Two Science Fiction Novels by Jesse F. Bone: The Issahar Artifacts and A Prize for Edie

“The Issahar Artifacts” is a short science fiction novel written in 1960 for Amazing Science Fiction Stories. In this story, Lincoln said it eons ago.... It took a speck of one-celled plant life on a world parsecs away to prove it for all the galaxy. “A Prize for Edie” is a short science fiction novel written in 1961 for Analog Science Fact and Science Fiction. In this story, the Committee had, unquestionably, made a mistake. There was no doubt that Edie had achieved the long-sought cancer cure ... but awarding the Nobel Prize was, nonetheless, a mistake ... It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.