Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations. The first novel, ¿The Veiled Woman¿ is penned by noted mystery-crime author Mickey Spillane, who spins a great tale of hard-boiled science fiction. Spillane was, obviously, never known for writing science fiction, fantasy, or horror stories. But in ¿The Veiled Woman,¿ his first and only real science fiction tale, he brought along all the hard-boiled style that his readers expected from him. It¿s a knock-down-drag-out tale from start to finish, with one of the darkest endings to any science fiction story every written¿it¿s pure Spillane from start to finish. So read on¿and enjoy one of the grittiest, most entertaining science fiction tales you¿ll ever read¿ The second novel is an Edgar Rice Burroughs hollow-Earth classic, ¿Pellucidar.¿ In the mysterious hidden world of Pellucidar, located deep within the Earth¿s core, David Innes, the man who first discovered it, was struggling to help a lost civilization overcome its Stone Age perils. But when news of foul play reached him, he suddenly had to cease with these efforts so he could embark on a hunt for his kidnapped empress, the lovely cavewoman, Dian the beautiful. His long, danger-filled search for Dian, coupled with his use of surface science against the savage monsters that roam throughout Earth¿s inner world, make Edgar Rice Burroughs¿ ¿Pellucidar¿ an action-packed, high-adventure science fiction classic. It¿s a marvelously good time and the page-turning sequel to Burroughs¿ first hollow Earth tale, ¿At the Earth¿s Core.¿