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A story about a US laboratory working on Nuclear Weapons. This development driven by the cold war.

On their way to travel back in to 700 years into the Earth's future, the protagonists encounter a space ship similar to theirs but its being manned by aliens.

A scientist named Andrei Komlin, chief of the physics laboratory, has been conducting unethical experiments on his assistant without any supervision. After being diagnosed with a terminal disease, Komlin decides to conduct various different…

Steve Austin, a secret agent, is on a mission to bring down a criminal organization that is using nuclear missiles for their financial gains.

The comic book takes place in the future where a South American ruler launches missiles at Russia and US. Thinking that the other is at fault, both countries retaliate by launching more missiles before realizing their faults. The story focuses on…

Cyborg is about Steve Austin, an astronaut and test pilot. After suffering a catastrophic crash, a secret department in the US government uses bionic implants to "fix" his body and turn him into a living weapon. It relates to the collection as it…

Machine "Intelligence" was a scientific article included in Astouding SF that discussed whether or not machines have the capacity for thought, and what qualifies as intelligence. This article is important to the collection because it provides…

"The Emissary" is a novelette written by Jim Brown and first published in the July 1952 edition of Astounding Science Fiction. The story focusses on an alien taken captive by humans after humans invade the alien's home planet, Sirius A.

The story is about an android the malfunctions if it heats up to a certain temperature. This malfunction overrides the directive that forbids them to harm humans, so the android kills multiple humans when it malfunctions. This shows the danger of…

To Avenge Man deals with a robot seeing what may be the end of mankind. After being left without anyone to give him commands, the robot begins to develop free thought and develops more of himself after he believes humanity needs to be avenged. At the…

Deadly Image follows a man transported from the 20th century to the future where man has become reliant upon machines and androids. This reliance could lead to complacency among the human race, allowing the androids to eventually take over, and they…

A new inorganic-oil-like substance has been discovered on Venus, but this "oil" has also completely destroyed two installations of groups trying to harvest it. The story shows that the process of gathering materials to advance technology can be just…

Windhaven is a publication of fanzines made by women for women. It contains content about science fiction from a feminist perspective, such as essays, reviews, and even some fiction.

The Female Man by Joanna Russ is an influential piece of feminist science fiction. It's publication emphasized this subgenre and gave female authors of science fiction more prominence.