Nelson S. Bond

The Saturn is no sleek passenger liner. She’s an aging space lugger hauling freight between Venus and Earth, running on reputation, fuel margins, and the patience of Captain Hanson. When a politically protected third mate named Lancelot Biggs joins...

When Runt Hake locks onto the Saturn’s trajectory, every man aboard knows what that means. Hake does not bargain. He boards, he takes what he wants, and he leaves ships behind as frozen tombs. With a crippled engine and no hope of outrunning him,...

The Saturn is old, slow, and outclassed. When a secret government contract turns an ordinary Venus-to-Earth shuttle into a timed competition, the Corporation’s oldest freighter finds itself racing the sleek Slipstream—a ship that can cross the void in...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Graed Garroway’s empire on Earth was toppling, smashed by the flaming vengeance of Dirk Morris who struck from nowhere with blinding speed and true justice. Yet such a thing could not be—for Dirk Morris...

When a diminutive passenger named Thaxton comes aboard under the blessing of high authority, Captain Hanson assumes he’s just another bureaucratic nuisance. Lancelot Biggs knows better. The man doesn’t just listen—he reaches. Crew members feel it in...

A routine voyage turns combustible when academy rivalry, wounded pride, and a stubborn captain collide inside the control turret of the good ship Saturn. With the annual Rocketeer–Wrangler grid battle about to begin, tensions are already running hot —...

The Scientific Pioneer by Nelson S. Bond is a clever and heartfelt story that captures the spirit of discovery—and the price that sometimes comes with it. First published in the golden age of science fiction, it tells of a man whose brilliant ideas...

Vintage Sci-Fi 23 — Twenty-One Classic Science Fiction Short StoriesStep back into the golden age of imagination — where explorers touched distant worlds, machines challenged humanity, and the impossible felt within reach. Vintage Sci-Fi 23 brings...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.I didn’t have to ask whom he meant. “Scrawny neck” would mean only one inmate of our void-perambulating asylum. Lancelot Biggs. Genius and crackpot, scarecrow and sage—and soon to become son-in-law of the...