Seven classic stories written by John Russell Fearn from science fiction's golden age, selected from Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories, Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Weird Tales. This book will transport you from the beginning of creation to the end of the universe, as narrated in this new edition collection of early short stories by pulp legend and prolific science fiction author John Russell Fearn. Ranging from universe-busting "thought variants" to very human stories, they will surprise and delight all science fiction connoisseurs. From the benevolent ambitions of Professor Renhard and a machine that stops dust, to an accident at the hands of Dr. Anderson, there are ruinous consequences. The one man who might be able to provide a solution is locked in an asylum and it soon becomes apparent that meddling with the equilibrium of nature can be a fatal mistake. Such dilemmas continue to emerge. Messages are left from a universe beyond our own; mesmerism, madness and murder combine to solve the problems of a villain, and a puzzling walnut reveals horrifying patterns of mutation. Monsters, heroes and alternate dimensions are effortlessly portrayed in these thrilling and thought provoking tales. The Best of John Russell Fearn - Volume One is a gripping collection of science fiction mysteries where adventure, super powers, dream invasion and calamity unravel in the midst of experimental pursuit. Praise for John Russell Fearn: "... A pioneer of science fiction [...] he was one of the Greats of the earlier ages, and his name should be there with Hugo Gernsback, John W. Campbell, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Murray Leinster, and all the others whose thoughts and works formulated today's modern science fiction." - John Carnell, New Worlds John Russell Fearn was an extremely prolific and popular British writer, who began in the American pulps, then almost single-handedly drove the post-World War II boom in British publishing with a flood of science fiction, detective stories, westerns, and adventure fiction. He was so popular that one of his pseudonyms became the editor of Vargo Staten's Science Fiction Magazine in the 1950's. His work is noted for its vigor and wild imagination. He has always had a substantial cult following and has been popular in translation around the world.