When the Great Galactic Union first encounters Earth ... is this what is going to happen?

He was as ancient as time—and as strange as his own frightful battle against incredible odds!

He was a sort of taxi-driver, delivering a commuter to the city. The tank traps and armored cars were the hazards of the trade! A fantastic science fiction tale, woven out of the threads of future thinking,...

The machine's job was to defend its place against enemies - but it had forgotten it had friends! Keith Laumer weaves a futuristic science fiction masterpiece the way only Keith Laumer can weave a futuristic...

When the Great Galactic Union first encounters Earth ... is this what is going to happen? An incredibly awesome science fiction tale, created and composed by none other than the genius of sci fi himself,...

Granthan's mission was the most vital of the war. It would mean instant victory—but for whom? _______ Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was...

Here is one of the tightest, tautest stories of interplanetary adventure in a long while... a story of science fiction exceptionality, serene futuristic awesomeness, and the tranquility that comes from...

Help wanted: Soldier of fortune seeks companion in arms to share unusual adventure. Foster, Box 19. Legion was desperate - but not that desperate. Even petty larceny seemed preferable to that kind of...

How are thing on Rockamorra? Bad, very. Earth Ambassador Pinchbottle has contracted to fight a dinosaur, and it's up to troubleshooter Jame Retief to keep him from being stomped, mangled, or eaten.Things...

ABE LINCOLN IN AFRICA?He was seen - and photographed - in a Tunisian bazaar. And an ancient Spanish galleon, fully crewed with ancient Spaniard, was taken in tow off Tampa by the Coast Guard...and a few...

Nightmare at StonehengeWhen Legion meets a strange old millionaire called 'Foster', he doesn't know that his whole life will never be the same again. For 'Foster' has a strange story to tell. Part of...

Invasion! At first the U.S. army - what was left of it - thought it was battling a communist invasion. The truth was much worse. It wasn't until Jeff Mallory awoke one morning to find that all his fellow...

Retief is an officer of the distinguished Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne, a supra-national organization devoted to keeping the peace - or more accurately, to maintaining a state of tension short of...

An American diplomat, trapped in a world he never made...At first Brion Bayard was relieved to discover that his kidnappers were very apologetic and very British. Then he learned that they were not from...

Billy Danger had gone past hitting the skids - now he was freezing to death in a blizzard. So he took shelter in a corn silo that turned out to be a disguised alien starship, and woke up light years from...

Brion Bayard, once of our own timeline and now Imperium Agent extraordinaire, had been on some pretty dangerous missions before - but never had he encountered so noxious a foe as the invading legions...

The world, as Lafayette O'Leary knew it, disappeared in a flash. Perhaps it was his own doing - after all, he had the uncanny gift of creating alternate realities by sheer mental power.But the result...

It starts out as a weird but seemingly understandable assignment, bodyguarding a mad politician whose keepers have decided to let him "escape" as a sort of reality therapy. But to understand the Senator,...

Lumbaga is a planet without known virtues - but with some decidedly odd natives. For every Lumbagan is simply an arbitrary assortment of semi-independent organs inspired by a lust for mayhem.But even...

THE COMING OF THE BLIGHTIt seemed as though the world was eroding right under everyone's feet. Stories disappeared from magazines; the baron's silver coat of arms, polished in the morning, was pitted...

BLINDING LIGHT, NOISE BEYOND SOUND - A JOURNEY INTO NOTHINGNESS...Imperial Intelligence Agent Brion Bayard was catapulted into nothingness by an unknown force and woke to find himself in a universe not...

The Earth was in shambles after the final quake had leveled the cities. For Mal Irish the last hold on reality was the embossed gold coin he had taken from the pocket of the dead man - the man who with...

From "An Abbreviated History of the Bolo": The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M. This model, first commissioned in the...

The twenty-seventh century planet of Quopp is a world where Earthmen walk cautiously or not at all. The inhabitants are weirdly diabolical creatures, possessing spoked-wheel limbs and sprouting steel-sharp...

Enter the worlds of Keith Laumer. From the adventures of self-aware superheavy battle tanks to the intricacies of galactic diplomacy via the clash of parallel worlds, Laumer's imagination knew few bounds.In...

Chester W. Chester IV inherits a run-down mansion and millions in back taxes. In order to pay the taxes, he initially decides to auction off the mansion and its contents, but then he discovers a massive...

Terran diplomat and interplanetary troubleshooter Jame Retief must stop the belligerent, five-eyed Groaci from invading the beleaguered planet of Bloor, which is already plagued by violence between rival...

Against a raging backdrop of interplanetary intrigue. This time the resourceful officer of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne must deal with horrors unknown as he hunts the universe for a stolen ballet...

Astronaut John Jackson is finally going to realize his life's dream: exploring a brand-new world. However, after spending a century in suspended animation aboard his exploration starship, he awakens to...

The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M, which performed remarkably well. However, the always-present possibility of capture...