Robert F. Young

2236123 Want to Read saving… saving… saving… saving… saving… Rate this book 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars Preview more photos (1) Starfinder (Star #2) by Patricia Potter (Goodreads Author) 3.72 · Rating details · 60 ratings · 2 reviews Ian Sutherland should have hanged for his treason against the British Crown, along with his brother and the other Scottish freedom fighters. But he was spared, only to be shipped to Maryland and sold as an indentured servant—a fate worse than the death he'd expected. Ian has sworn nothing will stop him from escaping and returning to Scotland to salvage what's left of his clan, until his master's sudden death leaves a young widow, Fancy Marsh, alone to care for her family—and to keep her cruel, covetous brother-in-law from taking what's rightfully hers. Honor compels Ian to help Fancy, and love, stronger than a bondsman's chains, binds their souls. Yet Robert Marsh will not relinquish his claim on Fancy without a struggle, and Ian finds he is forced to fight again—for his love...and h

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"Introduction: In Days of Old" (Isaac Asimov) "Crusader Damosel" (Vera Chapman) "Divers Hands" (Darrell Schweitzer) "The Reluctant Dragon" (Kenneth Grahame) "The Immortal Game" (Poul Anderson) "The Stainless-Steel Knight" (John T. Phillifent) "Diplomat-at-Arms" (Keith Laumer) "Dream Damsel" (Ed McBain [as by Evan Hunter]) "The Last Defender of Camelot" (Roger Zelazny) "A Knyght Ther Was" (Robert F. Young) * "Divide and Rule" (L. Sprague de Camp)

Robert F. Young published frequently in major markets from the 1950s to his death in 1985. Disney even optioned film rights to one of his books. However, probably because he wrote few novels, he was never widely known. In his better stories, many collected here, he both captured a deep sense of nostalgia and winnowed a glimpse of true love from mere obsession: a mountaineer must redeem his life by scaling a miles-long artifact shaped like a woman; a little boy attempts to return from a bleak city to the idyllic country of his memory; a mysterious wanderer transforms the lives of a struggling family during the Great Depression. In his introduction, Barry N. Malzberg brings to light some of the fascinating contradictions of this author, whose lean, elegant prose and poignant, though guarded, sense of romance deserves to find a wider audience.

I'm Dangerous Tonight - novella by Cornell Woolrich The Devil in Exile - short story by Brian Cleeve The Cage - short story by Ray Russell The Tale of Ivan the Fool - novelette by Лев Толстой (trans. of Сказка об Иване-дураке и его двух братьях: Семене-воине и Тарасе-брюхане, и немой сестре Маланье, и о старом дьяволе и трех чертенятах) [as by Leo Tolstoi] The Shepherds - short story by Ruth Sawyer He Stepped on the Devil's Tail - short story by Winston K. Marks Rustle of Wings - short story by Fredric Brown That Hell-Bound Train - short story by Robert Bloch Added Inducement - short story by Robert F. Young The Devil and Daniel Webster - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét Colt .24 - short story by Rick Hautala The Making of Revelation, Part I - novelette by Philip José Farmer The Howling Man - short story by Charles Beaumont Trace - short story by Jerome Bixby Guardian Angel - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke The Devil Was Sick - short story by Bruce Elliott Deal with the D.E.V.I.L. - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell Dazed - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

Sun - essay by Isaac Asimov The Weather on the Sun - novelette by Theodore L. Thomas Mercury - essay by Isaac Asimov Brightside Crossing - novelette by Alan E. Nourse Venus - essay by Isaac Asimov Prospector's Special - novelette by Robert Sheckley Earth - essay by Isaac Asimov Waterclap - novelette by Isaac Asimov Mars - essay by Isaac Asimov Hop-Friend - short story by Terry Carr Asteroids - essay by Isaac Asimov Barnacle Bull - short story by Poul Anderson Jupiter - essay by Isaac Asimov Bridge - novelette by James Blish Saturn - essay by Isaac Asimov Saturn Rising - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Uranus - essay by Isaac Asimov The Snowbank Orbit - short story by Fritz Leiber Neptune - essay by Isaac Asimov One Sunday in Neptune - short story by Alexei Panshin Pluto - essay by Isaac Asimov Wait It Out - short story by Larry Niven Nikita Eisenhower Jones - novelette by Robert F. Young Comets - essay by Isaac Asimov The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule - short story by Duncan Lunan (variant of Comet, Cairn and Capsule) Notes About the Authors (The Science Fictional Solar System) - essay by uncredited

A novel combining the medieval fantasy of the Arabian Nights with twentieth century Science fiction.

Dictionaries - essay by Isaac Asimov Too Soon to Die - novelette by Tom Godwin A Museum Piece - short story by Roger Zelazny Why Johnny Can't Speed - short story by Alan Dean Foster Man in a Quandary - short story by Joseph Wesley [as by L. J. Stecher, Jr.] The Cabbage Patch - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell A Touch of Grapefruit - short story by Richard Matheson Answer - short story by Fredric Brown A Gun for Dinosaur - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber The Odor of Thought - short story by Robert Sheckley The Last Monster - short story by Poul Anderson (variant of Terminal Quest) History Lesson - short story by Arthur C. Clarke The Troublemaker - short story by Christopher Anvil The Game of Rat and Dragon - short story by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith] Let's Be Frank - short story by Brian W. Aldiss The Easy Way Out - short story by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] All Cats Are Gray - short story by Andre Norton The Man from Earth - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Dream Damsel - short story by Evan Hunter The Underdweller - short story by William F. Nolan (variant of Small World) Top Secret - short story by Eric Frank Russell One Love Have I - short story by Robert F. Young The Snowball Effect - short story by Katherine MacLean The Santa Claus Problem - short story by J. W. Schutz The Ship Who Sang - novelette by Anne McCaffrey No Harm Done - short story by Jack Sharkey There Will Come Soft Rains - short story by Ray Bradbury In the Jaws of Danger - short story by Piers Anthony In the Abyss - (1896) - short story by H. G. Wells Custer's Last Jump - novelette by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop Game Preserve - short story by Rog Phillips Life Hutch - short story by Harlan Ellison The Silk and the Song - novelette by Charles L. Fontenay Down to the Worlds of Men - novelette by Alexei Panshin Robbie - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940) The Man with English - short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold] Transstar - novelette by Raymond E. Banks Open Warfare - novelette by James E. Gunn The Long Way Home - short story by Fred Saberhagen Skirmish on a Summer Morning - novella by Bob Shaw Gantlet - short story by Richard E. Peck Saucer of Loneliness - short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness) The Mother of Necessity - short story by Chad Oliver The Great Secret - short story by George H. Smith The Draw - short story by Jerome Bixby For the Sake of Grace - novelette by Suzette Haden Elgin A Death in the House - novelette by Clifford D. Simak Creature of the Snows - short story by William Sambrot A Criminal Act - short story by Harry Harrison The Cage - short story by A. Bertram Chandler

Centaur Fielder for the Yankees - short story by Edward D. Hoch The Ice Dragon - novelette by George R. R. Martin Prince Prigio - novella by Andrew Lang The Gorgon - novelette by Tanith Lee The Griffin and the Minor Canon - short story by Frank R. Stockton The Kragen - novella by Jack Vance The Little Mermaid - novelette by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Den Lille Havfrue) Letters from Laura - short story by Mildred Clingerman The Triumph of Pegasus - novelette by Frank A. Javor Caution! Inflammable! - short story by Thomas N. Scortia The Pyramid Project - novelette by Robert F. Young (variant of The Sphinx) The Silken-Swift - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Mood Wendigo - short story by Thomas A. Easton