Boucher Man of Parts - short story by H. L. Gold Answer - short story by Fredric Brown

275 p. ; 18 cm

Editorial: Escape to Reality? - essay by Isaac Asimov In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See - short story by Melisa Michaels Keepersmith - novelette by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron Good Taste - novelette by Isaac Asimov To Sin Against Systems - novelette by Garry R. Osgood Louisville Slugger - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II A Delicate Shade of Kipney - short story by Nancy Kress Air Raid - short story by John Varley [as by Herb Boehm] A Many Splendored Thing - short story by Linda Isaacs Boarder Incident - short story by Ted Reynolds Low Grade Ore - novelette by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. The Missing Item - short story by Isaac Asimov Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead - short story by Steve Perry [as by Jesse Peel] Polly Plus - short story by Randall Garrett A Time for Terror - novelette by Barry B. Longyear [as by Frederick Longbeard] Perchance to Dream - short story by Sally A. Sellers The Small Stones of Tu Fu - short story by Brian W. Aldiss Born Again - short story by Sharon N. Farber Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe - novelette by John Varley How It Happened - short story by Isaac Asimov Quarantine - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Cautionary Tales - short story by Larry Niven A Bait of Dreams - novelette by Jo Clayton Against a Crooked Stile - short story by Nancy Kress Joelle - novella by Poul Anderson Dance Band on the Titanic - novelette by Jack L. Chalker [as by Jack Chalker] Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind - short story by E. Amalia Andujar Lorelei at Storyville West - short story by Sherwood Springer On the Way - short story by Conway Conley The Napoli Express - novella by Randall Garrett Darkside - novelette by Gary D. McClellan No Room in the Stable - short story by A. Bertram Chandler African Blues - short story by Paula Smith Coming of Age in Henson's Tube - short story by William John Watkins [as by William Jon Watkins] Home Team Advantage - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II Star Train - short story by Drew Mendelson Bystander - short story by Alan Dean Foster Time and Hagakure - short story by Steven Utley Ghosts - short story by Keith Minnion A Simple Outside Job - short story by Robert Lee Hawkins The Last Defender of Camelot - novelette by Roger Zelazny Lost and Found - short story by Michael A. Banks and George Wagner Hellhole - short story by David Gerrold The Man Who Took the Fifth - short story by Michael Schimmel The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie - short story by Anne Lear Backspace - short story by F. M. Busby On the Q167 File - short story by John M. Ford Horseless Carriage - short story by Michael A. Banks Pièce de Résistance - short story by J. F. Bone [as by Jesse Bone] Lipidleggin' - short story by F. Paul Wilson Omit Flowers - short story by Dean McLaughlin Message to Myself - short story by Diana L. Paxson One Rejection Too Many - short story by Patricia Nurse But Do They Ride Dolphins? - short story by Frederick S. Lord, Jr. When There's No Man Around - short story by Stephen Goldin Longshot - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II Nothing for Nothing - short story by Isaac Asimov To Fill the Sea and Air - short story by F. Paul Wilson Guilt - novelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] Proud Rider - novelette by Barry B. Longyear

The Universe of Science Fiction - essay by Isaac Asimov The Detweiler Boy - novelette by Tom Reamy The Ipswich Phial - novelette by Randall Garrett Second Game - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean The Ceaseless Stone - short story by Avram Davidson Coup de Grace - short story by Jack Vance The Green Car - novelette by William F. Temple War Game - short story by Philip K. Dick The Singing Bell - short story by Isaac Asimov ARM - novella by Larry Niven Mouthpiece - novella by Edward Wellen Time Exposures - novelette by Wilson Tucker How-2 - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Time in Advance - novelette by William Tenn

Twelve science fiction stories which explore the complexities and limitations of the human mind as it responds to unusual situations, bizarre societies, and unorthodox problems. Includes a brief analysis of each story. It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby [The Sound Machine]( - short story by Roald Dahl Hallucination Orbit - novelette by J. T. McIntosh The Winner - short story by Donald E. Westlake A Rose by Other Name ... - short story by Christopher Anvil (variant of A Rose By Other Name 1959) The Man Who Never Forgot - short story by Robert Silverberg Runaround - novelette by Isaac Asimov Absalom - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner] Wings Out of Shadow - novelette by Fred Saberhagen In Case of Fire - short story by Randall Garrett What Friends Are For - short story by John Brunner The Drivers - short story by Edward W. Ludwig

The Eve of RUMOKO - novella by Roger Zelazny The Night of the Trolls - novella by Keith Laumer Mercenary - novella by Mack Reynolds Soldier Ask Not - novella by Gordon R. Dickson (variant of Soldier, Ask Not) Weyr Search - novella by Anne McCaffrey Code Three - novella by Rick Raphael How It Was When the Past Went Away - novella by Robert Silverberg The Highest Treason - novella by Randall Garrett Hawk Among the Sparrows - novella by Dean McLaughlin The Suicide Express - novella by Philip José Farmer

A short story collection, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg: The highest treason / Randall Garrett Hothouse / Brian W. Aldiss Hiding place / Poul Anderson What is this thing called love? / Isaac Asimov A prize for Edie / J.F. Bone The ship who sang / Anne McCaffrey Death and the senator / Arthur C. Clarke The Quaker cannon / Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth The moon moth / Jack Vance A planet named Shayol / Cordwainer Smith Rainbird / R.A. Lafferty Wall of crystal, eye of night / Algis Budrys Remember the Alamo! / T. R. Fehrenbach

The Name of Our Field - essay by Isaac Asimov The Last Full Measure - short story by George Alec Effinger The Voyage of the Bagel - short story by Martin Gardner Pièce de Résistance - short story by J. F. Bone [as by Jesse Bone] Polly Plus - short story by Randall Garrett Wolf Tracks - poem by Donald Gaither Guilt - novelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] A Choice of Weapons - short story by Michael Tennenbaum Star Train - short story by Drew Mendelson The Man Who Took the Fifth - short story by Michael Schimmel Born Again - short story by Sharon N. Farber A Child of Penzance - novelette by Tony Sarowitz Lipidleggin' - short story by F. Paul Wilson Singularity - novella by Mildred Downey Broxon