The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds

7 THRILLING TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION... Beyond Our Narrow Skies / intro by Leigh Brackett ► Lorelei of the Red Mist / Leigh Brackett & Ray Bradbury (Planet Stories, Summer 1946) He died and then awakened in a new body. He took pleasure in his turn of good luck until he discovered his new body was hated by all on Venus and his soul was owned by Rann... ► The Star Mouse / Fredric Brown (Planet Stories, Spring 1942) [Mitkey] Robinson Crusoe... Gulliver--the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey Mouse... ► Return of a Legend / Raymond Z. Gallun (Planet Stories, March 1952) Mars fever they called it. Could the wild boy cheat the Red Planet's deserts and the grim pursuit by the Terrans? ► Quest of Thig / Basil Wells (Planet Stories, Fall 1942) [Thig] Thig of Orthas was the vanguard of the conquering "Horde." He had blasted across trackless space to subdue a defenseless world--only to find on Earth something more deadly than weapons... ► The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears / Keith Bennett (Planet Stories, Spring 1950) Some day there will be a legend like this. Some day from steamy Venus or arid Mars word will come back of the glorious deeds of the heroic men of Terra! ► The Diversifal / Ross Rocklynne (Planet Stories, Winter 1945) Side by side they would live, year after year, hating each other more fiercely each day... ► Duel on Syrtis / Poul Anderson (Planet Stories, March 1951) Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. But Riordan's trophy room lacked one item... a Martian! * Edited by Leigh Brackett Cover art by Kelly Freas