検索キーワード： 著者 "Leigh Douglass Brackett Ray Bradbury" すべてのカテゴリー

Published in Planet Stories in 1946, this story is a great mix of Golden Age Sci Fi and Swords & Sorcery. The first half was written by Brackett and when she was pulled away by other commitments the publisher gave it to a new writer, Ray Bradbury, to finish. It is a sort of prequel to the Stark character developed by Brackett where a weak puny man is transferred into the body of a Conan like superman and then cruses through adventure after adventure, always rescuing damsels who are tough and feisty. The publisher blurb says "He died—and then awakened in a new body. He found himself on a ...

In a desperate bid for freedom, small-time criminal Ray Starke finds himself in a dire situation after crashing his shuttle while fleeing from the law. Awakening to the presence of an enigmatic alien woman, he learns that he is on the brink of death. But she offers him a chance at survival transferring his consciousness into a new body and using her telepathic abilities to aid his escape. Will Ray seize this extraordinary opportunity or succumb to his fate? - Summary by kirk202