The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ® Quotes

“There will be a short pause for cat-calls and boos,” Alice murmured.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“equipment and it was marked with three xxx’s, the indication of high explosive contents.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“Is that you, Macy?” the figure at the desk asked. He did not turn his head. “Is Richardson out of the way for good?” The sound of the voice crystallized Blake’s half-formed suspicions. Suddenly he seemed to see a complete picture, bits of the puzzle fell into place with magical rapidity and he knew suddenly who was responsible for the corruption on the prison planet Venus. He drew a slow breath. “No, it’s not Macy,” he said softly, “and Richardson is far from being out of the way.” His voice loud in the still quietness of the room. The figure at the”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“the Earth troops marooned on Asteroid Belt—the first line of defense against the hordes of sub-human creatures from Venus.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“The Masterful Mind of Mortimer Meek” originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, May 1941.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“Dashing out of the lobby of the building he wheeled and streaked down the street like Equipoise after a sack of oats. He was secretly glad that another chance to demonstrate his will power had presented itself.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“Every word uttered by the Professor is being impressed on the wax record you see beside him. Then, since the information from him is being drained from this present year backward, we will play our record in reverse, once we have our information, and thus have access to every last scrap of knowledge gained by the Professor—in logical succession—since the time of his childhood.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“And then figures began to tumble from his lips, figures that mingled with the other stuff, formulae, and more mumbo-jumbo of everyday expressions and sentences. And all the while, the big wax record on the cart beside him kept whirring around and around. And then I began to see. The machine was recording all this, everything Engles was uttering!”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“Professor Engles who was now strapped helplessly in the chair. Khan’s clawlike hand touched a lever beside the dictograph, and a record-wax began revolving swiftly on it. Then his hand slid to another lever.”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories

“Then they were fooling with the machine. They rolled a cart-table up beside it. A table on which there was apparatus closely resembling one of those home-recording instruments they sell with radios these days. It was a sort of gigantic dictograph, with records that were at least five times the normal size. The”
― William P. McGivern, The First William P. McGivern Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Stories