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OPUS#253 Cosmic Looters, The

OPUS: #253
Title: The Cosmic Looters
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1958
Type: novella
“Wyatt knew of the alien peril facing Earth – yet nobody listened to his warning!”-TOC
“Wyatt knew his situation was desperate; he couldn’t stop the alien invasion, and even if he warned Earth – nobody would believe him!”

Publications:

  • Imagination [v9 # 1, No.59, February 1958] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Malcolm Smith), pp. 6-65.
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OPUS#252 Fugitive of the Stars

OPUS: #252
Title: Fugitive of the Stars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella or novel?
“Many had died in the space wreck, and Jim Horne was being tracked down as a murderer. His escape meant freedom – and a galactic holocaust!”
Publications:

  • Imagination, Vol. 8, no. 6, December 1957, (Dec 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-62. Cover: Malcolm Smith
  • Fugitive of the Stars / Land Beyond the Map, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, Kenneth Bulmer, publ. Ace (Ace Double #M-111), #M-111, $0.45, 116+136pp, dos, omni) Cover: Jerome Podwil , Jack Gaughan
  • Fugitive of the Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-60282-398-3, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

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OPUS#251 Ship from Infinity, The

OPUS: #251
Title: The Ship from Infinity
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Deep in the void it lurked, a mysterious giant of metal shaped into a vessel so vast it was beyond belief. And those who saw it – died!”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 4, no. 6, November 1957, (Nov 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Lloyd Rognan
  • The Ship from Infinity / Takeoff, (Oct 2011, ed. Edmond Hamilton, C. M. Kornbluth, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #33), 978-1-61287-049-6, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)

ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68713

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OPUS#250 No Earthman I

OPUS: #250
Title: No Earthman I
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novelette
「異世界の荒涼たる風景を描ききって[いる]」-マイク・アシュリー著 ; 牧眞司訳『SF雑誌の歴史：黄金期そして革命』（東京創元社, 2015）p. 174.

“When the Wind People turned on the Earthmen, John Tepper ran. But he ran in hatred, not terror – for he looked on Tharinan as his planet now, and he would not be driven from it ….”

Publications:

  • Venture Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 1, no. 6, November 1957, (Nov 1957, ed. Robert P. Mills, publ. Fantasy House, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Emsh
  • Venture Science Fiction [UK], June 1964, (Jun 1964, ed. Ronald R. Wickers, publ. Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd, 2/6, 116pp, Digest, magazine)
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OPUS#249 Cosmic Destroyer, The

OPUS: #249
Title: The Cosmic Destroyer
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type:  novella
“”Barron had two choices: he could leave the Pleiades peacefully, or stay to hunt a girl who – if he found her – would destroy the entire galaxy!”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales [v4 #5, September 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd Rognan), pp. 6-59.

ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68694

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OPUS#248 World of Never-Men

OPUS: #248
Title: World of Never-Men
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Barker set out on a trail of vengeance that would lead him to retribution–or death. It would also, inevitably, bind him to Mars’ dark secret…”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 4, no. 4, July 1957, (Jul 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Malcolm Smith

ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68610

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OPUS#247 Sinister Invasion, The

OPUS: #247
Title: The Sinister Invasion
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Birrell rebelled at the idea of becoming a cosmic counter-spy. But he was the one Earthman whom a quick of nature had fitted for the job …”
Publication:

  • Imagination [v8 # 3, No.55, June 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd N. Rognan), pp. 6-60.   illustrated by LNR.
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OPUS#246 Tattooed Man, The

OPUS: #246
Title: The Tattooed Man
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type: novella
Note: The Last of The Star Kings
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries

“Legend said that somewhere in the depths of space was a world of wealth and power beyond imagination. It was also a world of danger and -”

Publication:

  • Imaginative Tales [v4 #2, March 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Malcolm Smith), pp. 6-65.

ebook: http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2569

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OPUS#245 Starcombers, The

OPUS: #245
Title: The Starcombers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Greedy scavengers of the universe, they sold the dead dreams of ancient races for junk – until a battle for life taught them what dreams are worth!”

Publications:

  • Science Fiction Adventures, Vol. 1, no. 6, December 1956, (Dec 1956, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Royal Publications, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Ed Emsh
  • Science Fiction Adventures, No. 5, (Nov 1958, ed. Larry T. Shaw, John Carnell, publ. Nova Publications Ltd., 2/-, 118pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Emsh. *cut slightly
  • Great Science Fiction Adventures, (1963, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Lancer, #72-697, $0.50, 174pp, pb, anth) Cover: Emsh
  • Great Science Fiction Adventures, (1968, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Lancer, #74-944, $0.75, 285pp, pb, anth)
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OPUS#244 Last Call for Doomsday

OPUS: #244
Title: Last Call for Doomsday!
Author: S. M. Tenneshaw (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Wales knew life of Earth must end – yet to save humanity meant panic and chaos!”-TOC
“Wales saw men around him become savage beasts, shooting, looting, killing in frantic hysteria. Men without hope, they awaited the -”

Publication:

  • Imagination [v7 # 6, No.52, December 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd N. Rognan)

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