OPUS#267 Pro, The

OPUS: #267
Title: The Pro
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1964
Type: short story

Almost we would omit references to the Grand Old Days of Magazine Science Fiction for fear of conjuring up images that either we or the author of this story are confined to a bath-chair and gout-stool (neither of us is; and mind your clumsy feet)- but accuracy forbids. In the Grand Old Days of Magazine Science Fiction, videlicet the otherwise non-grand 30s, then, a querulous reader wrote to one SF magazine and complained that
“Edmond Hamilton is always saving worlds … The implication was not that Mr. Hamilton collected them in a morocco album, but that his stories often dealt with their rescue from evil. Pax. He was and is not only a realist but an optimist—both attributes being manifested in this cool and competent and utterly believable story which links the Science Fiction past with its already beginning-to-be-realized-and-vindicated-present. Edmond Hamilton appears here for the first time since 1954. It is nice to have him aboard again.

Mr. Hamilton writes of himself:
“I sometimes feel like a time-traveller, for this reason: I’m 59 years old, which isn’t so old these days (it isn’t, is it, honest?) But my formative first 7 years were spent on a Ohio farm so far back in, that it must have had a time-lag of a decade. Horses reared up in buggy-shafts at sight of an automobile, and a steam-
threshing-machine was a thing which frightened me horribly.
Yet last month I flew home from London in a jet in 5 or 6 hours, and the rockets stand on the launching-pads ready to make for the moon, and only the fact that I was blessed or cursed with a science fictional imagination has prevented me from exclaiming, “Stop the world, etc. …”

I wrote my first s-f story when I was 14. It was “The Plant That Was Alive.” It was also Terrible. No one bought it. I was at that time, however, unquenchable. … I was a freshman in college and supposed to be a child prodigy, and I took that seriously and loftily ignored study and broke rules and got canned out of school
after three years. But I kept trying to write s-f, and in February, 1926, succeeded in selling the old Weird Tales.

What a thrill it was when, a month later, a science-fiction magazine appeared! A couple of years later when a second s-f magazine appeared, I decided to become a professional writer. I’m filled with retrospective admiration for a decision so costnically heroic and stupid. To make matters worse, my next 42 stories sold without a refection … only then did I start to get the bumps and learn.

But I’ve stuck to it ever since. I love to tell adventure stories and have told hundreds … but every now and then I want to write something quite different. THE PRO is one of the different ones.”

Publications:

  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol. 27, no. 4, October 1964, (Oct 1964, ed. Avram Davidson, publ. Mercury Press, Inc., $0.40, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. pp. 21-32. Cover: Chesley Bonestell
  • Great Science Fiction Stories About the Moon, (1967, ed. T. E. Dikty, publ. Frederick Fell, 221pp, hc, 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
  • Inside the Funhouse: 17 Sf Stories About SF, (Aug 1992, ed. Mike Resnick, publ. AvoNova, 0-380-76643-4, $4.99, 246pp, pb, anth) Cover: Tim O’Brien
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

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OPUS#272 World of Starwolves [SW#3]

Title: World of the Starwolves
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 3
Publications:

  • World of the Starwolves, (1968, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-766, $0.50, 158pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  •  Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • World of the Starwolves, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-02-007766-4, $4.00, ebook)
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by Lester del Rey (1969) in If, October 1969
  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1970
  •  Analog. 85(1):168. March 1970. (P. Miller)
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. No.191:62. June 1969. (J. Cawthorn)
  • Son of WSFA Journal. 17:3-4. March 1971. (D. Halterman)
  • World of IF. 19(8):147-148. October 1969. (L. del Ley)

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OPUS#271 Closed Worlds [SW#2]

Title: The Closed Worlds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 2
Publications:

  • The Closed Worlds, (1968, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-701, $0.50, 157pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan

 

  • Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • The Closed Worlds, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-02-107701-4, $4.00, ebook)
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1968

 
In Japanese
『さいはてのスターウルフ』, 1970.8

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OPUS#270 Weapon from Beyond, The [SW#1]

Title: The Weapon from Beyond
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1967
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 1
Publications:

  • The Weapon From Beyond, (1967, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-639, $0.50, 158pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  • Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • The Weapon From Beyond, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-299-45017-2, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1968
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. No.176:64. Oct. 1967. (J. Cawthorn)

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OPUS#275 Horror from the Magellanic, The [SK#2-4]

OPUS: #275
Title: The Horror from the Magellanic
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1969
Type: novelette
Series: Star Kings
Series Number: 2
Note: This story became part of the fix-up novel Return to the Stars (1969).

When Edmond Hamilton’s THE STAR KINGS first appeared in these pages, more than twenty years ago (in the September, 1947 issue of AMAZING STORIES, to be exact), it was heralded by a stunning Malcolm Smith cover that only hinted of the novel’s impact upon its readers. Frederick Fell, Inc. published the book in hard covers in 1949 — a pioneer venture — and Signet Books brought it out in paperback form in 1950 as BEYOND THE MOON. (That rather pedestrian job of retitling said a good deal about the state of science fiction in the paperbacks in 1950.) It went through several printings before Signet apparently lost interest in the book and let it lapse.

But the fans did not forget. Nor did Cele Goldsmith, when she became editor of this magazine. And in September, 1964 — seventeen years later to the month — Hamilton returned with KINGDOMS OF THE STARS the first of a projected series of sequels to THE STAR KINGS. Since then two more of the novelettes have been published: THE SHORES OF INFINITY (April, 1965) and THE BROKEN STARS (FANTASTIC, December, 1968).

With great pleasure we now present the fourth new novelette of the Star Kings and the epic adventurer, John Gordon —

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 43, no. 1, May 1969, (May 1969, ed. Ted White, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 148pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-38. illustrated by Dan Adkins
  • Return to the Stars, (1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #447-74612, $0.75, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko
  • Chronicles of the Star Kings, (Apr 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Arrow (Venture SF #10), 0-09-947860-9, £2.50, 190+207pp, pb, omni)
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-16-2, $45.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-17-0, $125.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Return to the Stars, (Feb 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 4-477-46127-5, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • The Eric John Stark Saga, (Feb 2008, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni)
  • Return to the Stars, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Magnum / Prestige, #74-612, $1.50, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko

Reviews:

  • Review by Lester del Rey (1970) in If, July-August 1970

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v43n01_1969-05/page/n5

OPUS#273 Broken Stars, The [SK#2-3]

OPUS: #273
Title: The Broken Stars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1968
Type: novelette
Series: Star Kings
Series Number: 2
Note: This story became part of the fix-up novel Return to the Stars (1969).
“Edmond Hamilton needs no introduction from the likes of me … or, for that matter, from the likes of any of us. He is the author of some of the best space opera ever written (the majority of the CAPTAIN FUTURE series in the old Thrilling Wonder) and some of the most sensitive, provocative modern science fiction (WHAT’S IT LIKE OUT THERE?) He is writing better now than he ever did and THE BROKEN STARS is Hamilton combining the two sides of his writing at the top of his form. This is a story which will not be forgotten.”
Publications:

  • Fantastic, vol. 18, no. 2, December 1968, (Dec 1968, ed. Barry N. Malzberg, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 148pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-36.  Illustrated by Dan Adkins
  • Return to the Stars, (1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #447-74612, $0.75, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko
  • Chronicles of the Star Kings, (Apr 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Arrow (Venture SF #10), 0-09-947860-9, £2.50, 190+207pp, pb, omni)
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-16-2, $45.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-17-0, $125.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Return to the Stars, (Feb 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 4-477-46127-5, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • The Eric John Stark Saga, (Feb 2008, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni)
  • Return to the Stars, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Magnum / Prestige, #74-612, $1.50, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko

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OPUS#268 Shores of Infinity, The (SK#2-2]

OPUS: #268
Title: The Shores of Infinity
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1965
Type: novelette
Series: Star Kings
Series Number: 2
Note: This story became part of the fix-up novel Return to the Stars (1969).
At the far reaches of the Galaxy, the H’Harn writhed for vengeance. John Gordon, serving Lianna of Fomalhout, searches for their secret in Ed Hamilton’s new novelet of the Star Kings.

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 39, no. 4, April 1965, (Apr 1965, ed. Cele G. Lalli, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paula McLane; illustrated by Schelling
  • Thrilling Science Fiction, August 1973, (Aug 1973, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.60, 132pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Paula McLane
  • Return to the Stars, (1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #447-74612, $0.75, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko
  • Chronicles of the Star Kings, (Apr 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Arrow (Venture SF #10), 0-09-947860-9, £2.50, 190+207pp, pb, omni)
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-16-2, $45.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-17-0, $125.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Return to the Stars, (Feb 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 4-477-46127-5, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • The Eric John Stark Saga, (Feb 2008, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni)
  • Return to the Stars, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Magnum / Prestige, #74-612, $1.50, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko

 

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OPUS#266 Kingdoms of the Stars (SK#2-1)

OPUS: #266
Title: Kingdoms of the Stars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1964
Type: novelette
Series: Star Kings
Series Number: 2
Note: This story became part of the fix-up novel Return to the Stars (1969).
“Gordon saw the drowned suns of the Clouds, heard the sun strike Throon’s crystal peaks, touched Lianna, and annihilated space. Now he wondered: Was it all a dream, or retreat into delusion, or had he actually been to …”

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 38, no. 9, September 1964, (Sep 1964, ed. Cele G. Lalli, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Robert Adragna
  • SF Greats, Fall 1970, (1970, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 132pp, digest, magazine) Illust & Cover : Robert Adragana
  • Planets of Wonder, (1976, ed. Terry Carr, publ. Thomas Nelson, 0-8407-6526-6, $6.95, 189pp, hc, anth) Cover: Frank Alois
  • Return to the Stars, (1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #447-74612, $0.75, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko
  • Chronicles of the Star Kings, (Apr 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Arrow (Venture SF #10), 0-09-947860-9, £2.50, 190+207pp, pb, omni)
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-16-2, $45.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-17-0, $125.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Return to the Stars, (Feb 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 4-477-46127-5, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • The Eric John Stark Saga, (Feb 2008, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni)
  1. Return to the Stars, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Magnum / Prestige, #74-612, $1.50, 207pp, pb) Cover: Jim Steranko

Reviews:

  • Review by Lester del Rey (1970) in If, July-August 1970

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OPUS#265 After a Judgement Day

OPUS: #265
Title: After a Judgement Day
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1963
Type: short story
“Not to look at Earth, was the main thing. It was such a natural thing to do, to lean back in your chair and look up through the ceiling window and see the gray-and-bluish globe of Earth spinning away there against the blackness and the stars. But if you started looking, pretty soon you were remembering, and there was no use remembering now, no use at all.”

Publications:

  • Fantastic Stories of Imagination, Vol. 12, no. 12, December 1963, (Dec 1963, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paul E. Wenzel; Ill : Finlay
  • Thrilling Science Fiction, October 1972, (Oct 1972, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., #ICD 08830, $0.60, 132pp, digest, magazine), pp. 92-103.
  • 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/Thrilling_Science_Fiction_27_1972-10/page/n3/mode/2up

OPUS#264 Babylon in the Sky

OPUS: #264
Title: Babylon in the Sky
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1963
Type: short story
“The monstrous cities orbiting overhead mocked the earthbound humans. Hobie wanted to reach out there and pull one down and smash it.”

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 37, no. 6, March 1963, (Mar 1963, ed. Cele Goldsmith, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-21.  Cover: Lloyd Birmingham; illustrated by Birmingham
  • Great Science Fiction, No. 8, Fall 1967, (1967, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 132pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Leo Summers

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