Space Prison and Other Golden Age Science Fiction Stories

SPACE PRISON AND OTHER GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES features seven science fiction stories by noted writer Tom Godwin, including his novel SPACE PRISON.

• And Devious the Line of Duty
• The Barbarians
• Brain Teaser
• Cry From a Far Planet
• The Helpful Hand of God
• The Nothing Equation
• Space Prison

In SPACE PRISON (also published as THE SURVIVORS), a colony ship en route to planet Athena, 500 light years away, is attacked by the Gerns, an alien race with a deep hatred of humans. The colonists are enslaved and some are taken to work on Athena while others are taken to the prison planet Ragnarok. Ragnarok, however, turns out to be an inhospitable world, populated by deadly, aggressive creatures.

Tom Godwin (1915-1980) was an American science fiction writer. Born in Arizona, Godwin published nearly thirty works during his lifetime, including three well-received novels. Many of his works were hard science fiction.