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LEWIS PADGETT See HENRY KUTTNER and C. L. MOORE
   
ELAINE PAGELS
Elaine Pagels

NON-FICTION
THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS  (1979)    [PDF]

 

 

   
CLARENCE PAGET
Clarence Arthur Edward Paget (1909 - 1991) 

ANTHOLOGIES
PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES
#26  (1985)    [PDF]
#27  (1986)    [PDF]
#28  (1987)    [PDF]

   

BARRY PAIN
Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864 – 1928)

FICTION
STORIES IN GREY  (1911)    [PDF]

STORIES IN THE DARK  (1901)    [PDF]

 

   

THOMAS PAINE
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

 

 

 

NON-FICTION
THE AGE OF REASON  (1880)    [PDF]

AGRARIAN JUSTICE  (1796)    [PDF]

THE DELCINE AND FALL OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF FINANCE  (1796)    [PDF]

THE GREAT WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE  (1878)    [PDF]

ON THE ORIGIN OF FREEMASONRY  (1810)    [PDF]

THE RIGHTS OF MAN  (1817)    [PDF]
   
RAYMOND A. PALMER
Raymond Alfred Palmer (1910 - 1977)

PARA-FICTION
UNIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE ON THE SHAVER MYSTERY  (1957)    [PDF]

 

   

EDGAR PANGBORN
Edgar Pangborn (1909 – 1976)

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
THE COMPANY OF GLORY  (1975)    [PDF]

DAVY  (1965)    [EPUB]

GOOD NEIGHBORS AND OTHER STRANGERS  (1972)    [PDF]

THE JUDGMENT OF EVE  (1967)    [PDF]

A MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS  (1954)    [PDF]

STILL I PERSIST IN WONDERING  (1978)    [PDF]

WEST OF THE SUN  (1953)    [PDF]

WILDERNESS OF SPRING  (1958)    [EPUB]
   
ALEXEI PANSHIN
Alexei Panshin (1940 – 2022)

FICTION
RITE OF PASSAGE  (1968)    [PDF]

STAR WELL  (1968)    [PDF]

 

   

MICHEL PARRY
Michel Parry (1947 - 2014)

 

ANTHOLOGIES
THE DEVIL’S KISSES  (as by Linda Lovecraft, 1976)    [PDF]

REIGN OF TERROR  (1976)    [PDF]

SPACED OUT  (1975)    [PDF]

STRANGE ECSTASIES  (1973)   [PDF]
   
ALBERT R. PARSONS
Albert Richard Parsons (1848 – 1887)

ANTHOLOGY
THE LIFE OF ALBERT R. PARSONS   (Lucy Parsons, editor, 1903)    [PDF]

 

 

   
GILBERT PATTEN
William George 'Gilbert' Patten (1866 – 1945)

FICTION
DICK MERRIWELL’S WESTERN MISSION  (as by Burt L. Standish, 1903)    [PDF]

FRANK MERRIWELL’S DUEL  (as by Burt L. Standish, 1899)    [PDF]

 

   
LEWIS B. PATTEN
Lewis Byford Patten (1915 – 1981)

FICTION
MASSACRE AT WHITE RIVER   (1952)    [PDF]

 

 

   
STEPHEN PAYNE
John Stephens Payne (1888 - 1970)

FICTION
STAMPEDE ON FARWAY PASS  (1965)    [PDF]

 

 

   
MAX PEACOCK
Dennis Max Cornelius Woodruffe-Peacock (? - ?)

FICTION
KING'S ROGUE  (1947)    [PDF]

 

 

   
MERVYN PEAKE
Mervyn Peake (1911 – 1968)

FICTION
THE GORMENGHAST TRILOGY  (1959)    [PDF ebook]

 

 

   
DONALD C. PEATTIE
Donald Culross Peattie (1898 – 1964)

ESSAYS
A BOOK OF HOURS  (1937)    [PDF]

 

 

   
IRA PECK
Ira Peck

ANTHOLOGY
A TREASURY OF GREAT GHOST STORIES  (1965)    [PDF]

 

 

   
SAMUEL A. PEEPLES
Samuel Anthony Peeples (1917 – 1997)

FICTION
JOHNNY SUNDANCE  (as by Brad Ward, 1952)    [PDF]

 

 

   
MARIO PEI
Mario Andrew Pei (1901 – 1978)

FICTION
SWORDS FOR CHARLEMAGNE  (a.k.a. SWORDS OF ANJOU, 1953)    [PDF]

 

 

   
JOHN PELAN
John C. Pelan (1957 – 2021)
ANTHOLOGIES
AOXOLOTI SPECIAL 1  (1989)    [PDF]

THE CENTURY'S BEST HORROR FICTION 1  (2011)    [PDF]

THE CENTURY'S BEST HORROR FICTION 2  (2011)    [PDF]
   
HAROLD W. PERCIVAL
Harold Waldwin Percival (1868 - 1953)

NON-FICTION
THINKING AND DESTINY  (1946)    [PDF]

 

 

   
MICHAEL PERELMAN
Michael Perelman (1939 - 2020)

NON-FICTION
THE INVENTION OF CAPITALISM  (2000)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ARMANDO PERRETTA
Armando T. Perretta

FICTION
TAKE A NUMBER  (1957)    [PDF]

 

 

   
RALPH R. PERRY
Ralph R. Perry

FICTION
NIGHTRIDER DEPUTY  (1954)    [PDF]

 

 

   

EMIL PETAJA
Emil Petaja (1915 – 2000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
ALPHA YES, TERRA NO  (1965)    [PDF]

THE CAVES OF MARS  (1965)    [PDF]

DOOM OF THE GREEN PLANET  (1968)    [PDF]

LORD OF THE GREEN PLANET  (1967)    [PDF]

THE PATH BEYOND THE STARS  (1969)    [PDF]

SAGA OF LOST EARTHS  (1966)    [PDF]

THE STAR MILL  (1966)    [PDF]

THE STOLEN SUN  (1967)    [PDF]

TAMONTANE  (1967)    [PDF]

NON-FICTION
PHOTOPLAY EDITION  (1975)    [PDF]

   

JOHN T. PHILLIFENT
John Thomas Phillifent (1916 – 1976)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
ALIEN VIRUS  (as by John Rackham, 1955)    [PDF]

THE ANYTHING TREE  (as by John Rackham, 1970)    [PDF]

THE BEASTS OF KOHL  (as by John Rackham, 1966)    [PDF]

BEYOND CAPELLA (as by John Rackham, 1971)    [PDF]

DANGER FROM VEGA  (as by John Rackham, 1966)    [PDF]

DARK PLANET (as by John Rackham, 1971)    [PDF]

THE DOUBLE INVADERS  (as by John Rackham, 1967)    [PDF]

EARTHSTRINGS (as by John Rackham, 1972)    [PDF]

FLOWER OF DORADIL (as by John Rackham, 1970)    [PDF]

HIERARCHIES  (1973)    [PDF]

IPOMOEA (as by John Rackham, 1969)    [PDF]

JUPITER EQUILATERAL  (as by John Rackham, 1954)    [PDF]

LIFE WITH LANCELOT  (1973)    [PDF]

THE MASTER WEED (as by John Rackham, 1954)    [PDF]

THE PROXIMA PROJECT  (as by John Rackham, 1968)    [PDF]

TIME TO LIVE  (as by John Rackham, 1966)    [PDF]

TREASURE OF TAU CETI (as by John Rackham, 1969)    [PDF]

WE, THE VENUSIANS (as by John Rackham, 1965)    [PDF]
   
MARK PHILLIPS See RANDALL GARRETT
   
ROG PHILLIPS
Roger Phillips Graham a.k.a. Rog Phillips (1909 – 1966)

FICTION
AM I MY DARK BROTHER’S KEEPER? (as by Sanandana Kumara, 1955)    [PDF]

 

 

   

EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Eden Phillpotts (1862 – 1960)

 

 

FICTION
THE GOLDEN FETICH  (1903)    [PDF]

THE HUMAN BOY  (1900)    [PDF]

THE LAVENDER DRAGON  (1923)    [PDF]

THE THING AT THEIR HEELS  (as by Harrington Hext, 1923)    [PDF]

THE WHIRLWIND  (1907)    [PDF]
   
PHILOREN
'Philoren'

NON-FICTION
MONEY MUST GO!  (1943)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ALBERT PIKE
Albert Pike (1809 – 1891)

NON-FICTION
MORALS AND DOGMA OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY   (1871)    [PDF]

 

 

   
DANIEL PINCHBECK
Daniel Pinchbeck

NON-FICTION
BREAKING OPEN THE HEAD  (2003)    [PDF]

 

 

 

   

H. BEAM PIPER
Henry Beam Piper (1904 – 1964)

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
THE COSMIC COMPUTER  (1963)    [PDF]

CRISIS IN 2140  (with John J. McGuire, 1957)    [PDF]

FOUR DAY PLANET / LONE STAR PLANET  (1961)    [PDF]

FUZZIES AND OTHER PEOPLE  (1984)    [PDF]

LORD KALVIN OF OTHERWHEN  (1965)    [PDF]

PARATIME  (1981)    [PDF]

A PLANET FOR TEXANS  (with John J. McGuire, 1958)    [[PDF]

SPACE VIKING  (1963)    [PDF]
   
DORIS PISERCHIA
Doris Piserchia  (1928 – 2021)

FICTION
MISTER JUSTICE  (1973)    [PDF]

 

 

   
LAURETTE PIZER
Laurette Naomi Pizer

ANTHOLOGY
STORIES STRANGE AND SINISTER  (1965)    [PDF]

 

 

   
FAITH K. PIZOR
Faith K. Pizor

ANTHOLOGY
THE MAN IN THE MOONE  (1971)    [PDF]

 

 

   

PLATO
Plato (c. 424 – 328 BCE)

 

FICTION
THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES  (H. Cary translation, 1901)    [PDF]

FIVE GREAT DIALOGUES (B. Jowett translation, 1942)    [PDF]

THE REPUBLIC  (P. Shorey translation, 1937)
VOL. 1    [PDF]
VOL. 2    [PDF]

THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOCRATES  (F. J. Church translation, 1895)    [PDF]
   
THEODOR PLIEVIER
Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (1933 – 1955)

FICTION
BERLIN  (1956)    [PDF]

MOSCOW  (1953)    [PDF]

 

   
GEORGE PLIMPTON
George Ames Plimpton  (1927 – 2003)

NON-FICTION
OUT OF MY LEAGUE  (1961)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ROGER POCOCK
Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock  (1865 – 1941)

FICTION
THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN  (1910)    [PDF]

 

 

   

EDGAR ALLAN POE
Edgar A;;an Poe  (1809 – 1849)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM  (1920)    [PDF]

THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE  (1900)    [PDF]

THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM  (1838)    [PDF]

THE PROSE TALES  (1878)    [PDF]

SELECTED TALES OF MYSTERY  (1909)    [PDF]

TALES  (1845)    [PDF]

TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION  (1908)    [PDF]

TEN GREAT MYSTERIES  (1989)    [PDF]

POETRY
THE BELLS AND OTHER POEMS  (1912)    [PDF]

THE POEMS  (1900)    [PDF]

NON-FICTION
EUREKA  (1848)    [PDF]

OMNIBUS
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLEN POE  (1872)    [PDF]

   

FREDERIK POHL
Frerderik Pohl  (1919 – 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
THE BEST OF FREDERIK POHL  (1975)    [PDF]

BEYOND THE BLUE EVENT HORIZON  (1980)    [PDF]

BLACK STAR RISING  (1985)    [PDF]

FARTHEST STAR  (with Jack Williamson, 1975)    [PDF]

THE GATEWAY TRIP  (1990)    [PDF]

GLADIATOR-AT-LAW  (with C. M. Kornbluth, 1955)    [PDF]

THE GOLD AT THE STARBOW’S END  (1973)    [PDF]

HEECHEE RENEZVOUS  (1984)    [PDF]

JEM  (1994)    [PDF]

MIDAS WORLD  (1983)    [PDF]

MINING THE OORT  (1982)    [PDF]

NARABEDLA LTD.  (1988)    [PDF]

A PLAGUE OF PYTHONS  (1965)    [PDF]

PREFERRED RISK (with Lester Del Rey, as by Edson McCann, 1980)    [PDF]

PRESIDENTIAL YEAR  (1956)    [PDF]

SEARCH THE SKY  (with C. M. Kornbluth, 1954)    [PDF]

TURN LEFT AT THURSDAY  (1961)    [PDF]

UNDERSEA CITY  (with Jack Williamson, 1958)    [PDF]

UNDERSEA FLEET  (with Jack Williamson, 1956)    [PDF]

WALL AROUND A STAR  (with Jack Williamson, 1983)    [PDF]

WOLFBANE  (with C. M. Kornbluth, 1957)    [PDF]

ANTHOLOGIES
THE 6 FINGERS OF TIME  (1965)    [PDF]

ASSIGNMENT IN TOMORROW  (1954)    [PDF]

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FOR 1972    [PDF]

THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION FROM IF  (1964)   [PDF]

THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION FROM WORLDS OF TOMORROW  #2  (1964)    [PDF]

BEYOND THE END OF TIME  (1952)    [PDF]

GALAXY: 30 YEARS OF INNOVATIVE SCIENCE FICTION  (1980)    [PDF]

GALAXY READER 7  (1964)    [PDF]

GALAXY READER 8  (1966)    [PDF]

GALAXY READER 11  (1969)    [PDF]

THE GREAT SCIENCE FICTION SERIES  (with Greenberg & Olander, 1980)    [PDF]

IF READER OF SCIENCE FICTION #1  (1966)    [PDF]

IF READER OF SCIENCE FICTION #2  (1968)    [PDF]

JUPITER  (with Carol Pohl, 1973)    [PDF]

NEBULA WINNERS 14  (1980)    [PDF]

THE SFWA GRAND MASTERS
VOL. 1  (1999)    [PDF]
VOL. 2  (2000)    [PDF]
VOL. 3  (2001)    [PDF]

SHADOW OF TOMORROW  (1953)    [PDF]

STAR OF STARS  (1960)    [PDF]

STAR SCIENCE FICTION
#1  (1953)    [PDF]
#2  (1953)    [PDF]
#3  (1954)    [PDF]
#4  (1958)    [PDF]
#5  (1959)    [PDF]
#6  (1959)    [PDF]

STAR SHORT NOVELS  (1954)    [PDF]

TIME WAITS FOR WINTHROP  (1962)    [PDF]

YESTERDAY’S TOMORROWS  (1982)    [PDF]

   
FRANK LILLIE POLLOCK
Francis Lillie Pollock  (1876 – 1957)

FICTION
JUPITER EIGHT  (1936)    [PDF]

WILDERNESS HONEY  (1917)    [PDF]

 

   
GUSTAVUS W. POPE
Gustavus William Pope (1828 – 1902)

FICTION
JOURNEY TO MARS  (1894)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ARTHUR PORGES
 Arthur Porges  (1915 – 2006)

FICTION
THE MIRROR  (2002)    [PDF]

 

 

   
IRWIN PORGES
 Arthur Porges  (1909 – 1998)

NON-FICTION
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: THE MAN WHO CREATED TARZAN  (1975)    [PDF]

 

 

   
C. FAYNE PORTER
 C. Fayne Porter

NON-FICTION
THE BATTLE OF THE 1,000 SLAIN  (1964)    [PDF]

 

 

   
BEATRIX POTTER
 Helen Beatrix Potter  (1866 – 1943)

FICTION
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT  (1958)    [PDF]

TALES FROM BEATRIX POTTER  (1984)    [PDF]

 

   
J. L. POTTER
Jerry L. Potter

FICTION
—OR MURDER FOR FREE  (1962)    [PDF]

 

 

   

JERRY POURNELLE
Jerry Eugene Pournelle  (1933 – 2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES  (1973)    [PDF]

HIGH JUSTICE  (1977)    [PDF]

KING DAVID’S SPACESHIP  (1980)    [PDF]

JANISSARIES  (1979)    [PDF]

THE MERCENARY  (1977)    [PDF]

PRINCE OF MERCENARIES  (1989)    [PDF]

A SPACESHIP FOR THE KING  (1973)    [PDF]

WEST OF HONOR  (1987)    [PDF]

ANTHOLOGY
WAR WORLD 3: SAURON DOMINION  (1991)    [PDF]

   
PAUL S. POWERS
Paul Stanley Powers (1905 – 1971)

NON-FICTION
PULP WRITER  (2007)    [PDF]

 

 

   
H. G. POZZUOLI
H. G. Pozzuoli

FICTION
THE WAR OF THE WENUSES  (1898)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ROSA CAMPBELL PRAED
Rosa Campbell Praed (1851 – 1935)

FICTION
THE BODY OF HIS DESIRE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUL  (1912)    [PDF]

 

 

   

FLETCHER PRATT
Fletcher Pratt  (1897 – 1956)

 

FICTION
THE BLUE STAR  (1969)    [PDF]

DOUBLE JEOPARDY  (1952)   [PDF]

WALL OF SERPENTS  (with L. Sprague de Camp, 1960)    [PDF]

ANTHOLOGY
WORLD OF WONDER  (1951)    [PDF]

   
THEODORE PRATT
Theodore Pratt  (1901 – 1969)

FICTION
THE TORMENTED  (1950)    [PDF]

 

 

   

BYRON PREISS
Byron Preiss (1953 – 2005)

 

 

 

ANTHOLOGIES
WEIRD HEROES
   VOL. 1  (1975)    [PDF]
   VOL. 2  (1975)    [PDF]
   VOL. 3  (1976)    [PDF]
   VOL. 4  (1976)
   VOL. 5  (1977)    [PDF]
   VOL. 6  (1977)
   VOL. 7  (1977)
   VOL. 8  (1977)

THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR  (1992)    [PDF]
   
E. HOFFMANN PRICE
Edgar Hoffmann Price (1898 – 1988)

FICTION
OPERATION EXILE   (1986)    [PDF]

OPERATION LONGLIFE   (1982)    [PDF]

 

   
HESKETH PRICHARD
Hesketh Vernon Prichard  (1876 – 1922)

FICTION
GHOSTS, BEING THE EXPERIENCES OF FLAXMAN LOW  (1899)    [PDF]

 

 

   
JOHN WALLACE PRICHARD
John Wallace Prichard  (1912 – 1988)

FICTION
Z-STING  (as by Ian Wallace, 1978)    [PDF]

 

 

   
HARRY F. PRINGLE
Henry Fowles Pringle (1897 – 1958)

BIOGRAPHY
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT  (1939)
VOL. 1    [PDF]
VOL. 2    [PDF]

 

   
MAURICE PROCTOR
Maurice Procter  (1906 – 1973)

FICTION
THE PUB CRAWLER  (1956)    [PDF]

 

 

   
PIERRE-JOSEPH PROUDHON
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon  (1809 – 1865)

NON-FICTION
WHAT IS PROPERTY?  (1876)    [PDF]

 

 

   
JAMES MORGAN PRYSE
James Morgan Pryse (1859 – 1942)

NON-FICTION
THE APOCALYPSE UNSEALED  (1910)    [PDF]

 

 

   
ANDRIJA PUHARICH
Andrija Puharich (1918 – 1995)

PARA-FICTION
URI GELLER  (1974)    [PDF]

 

 

   
   
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