OPUS#104 Devolution

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OPUS: #104
Title: Devolution
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“Edmond Hamilton has long ranked as one of AMAZING STORIES favorite writers and in this narration and entirely orinal turn is given to the events as they succeed.”
「人類は進化したのではなく、異星から超知性を備えた原形質生物の一隊が太古の地球を訪れ、彼らから退化した存在だというのだ」 – マイク・アシュリー著; 牧眞司訳『SF雑誌の歴史 : パルプマガジンの饗宴』（東京創元社, 2004.7） p. 140

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 10, no. 13, December 1936, (Dec 1936, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 90-101. Cover: Leo Morey; illustrated by Leo Morey
  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 35, no. 4, April 1961, (Apr 1961, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.35, 196pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 25-39. Cover: Frank R. Paul
  • Science Fiction Classics Annual, No. 1 (1970, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.60, 132pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul
  • 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 Four, (1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-884-1, £0.75, v+256pp, pb, anth)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 52, no. 3, May 1979, (May 1979, ed. Omar Gohagen, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $1.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 32-49. Cover: Scott Mavor; Ill : S. Mavor
  • Friendly Aliens: Thirteen Stories of the Fantastic Set in Canada, (1981, ed. John Robert Colombo, publ. Hounslow Press, 181pp, hc, anth)
  • Friendly Aliens: Thirteen Stories of the Fantastic Set in Canada by Foreign Authors, (1981, ed. John Robert Colombo, publ. Hounslow Press, no ISBN, $8.95, 181pp, tp, anth)
  • Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The War Years 1936-1945, (Apr 1987, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, publ. TSR, 0-88038-440-9, $3.95, 331pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, (1988, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Black Cat / Macdonald & Co, 0-7481-0196-9, £9.95, 828pp, hc, anth)
  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, (Nov 2001, ed. Orson Scott Card, publ. Ace, 0-441-00864-X, $24.95, x+422pp, hc, anth) Cover: Pyrographx
  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, (Dec 2001, ed. Orson Scott Card, publ. Ace / SFBC, #11613, $12.50, x+422pp, hc, anth)
  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century, (Mar 2004, ed. Orson Scott Card, publ. Ace, 0-441-01133-0, $14.00, 422pp, tp, anth)
  • Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century, (date unknown, ed. Orson Scott Card, publ. Ace, 0-441-00864-X, $24.95, x+422pp, hc, anth) Cover: Pyrographx

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years
  • Review by Frederik Pohl, in: Science Fiction Critic, vol. 1, issue 6 (Dec. 1936), p. 12. [info]

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