A relatively small part of Murray Leinster’s total output was in the field of SF. Nevertheless his stories in this field are easily the best remembered. This collection brings together a selection of some of his lesser-known SF work, written in the decade immediately following the end of the Second World War. Together they demonstrate the talent that made Murray Leinster so deservedly popular.

THE ETHICAL EQUATIONS … The first contact in deep space with an alien spaceship …

INTERFERENCE … Buck’s job was investigation and cure of television interference sources - but this source was rather difficult to attack …

DE PROFUNDIS … Monsters called Shadi, who live in the deepest caves, armed with tentacles and eighty eyes .. and the tale of one who got away …

PIPELINE TO PLUTO … Freight was put in the Pipeline’s ships on Earth and practically simultaneously freight was taken out on Pluto. But it didn’t make an instantaneous trip …

SCRIMSHAW … The old man just wanted to get back his memory - and the methods he used were gently hellish …

IF YOU WERE A MOKLIN …