Category Archives: 1930s: 1930-1939

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OPUS#088 Child of the Winds

OPUS: #088
Title: Child of the Winds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A tender and fascinating tale of a strange plateau in Turkistan where the winds of Earth converge”–TOC
“A tender and fascinating story about a strange plateau in Turkistan where the winds from all over Earth converge”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 27, no. 5, May 1936, (May 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), May 1936
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1965, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Souvenir Press (UK), 190pp, hc, anth)
  • Boris Karloff’s Favorite Horror Stories, (May 1965, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Avon, #G1254, $0.50, 176pp, pb, anth)
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1969, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Corgi, 0-552-08144-2, £0.20, 158pp, pb, anth)
  • The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology, (1975, ed. Boris Karloff, publ. Everest Books, 0-903925-88-5, 172pp, 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
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v27n05_1936-05_sas

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OPUS#087 Beasts That Once Were Men

OPUS: #087
Title: Beasts That Once Were Men
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“The Evidence Seemed Plain: Dr Robine’s Experiments Had Wrought a horrible Change, Transforming Men to Monsters!”
Publication:

  • Thrilling Mystery [v3 #1, May 1936] (10¢, 132pp, pulp), pp. 47-55.
  • The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Terror, (Aug 2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-06-5, $32.00, xii+345pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom
  • Thrilling Mystery, May 1936, (Apr 2010, ed. John P. Gunnison, publ. Adventure House, 978-1-59798-294-8, $14.95, 128pp, tp, anth)
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OPUS#086 Murder Mountain

OPUS: #086
Title: Murder Mountain
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: vignette
Publication:

  • Popular Detective [v6 #3, April 1936] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 148pp, pulp), pp. 122-124.
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OPUS#085 Murder in the King Family

OPUS: #085
Title: Murder in the King Family
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: novelette
Publication:

  • Thrilling Detective [v18 #2, April 1936] (10¢, pulp), pp. 68-82.
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OPUS#084 Intelligence Undying

OPUS: #084
Title: Intelligence Undying
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
「自分の記憶と知識を新生児に移植することで、世代を超えた人生を送りつける科学者を描いた」 – 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

“In this story, we read about a succession of generations, extending through the centuries. It presents a most impressive picture for the future of our world, as the generations carry the message of extraordinary and increasing intelligence down through the ages.” — AMZ 10(9)

“How would you like to live forever? Or have at least a part of you live forever? Naturally, the world would be lucky to have you around so long, you being so loaded with smarts, and all. But maybe everyone would come to depend too much on your venerable and constant support. Would it be a blessing or a curse? Can there be too much of a good thing? Read on.”–Fantastic, Vol. 27, no. 5

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 10, no. 9, April 1936, (Apr 1936, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 13-26. Cover: Leo Morey; illustrated by Leo Morey
  • Amazing Stories, April 1966, (Apr 1966, ed. Joseph Ross, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 196pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 45-63. Cover: Paul , Fuqua , Wesso
  • Fantastic, Vol. 27, no. 5, April 1979, (Apr 1979, ed. Omar Gohagen, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $1.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 18-38.

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/FantasticV27N05197904

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OPUS#083 Earth Dwellers, The

OPUS: #083
Title: The Earth Dwellers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
Publication:

  • Thrilling Mystery [v2 #3, April 1936] (10¢, 132pp, pulp), pp. 48-53.
  • The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Terror, (Aug 2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-06-5, $32.00, xii+345pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom
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OPUS#082 Leopard’s Paw

OPUS: #082
Title: Leopard’s Paw
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: vignette
“The Menacing Threat of Jungle Justice”–TOC
“Jungle Justice Threatened at the Sign of the Leopard’s Paw”

Publication:

  • Popular Detective [v6 #2, March 1936] (15¢, pulp), pp. 81-83.

ebook: https://archive.org/details/PopularDetectiveV06N02193603

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OPUS#081 In the World’s Dusk

OPUS: #081
Title: In the World’s Dusk
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A gripping tale of the last survivor of the human race and his attempts to repopulate the world.”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 27, no. 3, March 1936, (Mar 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), March 1936
  • The End of the World, (1956, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, publ. Ace, #S-183, $0.25, 159pp, 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
  • The Last Man on Earth, (Aug 1982, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, 0-449-24531-4, $2.95, 352pp, pb, anth) Cover: Wayne Douglas Barlowe
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales193603ATLPM

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OPUS#080 Ramrod Key Killings, The

OPUS: #080
Title: The Ramrod Key Killings
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
Publication:

  • Popular Detective [v6 #1, February 1936] (15¢, pulp), pp. 65-74.
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OPUS#079 Great Brain of Kaldar, The [SM#3]

OPUS: #079
Title: The Great Brain of Kaldar
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: novelette
Series: Stuart Merick (SM)
Series number: #3

“A superb tale of a vampiric monstrosity that fed on the brains of an entire race”–TOC
“A superb tale of distant Kaldar, world of the great star Antares”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 26, no. 6, December 1935, (Dec 1935, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), December 1935
  • Pulp Vault, No. 6 (November 1989, ed. Doug Ellis, publ. Tattered Pages Press, $6.00) Cover: Frank Hamilton
  • TO THE STARS-& BEYOND, [1989] *Not yet published
  • Kaldar: World of Antares, (Nov 1998, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-01-4, $55.00, 219pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n06_1935-12_sas_-783-784_ifcibc