Category Archives: novelette (21-50 pages)

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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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OPUS#031 Pigmy Island

OPUS: #031
Title: Pigmy Island
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“There was a sickening smell of burnt hair and flesh.”
“A powerful story of tiny men and giant rats and snakes – a vivid tale of super-science”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 2, August 1930, (Aug 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; Illust: Rankin
  • Man From U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, Vol. 4, no. 3, October 1967
  • Switch on the Light, (Apr 1931, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Selwyn and Blount (UK), 2/-, 256pp, hc, anth)
  • Not at Night Omnibus, (Apr 1937, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Selwyn and Blount (UK), 2/6, 511pp, hc, anth)
  • Not at Night, (1960, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Arrow (UK), #586, 2/6, 192pp, pb, anth)
  • 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)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n02_1930-08_sas

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OPUS#030 Death Lord, The

OPUS: #030
Title: The Death Lord
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“All life in Chicago was blotted out by a viralent plague – a tory of a bacterialologists lust for power.”
“From the automatics a stream of fire flashed across the room.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 1, July 1930, (Jul 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf
  • 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)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n01_1930-07

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OPUS#027 Murder in the Clinic, The [CC#2]

OPUS: #027
Title: The Murder in the Clinic
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Series: Charlie Carton
Series number: #2
“Are you a detective? Have you a talent for deduction? Then see if you can name the murderer in this story.”
“In “The Invisible Master,” Edmond Hamilton created one of the finest detective stories of the year. But he has surpassed himself in the present tale of a sinister murder. Science, a simple yet baffling plot, rapid action and clever deduction are all combined to make a story which will keep you excited and mystified until the very end of the last chapter.
We read of the scientific discoveries and technic that Edmond Hamilton describes, we see a accounts of these things in the papers every day. Yet the potential dangers to civilized society are disregarded and we have no means of knowing haw many scientific criminals escape the meshes of the police nets. The events Mr. Hamilton describes my have happened – may be happening now – may happen tomorrow. Only the cleverest detective, well versed in modern science, can cope with the educated, and scientific, menace to society.”
Publication:

  • Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #5, May 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger), pp. 390-399. Illustrated by W.
  • Murder in the Clinic, (1946, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Utopian Publications, #7, 1/-, 36pp, ph, coll)
  • The Invisible Master, (2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Black Dog Books,  1-928619-12-6, $6.00, 75pp, ph, coll), pp. 41-75. Cover by Tom Roberts.
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OPUS#025 Invisible Master, The [CC#1]

OPUS: #025
Title: The Invisible Master
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Series: Charlie Carton
Series number: #1
“A thousand alarms are pouring into Police Headquarters! The Invisible Master broods over the city! Who is He? We defy the reader to guess the secret. Even the editorial staff was astounded at the conclusion of this scientific yarn.”
“If you were to ask us which, in our opinion, is the greatest scientific detective story of the year, we certainly would pronounce the present story to be that unusual gem.
Here is a story that will keep you fascinated, not only in connection with its excellence of science, understandable by everyone, but by the fast-moving action for which this well-known author is famous.
Invisibility in this sort of story is perhaps not a new idea; but we venture to say that no one can foretell the O. Henry-like ending, which is as unexpected as it is dramatic.”
Publications:

  • Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #4, April 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by Paul) , pp. 300-313. Illustrated by J. Ruger.
  • The Invisible Master, (2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Black Dog Books,  1-928619-12-6, $6.00, 75pp, ph, coll), pp. 5-40. Cover by Tom Roberts.

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OPUS#016 Abysmal Invaders, The

OPUS: #016
Title: The Abysmal Invaders
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
“A horror out of long-dead ages crashes gigantically through the night in an avalanche of destruction and death”–TOC
“Other huge shapes galloped past, carrying annihilation and death across the town.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 6, June 1929, (Jun 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; illustrated by Rankin
  • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-31-6, $40.00, xx+693pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joseph Doolin

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v13n06_1929-06_AT-sas

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OPUS#015 Within the Nebula [IP#3]

OPUS: #015
Title: Within the Nebula
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series Number: 3
“They whirled across the platform in wild conflict.”
“The great nebula expands, threatening to engulf the entire universe in fiery destruction”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 5, May 1929, (May 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Doak, aka Hugh Rankin
  • Crashing Suns, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-319, $0.40, 192pp, pb, coll)
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)
  • The Star-Stealers: The Complete Adventures of The Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-33-2, $40.00, 754pp, hc, coll) Cover: Hugh Rankin

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV13N05192905

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OPUS#013 Sea Horror, The

OPUS: #013
Title: The Sea Horror
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
Variant Titles: The Sea Terror (1938) – Edmond Hamilton
“In their cities in the ocean depths the slug-people launched their war against the civilization of man.”–TOC
“The great arm circled the submarine and held it tightly.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 3, March 1929, (Mar 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf
  • The Sea Terror, Tales of Wonder, #4, (Oct 1938, ed. Walter H. Gillings, publ. World’s Work Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: W. J. Roberts
  • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-31-6, $40.00, xx+693pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joseph Doolin

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v13n03_1929-03_sas

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OPUS#012 Star-Stealers, The [IP#2]

OPUS: #012
Title: The Star-Stealers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: novelette
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series Number: 2
“A dread menace from outside the universe threatens to drag the solar shystem to destruction in the cold of outer space”–TOC
“The vast globe stretched from horizon to horizon beneath them.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 2, February 1929, (Feb 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; Illust: Rankin
  • Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 6, 1948, (Mar 1948, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, publ. Avon Book Co., $0.35, 124pp, Digest, magazine)
  • Crashing Suns, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-319, $0.40, 192pp, pb, coll)
  • Galassia #75, (Mar 1967, ed. Ugo Malaguti, publ. Casa Editrice La Tribuna, #75, 300 Lit, 190pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paola Pallottino
  • The Space Opera Renaissance, (Jul 2006, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tor, 0-765-30617-4, $39.95, 941pp, hc, anth) Cover: NASA
  • The Space Opera Renaissance, (Aug 2006, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tor / SFBC, #12-15904, $34.95, 941pp, hc, anth)
  • The Space Opera Renaissance, (Jul 2007, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Orb, 0-765-30618-2, $24.95, 941pp, tp, anth) Cover: NASA
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)
  • The Star-Stealers: The Complete Adventures of The Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-33-2, $40.00, 754pp, hc, coll) Cover: Hugh Rankin

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v13n02_1929-02_AT-sas

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OPUS#011 Polar Doom, The

OPUS: #011
Title: The Polar Doom
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1928
Type: novelette
“From under the polar ice a horror out of long-dead ages is loosed upon the world to spread terror and destruction”–TOC
“The red ray flashed after him, and in moment he, too, lay a distorted thing of cloth and flesh upon the ground.”
「北極点に近い島で太古の遺跡が発見されるという冒頭は、ラヴクラフトの『狂気の山脈にて』の北極版を予想させるが、さすがはハミルトンで、発掘のあとには謎の飛行物質があらわれて、地球の文明があっけなく破壊される描写がつづく。人類誕生よりもまえに地球を支配していた蟇じみた種族が、極寒に耐えきれず仮死の状態を保っていたところ、発掘により温暖化装置が始動して仮死状態から目覚め、ふたたび地球の支配に乗り出したののである。この装置のスイッチを切ることで、蟇じみた種族は絶滅させられる」 — 大瀧啓裕編　『ウィアード』　4　（青心社, 1990） p. 333

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 12, no. 5, November 1928, (Nov 1928, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Rankin
  • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-31-6, $40.00, xx+693pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joseph Doolin

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v12n05_1928-11_sas