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The Collected Captain Future, Volume Two

The Collected Captain Future, Volume Two
Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Bertil Falk
Illustrated by Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski
ISBN-13 9781893887404
700+ pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press (April 6, 2011)
Introduction by Bertil Falk
“Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones” (Captain Future, Win ’41) CF#5
“Star Trail to Glory” (Captain Future, Spr ’41) CF#6
“Magician of Mars” (Captain Future, Sum ’41) CF#7
“The Lost World of Time” (Captain Future, Fll ’41) CF#8
“The Future of Captain Future”
Artwork Gallery

Book review:

  • Locus, September 2011, bu Richard A. Lupoff
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The Collected Captain Future, Volume One

The Collected Captain Future, Volume One
Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
Illustrated by Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski
ISBN-10 189388735-9
ISBN-13 978189388735-0
776 pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 776 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press; First edition (July 1, 2009)
Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
Original Magazine Editorial
“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40) CF#1
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40) CF#2
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40) CF#3
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40) CF#4
“The Future of Captain Future”
Artwork Gallery

 

Book review:

  • Locus, April 2010, by Richard A. Lupoff
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To the Stars- & Beyond! (Not Yet Published)

To the Stars- & Beyond! / comp. & intro. by Sheldon Jeffrey
Marcel Island : Starmont House, [1989]. –
370 p. ; cm. – (Facsimile Fiction Series ; no. 5)
ISBN: 1-55742-137-4 (Cloth); 1-55742-136-6 (Paper)
Contents:
Day of the Micro-Men
Interplanetary Graveyard
Under the White Star
World With a Thousand Moons
The Great Brain of Kaldar (SM#3)
This book is not unpublished! But It is refer to publish in page 181 of Day, M. Bradford, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature in Paperbounds Books (Hillsville : B.M. Day, 1994)

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What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories

What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories
New York : Ace Books, 1974. –
320 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Book ; 88065) NUC: 78-64696
007 What’s It Like Out There?
033 The King of Shadows
057  Castaway
066 Serpent Princess
097 The Stars, My Brothers
144 Dreamer’s World
184 Twilight of the Gods
227 Sunfire!
245 The Inn Outside the World
262 The Watcher of the Ages
280 Transuranic
304 The Isle of the Sleeper
“12 classics by one of science fiction’s most distinguished authors” — Cover
What’s it Like Out There?
is a collection of the best stories from Edmond Hamilton’s remarkable 40 year career of writing Science Fiction. Featuring:
The Stars, My Brother – where a scientist awakened from a century-long slumber in the depths of space had to make a choice between his own people and an alien race.
What’s It Like out There? – when Haddon returned from the expedition to Mars, everyone wanted t know what it was like … he could never let them know.
Twilight of the Gods – myth changed to reality around a man who sought to answer the mystery of his lost identity.
And many more …
Book Reviews:

  • Locus. 166:5. October 23, 1974.
  • New York Times Book Review. 10:50. 1974.
  • Publishers Weekly. 205(25):62. June 24, 1974.

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The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror (Reprint)

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror /
with a new introduction by Gerry De La Ree
Boston : Gregg Press, 1975.6. –
ix, 256 p. ; 21 cm. – (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)
ISBN: 0-8398-2304-5 LCCN: 75-5745

Contents:
The Horror on the Asteroid p. 9
The Accursed Galaxy p. 59
The Man Who Saw Everything (The Man With the X-Ray Eyes) p. 99
The Earth-Brain p. 127
The Monster-God of Mamurth p. 185
The Man Who Evolved p. 219

Book Reviews:

  • Locus. 182(4). December 17, 1975. (C. Brown)
  • Science Fiction Review Monthly. 11:17. January 1976. (B. Rapoport)
  • Science Fiction Studies. 2(3):278. November 1975. (D. Mullen)
  • Whispers. (8):58. December 1975. (Stuart David Schiff)

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The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror
London : Philip Allan, 1936
256 p. ; 20 cm.
“Starting with the story that provides the title of the book, Edmond Hamilton presents the reader with six tales of horror, each of which has its undercurrent of science. A space-ship is wending its way from Earth to Jupiter when it runs into an uncharted meteor swarm and is smashed. The survivors get away in the life-boats and make for the nearest asteroid where they hope to remain till rescue comes. But does it come in time? A young man gets a doctor to operate on his eyes so that he can see through walls, and everything except organic matter vanishes from his sight. Is he satisfied when by lip-reading he can tell what people are saying that they do not want strangers to hear? There is included the story of and accursed Galaxy; the reader is surprised to find that he is really living on the body of a vast pulsating creature; a monster God is found inhabiting the African Desert, and finally there is an inspired tale that tells how “the mad of man’s evolution is a circular one, returning to its beginning.”

 Title  Page
1 The Horror on the Asteroid 009
2 The Accursed Galaxy 059
3 The Man Who Saw Everything   (The Man With the X-Ray Eyes) 099
4 The Earth-Brain 127
5 The Monster-God of Mamurth 185
6 The Man Who Evolved 219

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Review:

  • Gillings, Walter H., in: Scientifiction : The British Fantasy Review. Vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1937), p. 12.
  • Fraser, Sir Ian, “What London is Doing and Thinking,” in: The Age, Jan. 16, 1937, p. 6.