Appearing in "Prologue"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lawrence Wilder
- his wife
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Prologue"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "War Toy"
Featured Characters:
- War Toy (First appearance; dies) (Fighting Machine, a robot) (Destroyed)
Supporting Characters:
- Betsy Curtis
- General Hamilton Arkay (Death)
Antagonists:
- Space Invaders
Other Characters:
- Dr. Freeman
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "War Toy"
General Hamilton Arkay has a dream: intelligent robot soldiers to fight all wars, so that no human soldier will ever again have to die. But Arkay develops a deep emotional attachment to his prototype soldier, FM-1, and when the Army decides the robot project is too expensive, Arkay's surrogate son-nicknamed 'War Toy' by his scornful comrades-is relegated to serving as his assistant in a desk job. When an invading alien army devastates Sydney, Australia, however, Arkay and FM-1 are pressed into service, and with the General dead at the hands of the invaders, 'War Toy' is instrumental in their defeat. An ungrateful Government throws FM-1 out of the Army, and after years of menial jobs in a life now without meaning, the robot finally commits suicide in a veterans hospital. Then, the aliens return...
Appearing in "Adam... and No Eve"
Featured Characters:
- Stephen Krane
Supporting Characters:
- Hallmyer
- Umber (Krane's dog)
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Adam... and No Eve"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Hunter and the Hunted"
Featured Characters:
- unnamed child
Antagonists:
- hunters
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Hunter and the Hunted"
Reprinted from Abyss #1.
Appearing in "Specimen"
Featured Characters:
- Rad
Supporting Characters:
- girl
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Specimen"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Day of the Triffids Chapter 4"
Featured Characters:
- Bill Masen
Supporting Characters:
- Josella Playton
Antagonists:
- Triffids
- Torrence
Other Characters:
- Mr. Coker
- Benny
- Lady Tynsham
- Susan
- Tommy
- Dennis Brent
- Mary Brent
- Joyce Taylor
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Unrevealed reality
Synopsis for "The Day of the Triffids Chapter 4"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- The "slow glass" concept mentioned in the prologue was created by Bob Shaw.
- "War Toy" is reprinted in Marvel Preview #20.
- "Adam... and No Eve" is adapted from the short story "Adam and No Eve" by American science fiction author Alfred Bester.
- "The Day of the Triffids Chapter 4" is adapted from the novel The Day of the Triffids by English science fiction author John Wyndham.
See Also
- 3 image(s) from Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction Vol 1 2
- 3 reprint(s) of Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction Vol 1 2