OPUS#075 Accursed Galaxy, The

OPUS: #075
Title: The Accursed Galaxy
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: short story
“Now at last we know why all the other galaxies are fleeing from ours!”-TOC
“In which we hear a tale of eternal punishment which came from space”

Publications:

  • Astounding Stories, Vol. 15, no. 5, July 1935, (Jul 1935, ed. F. Orlin Tremaine, publ. Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Howard V. Brown; illustrated by Elliot Dold Jr.
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (1936, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Philip Allan, 2/6, 256pp, hc, coll)
  • Before the Golden Age, (1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Robson Books, 0-903895-28-5, £5.95, xix+986pp, hc, anth) Cover: Timothy Jaques
  • Before the Golden Age, (Apr 1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-02419-3, $16.95, xix+986pp, hc, anth) Cover: Tim Lewis
  • Before the Golden Age, (May 1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, #6173, $4.50, xvi+912pp, hc, anth) Cover: Tim Lewis
  • Before the Golden Age Volume Three, (1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-862-0, £0.75, 287pp, pb, anth)
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (Jun 1975, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Gregg Press, 0-8398-2304-5, $12.50, ix+256pp, hc, coll)
  • Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930’s: Book 3, (Aug 1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, #Q2525, $1.50, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Book 3, (Aug 1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, #Q2525, $1.50, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • Before the Golden Age Volume Three, (1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-862-0, £0.95, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Book 3, (Jun 1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, 0-449-23593-9, $1.95, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, (1988, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Black Cat / Macdonald & Co, 0-7481-0196-9, £9.95, 828pp, hc, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

OPUS#042 Sargasso of Space, The

OPUS: #042
Title: The Sargasso of Space
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: novelette
“Helpless, doomed into the graveyard of space floats the wrecked freighter Pallas.”
Publications:

  • Astounding Stories, Vol. 7, no. 3, September 1931, (Sep 1931, ed. Harry Bates, publ. The Clayton Magazines, Inc., $0.20, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: H. W. Wesso; illustrated by H. W. Wesso.
  • Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection (Vol. 1 with red cover), (1990, ed. uncredited, publ. The Easton Press, (none), (none), x+397pp, hc, anth)
  • The Sargasso of Space, (May 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Project Gutenberg, #28832, ebook)
  • The Sargasso of Space and Two Others / The Copper-Clad World, (Jun 2009, Edmond Hamilton, Harl Vincent, publ. Wildside Press (Wildside Double #1), 978-1-4344-0506-7, $14.95, 86+80pp, dos, omni) Cover: Byron Moore , Catmando
  • Short Science Fiction Collection 19, (Jun 2009, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, audio (MP3), anth)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

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OPUS#039 Monsters of Mars

OPUS: #039
Title: Monsters of Mars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: novelette
“Three Martian-duped Earth-man swing open the gates of space that far so long had barred the greedy border of the Red Planet.”
“The Martian gestured with a reptilian arm toward the ladder.”
Publications:

  • Astounding Stories, Vol. 6, no. 1, April 1931, (Apr 1931, ed. Harry Bates, publ. Reader’s Guild, $0.20, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: H. W. Wesso; illustrated by J. Fleming Gould.
  • Astounding Stories, April 1931, (Nov 2009, ed. Harry Bates, Project Gutenberg, publ. Project Gutenberg, #30452, ebook, anth) Cover: H. W. Wesso

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

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OPUS#032 Second Satellite, The

OPUS: #032
Title: The Second Satellite
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human cows of Earth’s Second Satellite”
“The city of the frog-men!”

Publications:

  • Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 3, no. 2, August 1930, (Aug 1930, ed. Harry Bates, publ. Publishers’ Fiscal Corp, $0.20, 144pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 175-191 Cover: H. W. Wesso; illustrated by J. Fleming Gould.
  • Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930, (Aug 2009, ed. Harry Bates, Project Gutenberg, publ. Project Gutenberg, #29768, ebook, anth) Cover: H. W. Wesso
  • The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three, (Aug 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 978-1-893887-41-1, $40.00, 670pp, hc, coll)
  • Short Science Fiction Collection 026, (Sep 2009, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, audio (MP3), anth)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

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