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DAVE VAN ARNAM
David G. Van Arnam (1935 - 2002)

FICTION
THE PLAYERS OF HELL  (1968)    [PDF]

 

 

   

JACK VANCE
John Holbrook Vance (1916 – 2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
THE BEST OF JACK VANCE  (1976)    [PDF]

BIG PLANET  (1952)    [PDF]

THE BRAINS OF EARTH  (1966)    [PDF]

THE DRAGON MASTERS  (1962)    [PDF]

THE DYING EARTH  (1969)    [PDF]

EMPHYRIO  (1959)    [EPUB]

THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD  (1966)    [PDF]

THE FIVE GOLD BANDS  (1950)    [PDF]

FUTURE TENSE  (1964)    [PDF]

THE HOUSES OF ISZM  (1954)    [PDF]

THE KILLING MACHINE  (1964)    [PDF]

THE LANGUAGES OF PAO  (1958)    [PDF]

THE LAST CASTLE  (1980)    [PDF]

THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH  (1966)    [PDF]

THE PALACE OF LOVE  (1967)    [PDF]

SLAVES OF THE KLAU  (1958)    [PDF]

SON OF THE TREE  (1951)    [PDF]

SPACE OPERA  (1965)    [PDF]

THE STAR KING  (1964)    [PDF]
   
GEORGE W. VAN TASSEL
George Wellington Van Tassel (1910 - 1978)
PARA-FICTION
THE COUNCIL OF SEVEN LIGHTS  (1958)    [PDF]

INTO THIS WORLD AND OUT AGAIN  (1956)    [PDF]

I RODE A FLYING SAUCER  (1952)    [PDF]
   

HERBERT VAN THAL
Bertie Maurice 'Herbert' van Thal (1904 – 1983) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTHOLOGIES
THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES 
     #1  (1959)      [PDF]
     #2  (1960)      [PDF]
     #3  (1962)      [PDF]
     #4  (1963)      [PDF]
     #5  (1964)      [PDF]
     #6  (1965)      [PDF]
     #7  (1966)      [PDF]
     #8  (1967)      [PDF]
     #9  (1968)      [PDF]
     #10  (1969)    [PDF]
     #11  (1970)    [PDF]
     #12  (1971)    [PDF]
     #13  (1972)    [PDF]
     #14  (1973)    [PDF]
     #15  (1974)    [PDF]
     #16  (1975)    [PDF]
     #17  (1976)    [PDF]
     #18  (1977)    [PDF]
     #19  (1978)    [PDF]
     #20  (1979)    [PDF]
     #21  (1980)    [PDF]
     #22  (1981)    [PDF]
     #23  (1982)    [PDF]
    #24  (1983)     [PDF]
    #25  (1984)     [PDF]
   

A. E. VAN VOGT
Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912 – 2000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
THE ANARCHISTIC COLOSSUS  (1977)    [PDF]

AWAY AND BEYOND  (1963)   [PDF]

THE BEAST  (1943)   [PDF]

THE BEST OF A. E. VAN VOGT  (1974)   [PDF]

THE CHANGELING  (1950)   [PDF]

CHILDREN OF TOMORROW  (1972)   [PDF]

COSMIC ENCOUNTER  (1979)    [PDF]

EARTH’S LAST FORTRESS  (1960)   [PDF]

EMPIRE OF THE ATOM  (1956)   [PDF]

THE FAR-OUT WORLDS  (1973)   [PDF]

THE GRYB  (1976)   [PDF]

THE HOUSE THAT STOOD STILL  (1950)   [PDF]

LOST: 50 SUNS  (1972)   [PDF]

THE MIND CAGE  (1957)   [PDF]

MISSION TO THE STARS  (1952)   [PDF]

ONE AGAINST ETERNITY a.k.a. THE WEAPON MAKERS (1943)   [PDF]

THE PAWNS OF NULL-A  (1956)   [PDF]

RRENAISSANCE  (1979)   [PDF]

ROGUE SHIP  (1965)    [PDF]

THE SECRET GALACTICS  (1975)   [PDF]

SIEGE OF THE UNSEEN  (1959)   [PDF]

SLAN  (1940, rev. 1977)    [PDF]

THE TWISTED MEN  (1964)   [PDF]

TWO HUNDRED MILLION AD  (1964)   [PDF]

THE UNDERCOVER ALIENS  (1950)   [PDF]

TTHE UNIVERSE MAKER  (1953)   [PDF]

THE VIOLENT MAN  (1962)    [PDF]

THE VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE  (1963)   [PDF]

THE WAR AGAINST THE RULL  (1959)   [PDF]

THE WEAPON SHOPS OF ISHER  (1951)   [PDF]

THE WIZARD OF LINN  (1962)   [PDF]

THE WORLD OF NULL-A  (1948)   [PDF]

THE WORLDS OF A. E. VAN VOGT  (1974)    [PDF]
   
JOHN VEIBY
John Veiby (1860 – ?)

NON-FICTION
THE UTOPIAN WAY  (1917)    [PDF]

 

 

   
GÈZA VERMES
Géza Vermes (1924 – 2013)

NON-FICTION
THE COMPLETE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN ENGLISH  (1962)    [PDF ebook]

 

 

   

JULES VERNE
Jules Gabriel Verne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICTION
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS  (1873)    [PDF]

THE BEGUM’S FORTUNE  (1879)    [PDF]

THE CLIPPER OF THE CLOUDS (1887)    [PDF]

DICK SANDS, OR THE BOY CAPTAIN  (1879)    [PDF]

THE FIELD OF ICE  (1875)    [PDF]

A FLOATING CITY AND THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS  (1875)    [PDF]

FOR THE FLAG  (1897)    [PDF]

FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON  (1865)    [PDF]

A JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE  (1875)    [PDF]

MASTER OF THE WORLD  (1904)    [PDF]

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND  (1918)    [PDF]

STORIES OF ADVENTURE  (1874)    [PDF]

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  (1870)    [PDF1]    [PDF2]

NON-FICTION
THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD  (1882)    [PDF]

   
A. HYATT VERRILL
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871 – 1954)

FICTION
THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT  (1929)    [PDF]

 

 

   
CAROLYN VESSER
 Carolyn Hansen Vesser (1934 – 2010)

FICTION
HELLWALKER  (1988)    [PDF]

 

 

   
METTA VICTORIA VICTOR
Metta Victoria Victor (1831 – 1885)

FICTION
THE FIGURE EIGHT  (as by Seeley Regester, 1869)    [PDF]

 

 

   
HARL VINCENT
Harold Vincent Schoepflin (1893 – 1968)

FICTION
THE DOOMSDAY PLANET  (1966)    [PDF]

 

 

   
VERNOR VINGE
Vernor Steffen Vinge (1924 - 2024)

NON-FICTION
THE COMING TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY  (1993)    [TXT]

 

 

   
MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
Marie-Louise von Franz (1915 – 1998)

NON-FICTION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF FAIRY TALES  (1970)    [PDF]

 

 

   
KURT VONNEGUT
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922 – 2007) 

FICTION
GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER  (1965)    [PDF]

 

 

   
   
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