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Звездные короли (SK#1, SK#2, and SK#3)

Звездные короли

Translation: С. Удалина
Publisehr: Азбука, М.: Азбука-Аттикус, 2016 г. (июнь)
Pagination: 640 p. ; 24 cm.
Series: Мир фантастики
ISBN: 978-5-389-09727-8
Cover Art & Illustration: С.А. Григорьева

Tr. of: The Star Kings & The Last of The Star kings
Contents:
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Звёздные короли (роман, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 5-236. The Star Kings (SK#1)
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Возвращение на звёзды (роман, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 237-426. Return to the Stars (SK#2)
Эдмонд Гамильтон, Ли Брэкетт. Старк и звёздные короли (рассказ, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 427-470. Stark and the Star Kings (SK#3)
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Звёздный охотник (повесть, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 471-542. The Star Hunter
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Татуированный человек (повесть, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 543-628. The Tattooed Man
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Хронология двух тысяч веков истории человечества и звёздных королевств (статья, перевод С. Удалина), стр. 629-634. Chronology of the Two Thousand Centuries and the Kingdoms of the Stars
Эдмонд Гамильтон. Эдмонд Гамильтон о себе. Автобиографический этюд (перевод С. Удалина), стр. 635-636.

Бывший военный летчик Джон Гордон обменивается телами с Зартом Арном, наследным принцем королевства Фомальгаута, чтобы из своего родного двадцатого века перенестись на двести тысяч лет в будущее. И узнает, что космос, разделенный между империями и королевствами, пронизанный интригами и истерзанный войнами, балансирует на грани катастрофы. Шорр Кан, предводитель Лиги Темных Миров, замыслил убить Зарта Арна и разрушить союз звездных королей. С великой неохотой Гордон берет на себя роль принца, чтобы сорвать планы заговорщиков и не допустить низвержения Вселенной в пучину анархии. В настоящее издание, кроме романов из знаменитого цикла, вошли произведения, действие которых происходит во вселенной “Звездных королей”. Все произведения, вошедшие в книгу, переведены заново. Повести “Звездный охотник” и “Татуированный человек” на русском издаются впервые.

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Doomstar (Belmont 197904)

Doomstar
Detroit : Tower, 1979.04. –
158 p. ; 18 cm. – (Belmont-Tower ; 51336) ISBN: 0-505-51336-6
Cover: Attila Hejja
Note: Title was published in April, 1979 according to Locus #221 (May 1979).
Note: Copyright © MCMLXVI by Edmond Hamilton.
Note: Cover artist taken from signature. Cover art copyright 1978. “Attila Hejja ©7?” at bottom left front cover.
“Somewhere in the universe was a device that could change a sun into a deadly weapon!” — Cover
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Doomstar (Belmont 1969)

Doomstar
New Yokr : Belmont Books, 1969. –
158 p. ; 18 cm. – (Belmont Science Fiction ; B50-857) ISBN: 0-505-51336-6
LCCN: 71-86430
“One man against the universe – One man with a device that could change a sun from a life source to the ultimate death-dealing weapon” — Cover
The sun shone brightly on this fateful morning, bringing to its planets warmth and life-giving rays. The brightness increased sharply as the morning grew older. The glare was blinding; the radiation not life-giving, but deadly. By mid-afternoon the brilliant, intense sun shone on barren space. It had blasted each of its four planets out of existence.
Someone had found a way to poison a star.
And someone had to be found who could prevent the takeover – or destruction – of the entire universe. Who? Johnny Kettrick, as improbable a hero there never was. Johnny Kettrick who was banned from the Cluster World for his not-too-honest dealings was sent back there with his three equally unholy partners to search out the Doomstar…to find the Doomstar before it burned out another world.
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Starcombers, The

Starcombers, The
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music; First Ed Thus edition (June 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612870996
ISBN-13: 978-1612870991
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
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Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is another “can’t-put-it-down” gem by Edmond Hamilton, “The Starcombers.” There were immense fortunes to be had on a dying world, but Sam Fletcher was a spaceman near the end of his rope. He had signed on with Harry Axe’s fleet and hated himself for doing so. They were just a bunch of greedy space scavengers. They took the dead dreams of ancient races and sold them for junk. And a love-hate relationship with Harry’s sultry wife didn’t make things any better. That all changed, though, after they stumbled upon this black, sunless world filled with priceless alien artifacts. It was there that a bitter confrontation with a dying alien race, and a fight to the death with some of the most horrible space monsters imaginable, taught Sam Fletcher which dreams were really worth dying for. The second novel is from the man who gave us “This Island Earth,” Raymond F. Jones. “The Year When Stardust Fell” is an engaging sci-fi thriller about an Earth in peril. Mayfield was the typical college town. Nothing too unusual ever happened there until a mysterious comet was suddenly observed by the scientists on College Hill. And then one day the modified engine on Ken Maddox’s car began overheating mysteriously. By morning it didn’t run at all. Art’s Garage, local headquarters for hot-rodders, was soon so full of cars that wouldn’t run, that Ken’s science club began working in the garage after school. It didn’t take long for the club to discover that all the moving parts on these stalled cars had fused together. Soon all machinery had stopped in Mayfield. There was no longer any light or power anywhere. This mysterious creeping paralysis was spreading. The copper-yellow glow of the comet seemed to have brought the whole world to a grinding halt. Finally man was left with only a few primitive tools in this startling and thought-provoking tale that shows how human nature might react to catastrophe.

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Sinister Invasion, The

Sinister Invasion, The
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music (May 23, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612871445
ISBN-13: 978-1612871448
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
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Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “The Sinister Invasion” is an exciting adventure classic by one of the science fiction genre’s most beloved authors, Edmond Hamilton. It was strange…how easy it was to step right out of your own life, right out of the familiar Earth you’d always known, and into a cosmic mystery! That’s what happened to Ross Birrel, and it all started by opening the door to his own apartment! He soon found himself in the role of a most unlikely undercover agent—an agent with one specific purpose: to uncover an alien spy ring right here on Earth. Only it wasn’t that simple, and Birrel soon discovered there was an alien threat far more sinister than anyone on Earth could have imagined. But the key to the mystery depended on whether or not he could trust a female alien—a beautiful woman from beyond the stars who might be a friend to Earth…or its worst enemy. The second novel is “Operation Terror” by sci-fi great Murray Leinster. The radar complex had picked up the strange object in space just as it neared the Earth’s surface. It was described as “an object of considerable size.” The impact of its landing at Boulder Lake Park, Colorado was felt on every seismograph around the world. Then, the first reports began to trickle in: there were “creatures” on board—creatures who soon left their ship and began exploring the area…Where was the ship from, and what was the quest of the strange visitors—these visitors who were armed with a terrifying paralysis ray that blinded its victims, filling their nostrils with a reptilian odor of the jungle? Only one man in the area could hope to solve the mystery of these aliens—aliens who had come to call Earth “theirs.”

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Ship from Infinity, The

Ship from Infinity, The
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music (October 2, 2011)
Series: D33
Language: English
ISBN-10: 161287049X
ISBN-13: 978-1612870496
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “The Ship from Infinity,” is a wonderful deep space thriller. What were the secrets of the “death ship?” 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! But the inner treasures and technological secrets of this massive, dead spaceship were thought to be worth incalculable wealth, and an alliance of space salvagers would take any risk to lay first claim on her—even at the cost of their lives. This terrific Edmond Hamilton tale is a true forgotten gem, filled with the kind of action and intrigue that made him one of the most beloved science fiction authors of the 20th Century. The second novel is “Takeoff.” Next stop…the moon! Out in the remote California desert Mike Novak was sitting on a powder keg. He was working on the biggest thing since the atom bomb! Hired to build a mock-up fuel tank for a mock-up spaceship, Mike discovered he was looking at a design that could actually work! A design that would soon turn his life upside down. Here is a wildly exciting story torn from newspaper headlines—the story of man’s first triumphant step into outer space. It is an unforgettable, nerve-clenching novel of the first moon-rocket and the men who dared to build it—told by one of the great masters of science fiction…C. M. Kornbluth.

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The Other Side of the Moon

The Other Side of the Moon
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music (January 21, 2014)
Series: D116
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612871828
ISBN-13: 978-1612871820
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is“The Other Side of the Moon” by one of science fiction’s all time greats, Edmond Hamilton. It was literally an invasion from the dark side… As a team of geologists explored deep in the Yucatan jungle, they found themselves near the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple. It was an amazing sight. But what they didn’t understand about these crumbling ruins was that they were also the site of an ancient alien spaceport—a spaceport that was still active. They soon found themselves attacked by alien raiders from the dark side of the moon! One of the geologists, Richard Carson, had hidden in the shadows, barely escaping with his life. He watched, horrified, as his colleagues were all horribly slain, with one lone survivor, Dr. Howland, being taken prisoner by the alien beasts. Howland then found himself with a one-way ticket back to the moon, where a lost race of turtle-like moon beings planned the eventual conquest of the Earth, a planet they had once ruled, eons in the past. The second novel is “Secret Invasion” by veteran sci-fi author, Walter Kubilius. Could the Martian invasion be stopped? There was no question that the Martians wanted to annihilate the entire human race. After all, had Earth not totally devastated their planet over two hundred years earlier? And the Martians, though practically immortal, were nevertheless a dying breed, unable to procreate their own race. So the Martians, thirsting for revenge and in need of a new home, launched an insidious invasion—not fought with giant machines of war, but with a new method that seemed to transform loyal Earthmen into raving traitors. These traitors were called “Suspects” and it was the job of Earth’s security force, Public Defense, to ferret them out and eliminate them. The problem was that no one on Earth really understood the enormity of the problem. Yet Earth had the power to wipe out the entire Martian race by simply pushing a button. The question was—would they have the courage to actually push it?

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Legion of Lazarus

Legion of Lazarus
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music, August 9, 2011
Pagination: 216 pages ; 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Series: Two complete novels : Armchair Fiction ; AF D24
ISBN-10: 1612870457
ISBN-13: 978-1612870458
Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “Legion of Lazarus,” is a grand sci-fi adventure by none other than Edmond Hamilton, author of “The Star Kings.” There was a new way of executing criminals. No longer did they strap a condemned man into a chair and shoot a lethal electric charge through his body. No, this was the future. And being expelled from an air lock into deep space was the legal method of execution. But it was also the only way a man could qualify for…”The Legion.” The second novel, “Star Hunter,” written by Andre Norton, is an exciting depiction of an interplanetary safari. This was going to be a hunting party, but what were they really sent to find? Somewhere in that other world jungle…a man was planted.
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The Star Kings (SK#1)

The Star Kings
Publisher: Armchair Fiction & Music, September 22, 2012
Pagination: 200 p. ; 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
Series: Science Fiction Classics : Armchair Fiction ; AF C25
ISBN-10: 1612871224
ISBN-13: 978-1612871226
Armchair fiction presents extra large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. “The Star Kings,” written by Edmond Hamilton, is an all-time great sci-fi classic. Young, restless, and dissatisfied with his ever monotonous insurance job, John Gordon discovered a way of traveling through time! And when he arrived in the strange world of tomorrow, Gordon found himself in the middle of a titanic interplanetary war—and he was the one man in the universe who held the key to final victory… His adventures on other planets, his strange love affair with the beautiful Lianna, and his single-handed battle against the invading legions of the “Dark Worlds” all add up to an exciting adventure classic by one of the science fiction genre’s most beloved authors, Edmond Hamilton.
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The Harpers of Titan (Popular Library)

The Harpers of Titan
in: Dr. Cyclops, New York : Popular Library, 1967, 127 p., 18 cm. –
(Popular Library Edition) NUC: 77-3944
Bound with: Dr. Cyclops (Henry Kuttner); Too Late for Eternity (Bruce Walton)
Three darling journeys into the future of man and the universe.
Captain Future and his Futuremen face a hideous peril as Simon Wright, the living Brain, is implanted in a human body
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Treasure on Thunder Moon

Treasure on Thunder Moon
Publisher: Armchair Fiction, 2013.01.29
Pagination: 200 p. ; 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Series: Two complete novels : Armchair Fiction ; AF D86
Price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1612870457
ISBN-13: 978-1612870458
Note: Bound with: Trail of the Astrogar / Henry Hasse

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is “Treasure on Thunder Moon,” another fine tale by Edmond Hamilton. John North was through as a space pilot and he knew it. He’d been told that at age 37 he was too old to fly anymore. His strength and his reflexes just weren’t what they used to be. However, when a fluke opportunity raised its head, he and his aging space veteran friends found themselves hurtling into the void again. But it wasn’t aboard a luxury space liner or an interplanetary freighter—no. It was a treasure hunt to Oberon, one of the larger moons orbiting faraway Uranus. Oberon was known as “Thunder Moon,” and few men had ever landed on its surface and returned to tell about it. But a small cache of the most valuable substance in the Solar System lay hidden there. Unfortunately, Thunder Moon was the hell of the Solar System. And these men had to brave it in a condemned wreck. The second novel deals with terror from deep space in “Trail of the Astrogar,” by Henry Hasse. The freighter Astrogar had disappeared somewhere in the void, seemingly without a trace. Then she was found free-floating in deep space, terribly damaged, but not as damaged as the mind of the spaceman who was found inside her. He tried to tell of a dreadful, impending menace…one that could possibly destroy whole worlds! No one believed him except his daughter. She went to the dregs of the space planes to find the answers she sought and to prove her father was more than a raving madman. She soon found Curt Vaughn, and with him a giant Venusian. Together they set out to solve a deep space mystery—the solution to which might hold dire consequences for the entire Solar System…
 
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Crashing Suns (Collection)

Crashing Suns
New York : Ace Books, 1965. –
192 p. ; 17 cm. – (Ace F-319) pbk
Cover: Valigursky NUC: 70-71186
Contents:
Crashing Suns (IP#1)
The Star Stealers (IP#2)
Within the Nebular (IP#3)
The Comet-Drivers (IP#5)
The Cosmic Cloud (IP#7)
“Red alert for the Interstellar Patrol” — Cover
From mighty Canopus, capital of the Federated Stars, to the outer fringes of our great galaxy, the Interstellar Patrol was on the watch. Rogue suns, marauding alien intelligences, man-made comets driven by their makers for the conquest of unsuspecting worlds, diabolical conspiracies hatched in the depths of unmapped nebulae – it was the business of the Patrol’s mighty spaceships to guard against such cosmic dangers.
Crashing Suns is the epic account of this future space legion, where volunteers from a thousand worlds man the mighty starcraft of a hundred thousand years to come. It’s interplanetary adventure on the classic scale, by the master hand of Edmond Hamilton.
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The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror

The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror
While primarily known for his adventures of terrestrial doom and interstellar peril, Edmond Hamilton also wrote a number of tales of mystery and horror. The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror collects nine stories from pulp magazines such as Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, Thrilling Mystery, and Weird Tales.
Included are Hamilton’s four tales of supernatural terror that appeared in Weird Tales under the nom de plume Hugh Davidson. Two of these stories feature the psychic detective, Dr. John Dale.
An introduction by Hugh B. Cave, recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, provides a personal glimpse at the bygone days of writing for the pulp magazines.
Included as an afterword is an essay by Hamilton reflecting on the halcyon days of writing for Weird Tales.
Publisher: Haffner Press, 2000.5
Pagination: 360 p.
ISBN: 1893887065
Cover: Jon Arfstrom; Introduction: Hugh B. Cave
Contents:
Dead Legs
Vampire Village (as Davidson)
Snake-Man (as Davidson)
The Vampire Master (DD#1)(as Davidson)
House of the Evil Eye (DD#2)(as Davidson)
Beasts That Once Were Men
Children of Terror
The Earth Dwellers
Woman From the Ice
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Lost Treasure of Mars

Lost Treasure of Mars and Other Stories
By Edmond Hamilton et al.
Publisher: Pulpville Press, December 5, 2006 (Hardcover)
Publihser: Pulpville Press, November 30, 2006 (Paperbound)
Pagination: 236 p. ; 6 wide x 9 tall
A Martian Collection of stories from Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Super-Science Fiction magazines of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Stories included in this collection: Lost Treasure of Mars, Edmond Hamilton, The Red Singing Sands, Koller Ernst, Murder on Mars, Frances M. Deegan, Nothing’s Impossible, Charles L. Fontenay, The Prince of Mars Returns, Philip F. Nowlan, and Bright Flowers of Mars, Curtis W. Casewitt. Fully illustrated with the original magazine artwork.

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The Collected Captain Future, Volume Three

The Collected Captain Future, Volume Three
Edmond Hamilton
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Introduction by Chuck Juzek
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski
ISBN-13 978-1-893887-74-9
Hardcover: 698 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press (December 29, 2013)
Introduction by Chuck Juzek
“Under Observation” – The Captain Future Letters Column
Quest Beyond the Stars (Captain Future, Win ’42) CF#9
Outlaws on the Moon (Captain Future, Spr ’42) CF#10
The Comet Kings (Captain Future, Sum ’42) CF#11
Planets in Peril (Captain Future, Fll ’42) CF#12
“The Future of Captain Future”
Appendix of original interior artwork

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The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three

The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three
Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Eric Leif Davin
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski, Hugh Rankin, John Fleming Gould, Leo Morey
ISBN-13 9781893887411
784 pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 784 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press; First Hardcover edition (April 6, 2011)
Introduction by Eric Leif Davin
“Cities in the Air” (Air Wonder Stories, Nov, Dec ’29)
“The Life-Masters” (Weird Tales, Jan ’30)
“The Space Visitors” (Air Wonder Stories, Mar ’30)
“Evans of the Earth-Guard” (Air Wonder Stories, Apr ’30)
“The Plant Revolt” (Weird Tales, Apr ’30)
“The Universe Wreckers” (Amazing Stories, May, Jun, Jul ’30)
“The Death Lord” (Weird Tales, Jul ’30)
“Pigmy Island” (Weird Tales, Aug ’30)
“Second Satellite” (Astounding Stories, Aug ’30)
“World Atavism” (Amazing Stories, Aug ’30)
Appendix
• Original Pulp Illustrations
• Readers’ Letters from Original Magazines
• Correspondence between Hamilton and the SF Luminaries of the Day

 

Book review:

  • Loucs, Sep. 2011, by Richard A. Lupoff
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The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Four

The Reign of the Robots, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Four
Introduction: Mike Ashley
Cover Art: Frank R. Paul
Illustrated: Frank R. Paul, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski, Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Leo Morey
Publisher: Haffner Press (December 30, 2013)
Pagination: 696 p.
ISBN: 978-1-893887-65-7
“The Man Who Saved Science Fiction” by Mike Ashley
“The Man Who Saw the Future” (Amazing Stories, Oct ’30)
“The Mind-Master” (Weird Tales, Oct ’30)
“The Horror City” (Weird Tales, Feb/Mar ’31)
“The Man Who Evolved” (Wonder Stories, Apr ’31)
“Monsters of Mars” (Astounding Stories, Apr ’31
“Ten Million Years Ahead” (Weird Tales, Apr/May ’31)
“The Earth-Owners” (Weird Tales, Aug ’31)
“The Sargasso of Space” (Astounding Stories, Sep ’31)
“The Shot From Saturn” (Weird Tales, Oct ’31)
“Creatures of the Comet” (Weird Tales, Dec ’31)
“The Reign of the Robots” (Wonder Stories, Dec ’31)
“Dead Legs” (Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, Jan ’32)
“A Conquest of Two Worlds” (Wonder Stories, Feb ’32)
“The Earth-Brain” (Weird Tales, Apr ’32)
“The Terror Planet” (Weird Tales, May ’32)
“Space-Rocket Murders” (Amazing Stories, Oct ’32)
“Vampire Village” (Weird Tales, Nov ’32)
“The Man Who Conquered Age” (Weird Tales Dec ’32)
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Edmond Hamiton & Leigh Brackett Day 2010

Edmond Hamiton & Leigh Brackett Day 2010 : October 16, 2010
Introduction: Don Sutton
Editor: Stephen Haffner
Publisher: Haffner Press, 2010
Pagination: 67 p.
NOTE: Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Kinsman Historical Society
ISBN: 9781893887503
Contents:
Introduction / Don Sutton
The Veil of Astellar / Leigh Brackett
What’s It Like Out There? / Edmond Hamilton
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Captain Future, Man of Tomorrow

Captain Future, Man of Tomorrow
Publisher: Pulpville Press, August 7, 2005 (Paperback edition)
Publisher: Pulpville Press, December 19, 2005 (Hardcover edition)
Publisher: March 12, 2013 (ePub edition)
Pagination: 298 p. ; 6 wide x 9 tall
ISBN: 978-1448633296 ()
ISBN: 9781257149667 (ePub)
Contents:
The Return of Captain Future (CF#21)
Children of the Sun (CF#22)
The Harpers of Titan (CF#23)
Pardon My Iron Nerves (CF#24)
Moon of the Unforgotten (CF#25)
Earthmen No More (CF#26)
Birthplace of Creation (CF#27)
“Folks, you’ve all heard about Captain Future, the scientific wizard who lives up there on the Moon with his three queer Futuremen. You know he’s crushed dozens of super-criminals and scientific dangers that threatened us people of the nine worlds. You’ve never seen Future or his pals. Few people ever have. But you know that when danger threatens, they’re on the job. Well, you’re now going to learn all about Captain Future and the Futuremen.”

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The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Garland)

The Best of Edmond Hamilton / ed. by Leigh Brackett
New York : Garland, 1983. –
xviii, 381 p. ; cm.
Reprint of 1977 ed. (Ballantine); LCCN: 81-47372
Contents:
• Fifty Years of Wonder • (1977) • essay by Leigh Brackett
• The Monster-God of Mamurth • (1926) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Evolved • (1931) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• A Conquest of Two Worlds • (1932) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Island of Unreason • (1933) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Thundering Worlds • (1934) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Returned • (1934) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Accursed Galaxy • (1935) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• In the World’s Dusk • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Child of the Winds • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Seeds from Outside • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Fessenden’s Worlds • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Easy Money • (1938) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• He That Hath Wings • (1938) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Exile • (1943) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Day of Judgment • (1946) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• What’s It Like Out There? • (1952) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• After a Judgement Day • (1963) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Pro • (1964) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Castaway • (1969) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Afterword (The Best of Edmond Hamilton) • (1977) • essay by Edmond Hamilton

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The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Ballantine)

The Best of Edmond Hamilton / ed. by Leigh Brackett
New York : Ballantine Books, 1977.8. –
xviii, 381 p. ; 18 cm. – (A Del Rey Book ; 25900)
LCCN: 77-574; ISBN: 0-345-25900-9
Cover: Van Dongen
Contents:
• Fifty Years of Wonder • (1977) • essay by Leigh Brackett
• The Monster-God of Mamurth • (1926) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Evolved • (1931) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• A Conquest of Two Worlds • (1932) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Island of Unreason • (1933) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Thundering Worlds • (1934) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Returned • (1934) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Accursed Galaxy • (1935) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• In the World’s Dusk • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Child of the Winds • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Seeds from Outside • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Fessenden’s Worlds • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Easy Money • (1938) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• He That Hath Wings • (1938) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Exile • (1943) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Day of Judgment • (1946) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• What’s It Like Out There? • (1952) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• After a Judgement Day • (1963) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Pro • (1964) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Castaway • (1969) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Afterword (The Best of Edmond Hamilton) • (1977)
• essay by Edmond Hamilton
The Grandeur of Edmond Hamilton
These 21 superb stories display the full cosmic scope of a writer whose epics of galactic adventure on the heroic scale have enthralled generations of science fiction readers with their conflicts of men, strange beings, and entire planets.
“Thundering Worlds”
Fleeing a dying sun, mankind set out across space — not in starships but in an incredible armada made up of the very planets of the solar system!
“The Man Who Evolved”
He harnessed the energy of the Universe to reach man’s next, godlike stage — and them took the step after that.
“In the World’s Dusk”
The last survivor of the human race brought back the dead to people Earth — and, when that failed, tried an even more desperate way of making his planet live again.
“Exile”
He created a barbaric, nightmarish world — and then he had to live in it!
“Day of Judgment”
The last man and the last woman returned to Earth — to face a jury with a million-year grievance to avenge!
Plus the unforgettable “Requiem,” and fifteen other unique tales alive with a surging sense of wonder.
 
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Book Review:

  • “The Best Of Edmond Hamilton,” in: Booklist 1 Nov. 1977, p. 462
  • “The Best Of Edmond Hamilton,” in: Publishers Weekly 4 July 1977, p. 74.
  • Stephensen-Payne, Phil, in: Paperback Parlour, Apr 1978
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The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Book Club Edition)

The Best of Edmond Hamilton / ed. by Leigh Brackett
Garden City, NY : N. Doubleday, 1977.4. –
xvii, 334 p. ; 22 cm. – (Book Club Edition ; 1561) LCCN: 77-155163
Cover: Don Maitz
Contents:
• Fifty Years of Wonder • (1977) • essay by Leigh Brackett
• The Monster-God of Mamurth • (1926) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Evolved • (1931) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• A Conquest of Two Worlds • (1932) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Island of Unreason • (1933) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Thundering Worlds • (1934) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• The Man Who Returned • (1934) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Accursed Galaxy • (1935) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• In the World’s Dusk • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Child of the Winds • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Seeds from Outside • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Fessenden’s Worlds • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Easy Money • (1938) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• He That Hath Wings • (1938) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Exile • (1943) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Day of Judgment • (1946) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• What’s It Like Out There? • (1952) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• After a Judgement Day • (1963) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• The Pro • (1964) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Castaway • (1969) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• Afterword (The Best of Edmond Hamilton) • (1977)  • essay by Edmond Hamilton
High Adventure, heroism and great storytelling!
Edmond Hamilton’s remarkable career as a science fiction author spans half a century and is still going strong. His first story, “The Monster-God of Mamurth,” appeared in the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales and foreshadowed what was to become Hamilton’s trademark for years to come: the action-adventure story, strong on suspense and atmosphere, spiced with a delight in the alien and the strange. It was “World-Wrecker” Edmond Hamilton who, more than anybody, opened up the far horizons of science fiction, taking it beyond Earth out to the farthest stars, and still onward to other mysterious unexplored universes.
This mind-expanding collection, edited with an introduction by SF author Leigh Brackett (Hamilton’s wife), presents 21 of his fines works from that earliest 1926 story, through Hamilton’s acclaimed modern day writings. Some of the tales includes:
“The Man Who Returned.” A medical miracle brings John Woodford back from the dead. But there’s little happiness in store for him or his loved ones once he leaves the peace and safety of his crypt ….
“The Seeds from Outside.” Strange alien seeds take root on a hillside and begin growing into human-like creatures – one male, the other female. A roving artist discovers them and falls madly in love with the feminine plant … only to find he’s barking up the wrong tree!
“He That Hath Wings.” David Rand was a normal, handsome young man in every respect – save one. He was born with wings. Having grown up in isolation, his finally had to face the desperate choice of amputating his wings to live with society or soaring on the winds and living forever alone.
“Easy Money.” What are the consequences of beaming a professional prize fighter halfway across the galaxy to a planet of crazed little aliens? Old Dr. Murtha found out when slightly punchy Slugger Martin volunteered for the not-so-easy money.
“In the World’s Dusk.” The last man on Earth tries determinedly to find some company. He puts life into corpses, but they are just walking dead. He snatches people from the past, but the time voyage destroys their minds. Finally there’s only one thing left to do, but is it worth the fire price of failure?
Bound to excite and stir the imagination. THE BEST OF EDMOND HAMILTON is a fitting testimonial to one of science fiction’s founding fathers.
Book Reviews:

  • Analog. 97(8):170-172. August 1977. (L. del Rey)
  • A Book of Weird Tales. 74(5):462. November 1, 1977. (D. Miller)
  • Booklist. 74(1):462. 1977.
  • Kliatt Paperback Book Guide. 12(1):13. Winter 1978. (R.B.)
  • Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 53(5):18-20. November 1977. (Budrys)
  • Publishers Weekly. 212(1):74. July 4, 1977.
  • Science Fiction Review. 23:76-77. November 1977. (D. Schweitzer)
  • Son of WSFA Journal. 90:R7-R10. May 1978. (M. Wooster)

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The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Reprint)

The Best of Edmond Hamilton Paperback
by Edmond Hamilton (Author) , Leigh Brackett (Editor)
Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher: Phoenix Pick (November 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1604504897
ISBN-13: 978-1604504897
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 inches
Contents:
ii • Fifty Years of Wonder • (1977) • essay by Leigh Brackett
19 • The Monster-God of Mamurth • (1926) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
32 • The Man Who Evolved • (1931) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
48 • A Conquest of Two Worlds • (1932) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
76 • The Island of Unreason • (1933) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
93 • Thundering Worlds • (1934) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
119 • The Man Who Returned • (1934) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
132 • The Accursed Galaxy • (1935) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
149 • In the World’s Dusk • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
160 • Child of the Winds • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
178 • The Seeds from Outside • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
183 • Fessenden’s Worlds • (1937) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
196 • Easy Money • (1938) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
210 • He That Hath Wings • (1938) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
232 • Exile • (1943) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
237 • Day of Judgment • (1946) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
250 • Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
274 • What’s It Like Out There? • (1952) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
295 • Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
312 • After a Judgement Day • (1963) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
323 • The Pro • (1964) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
334 • Castaway • (1969) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
341 • Afterword (The Best of Edmond Hamilton) • (1977)
• essay by Edmond Hamilton
Here is a collection of some of the finest short fiction penned by one of “fathers” of modern science fiction.
These stories were selected (and edited) by his wife Leigh Brackett, an author and a screenwriter. Her screen-writing credits include works on such films as The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
This collection spans nearly half a century of Edmond Hamilton’s work and was selected from a repository of hundreds of stories that he had written over that period.
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The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two

The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two
Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Walter Jon Williams
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, Hugh Rankin
ISBN-10 1893887332
ISBN-13 9781893887336
754 pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 754 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press; 1st edition (July 1, 2009)
Introduction by Walter Jon Williams
“Crashing Suns” (Weird Tales, Aug, Sep ’28)
“The Star-Stealers” (Weird Tales, Feb ’29)
“Within the Nebula” (Weird Tales, May ’29)
“Outside the Universe” (Weird Tales, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct ’29)
“The Comet-Drivers” (Weird Tales, Feb ’30)
“The Sun People” (Weird Tales. May ’30)
“The Cosmic Cloud” (Weird Tales, Nov ’30)
“Corsairs of the Cosmos” (Weird Tales, Apr ’34)
“The Hidden World” (Science Wonder Quarterly, Fll ’29)
“The Other Side of the Moon” (Amazing Stories Quarterly, Fll ’29)

Book review:

  • Locus, April 2010, by Richard A. Lupoff
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The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Five

The Six Sleepers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Five
Introduction: Robert A. Madle
Cover Art: Margaret Brundage
Illustration: C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski, Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Virgil Finlay
Publisher: Haffner Press, 2015?
Pagination: ca. 600 p
ISBN: 978-1-893887-72-5
“Introduction” by Robert A. Madle
“Snake-Man” (Weird Tales, Jan ’33)
“Kaldar, World of Antares” (Magic Carpet, Apr ’33)
“The Star-Roamers” (Weird Tales, Apr ’33)
“The Island of Unreason” (Wonder Stories, May ’33)
“The Fire Creatures” (Weird Tales, Jul ’33)
“The Horror on the Asteroid” (Weird Tales, Sep ’33)
“The Snake-Men of Kaldar” (Magic Carpet, Oct ’33)
“The Vampire Master” (Weird Tales, Oct 33 – Jan ’34
“The Man with X-Ray Eyes” (Wonder Stories, Nov ’33)
“The War of the Sexes” (Weird Tales, Nov ’33)
“The Man Who Returned” (Weird Tales, Feb ’34)
“Thundering Worlds” (Weird Tales, Mar ’34)
“Cosmos – Chapter 17: Armageddon in Space” (Fantasy Magazine, Dec ’34/Jan ’35)
“Master of the Genes” (Wonder Stories, Jan ’35)
“Murder in the Grave” (Weird Tales, Feb ’35)
The Truth Gas” (Wonder Stories, Feb ’35)
“The Eternal Cycle” (Wonder Stories, Mar ’35)
“The Accursed Galaxy” (Astounding Stories, Jul ’35)
“The Avenger from Atlantis” (Weird Tales, Jul ’35)
“The Cosmic Pantograph” (Wonder Stories, Oct ’35)
“The Six Sleepers” (Weird Tales, Oct ’35)
“The Great Brain of Kaldar” (Weird Tales, Dec ’35)
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The Metal Giants (Science Fiction Reprint)

The Metal Giants
「（SFファンである）シーゲルの文通相手の一人、ノースダコタ州ウォッシュバーンに住むカール・スワンスンは、一九三二年の早い時期をめどに、新雑誌＜ギャラクシー＞の発行を計画。（中略）結局、スワンスンは雑誌を出すだけの資金を調達できなかった。彼は集めた作品のうちの二篇を、謄写版の小冊子にして一九三二年末に発行する。そのうちの一冊は、エドモンド・ハミルトンの「金属の巨人」の採録だった。これがプロの作品をファンが出版した最初」 – 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. 100
Washburn : Swanson Book, 1932 or 1933. –
35 p. ; cm. – (Science Fiction Reprint ; 1)
Note: Mimeographed; Reprinted from Weird Tales. Vol. 8, no. 6 (12-1926)
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The Three From the Tomb (Original Collection)

The Three From the Tomb
Publisher: Haffner Press, 2012
Pagination:
ISBN:
NOTE: Cover Art by Jon Arfstrom
NOTE: A supplement of The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror – (1/100 Limited Edition)
NOTE: Facsimile of a 1933 brochure promoting Hollywood Radio Attractions’ adaptations of three (of a proposed fifty-two!) stories from WEIRD TALES, including Hamilton’s “The Three From the Tomb”
Contents:
Introduction by Joseph Wrzos
The Three From the Tomb
The Man Who Returned
The Avenger From Atlantis
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The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One

The Metal Giants and Others, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One
Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Robert Weinberg
Illustrated by C.C. Senf, Frank R. Paul, Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin
ISBN-10 1893887316
ISBN-13 9781893887312
720 pp. Hardcover
Publisher: Haffner Press; First edition (July 1, 2009)
Introduction by Robert Weinberg
“The Monster-God of Mamurth” (Weird Tales, Aug ’26)
“Across Space” (Weird Tales, Sep, Oct, Nov ’26)
“The Metal Giants” (Weird Tales, Dec ’26)
“The Atomic Conquerors” (Weird Tales, Feb ’27)
“Evolution Island” (Weird Tales, Mar ’27)
“The Moon Menace” (Weird Tales, Sep ’27)
“The Time-Raider” (Weird Tales, Oct, Nov, Dec ’27, Jan ’28)
“The Comet Doom” (Amazing Stories, Jan ’28)
“The Dimension Terror” (Weird Tales, Jun ’28)
“The Polar Doom” (Weird Tales, Nov ’28)
“The Sea Horror” (Weird Tales, Mar ’29)
“Locked Worlds” (Amazing Stories Quarterly Spr ’29)
“The Abysmal Invaders” (Weird Tales, Jun ’29)

Book review:

  • Locus, April 2010, by Richard A. Lupoff
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The Collected Captain Future, Volume Two

The Collected Captain Future, Volume Two
Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Bertil Falk
Illustrated by Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski
ISBN-13 9781893887404
700+ pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press (April 6, 2011)
Introduction by Bertil Falk
“Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones” (Captain Future, Win ’41) CF#5
“Star Trail to Glory” (Captain Future, Spr ’41) CF#6
“Magician of Mars” (Captain Future, Sum ’41) CF#7
“The Lost World of Time” (Captain Future, Fll ’41) CF#8
“The Future of Captain Future”
Artwork Gallery

Book review:

  • Locus, September 2011, bu Richard A. Lupoff
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The Collected Captain Future, Volume One

The Collected Captain Future, Volume One
Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
Illustrated by Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen, H.W. “Wesso” Wessolowski
ISBN-10 189388735-9
ISBN-13 978189388735-0
776 pp. Hardcover
Hardcover: 776 pages
Publisher: Haffner Press; First edition (July 1, 2009)
Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
Original Magazine Editorial
“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40) CF#1
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40) CF#2
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40) CF#3
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40) CF#4
“The Future of Captain Future”
Artwork Gallery

 

Book review:

  • Locus, April 2010, by Richard A. Lupoff
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To the Stars- & Beyond! (Not Yet Published)

To the Stars- & Beyond! / comp. & intro. by Sheldon Jeffrey
Marcel Island : Starmont House, [1989]. –
370 p. ; cm. – (Facsimile Fiction Series ; no. 5)
ISBN: 1-55742-137-4 (Cloth); 1-55742-136-6 (Paper)
Contents:
Day of the Micro-Men
Interplanetary Graveyard
Under the White Star
World With a Thousand Moons
The Great Brain of Kaldar (SM#3)
This book is not unpublished! But It is refer to publish in page 181 of Day, M. Bradford, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature in Paperbounds Books (Hillsville : B.M. Day, 1994)

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What's It Like Out There? and Other Stories

What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories
New York : Ace Books, 1974. –
320 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Book ; 88065) NUC: 78-64696
007 What’s It Like Out There?
033 The King of Shadows
057  Castaway
066 Serpent Princess
097 The Stars, My Brothers
144 Dreamer’s World
184 Twilight of the Gods
227 Sunfire!
245 The Inn Outside the World
262 The Watcher of the Ages
280 Transuranic
304 The Isle of the Sleeper
“12 classics by one of science fiction’s most distinguished authors” — Cover
What’s it Like Out There?
is a collection of the best stories from Edmond Hamilton’s remarkable 40 year career of writing Science Fiction. Featuring:
The Stars, My Brother – where a scientist awakened from a century-long slumber in the depths of space had to make a choice between his own people and an alien race.
What’s It Like out There? – when Haddon returned from the expedition to Mars, everyone wanted t know what it was like … he could never let them know.
Twilight of the Gods – myth changed to reality around a man who sought to answer the mystery of his lost identity.
And many more …
Book Reviews:

  • Locus. 166:5. October 23, 1974.
  • New York Times Book Review. 10:50. 1974.
  • Publishers Weekly. 205(25):62. June 24, 1974.

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The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror (Reprint)

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror /
with a new introduction by Gerry De La Ree
Boston : Gregg Press, 1975.6. –
ix, 256 p. ; 21 cm. – (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)
ISBN: 0-8398-2304-5 LCCN: 75-5745

Contents:
The Horror on the Asteroid p. 9
The Accursed Galaxy p. 59
The Man Who Saw Everything (The Man With the X-Ray Eyes) p. 99
The Earth-Brain p. 127
The Monster-God of Mamurth p. 185
The Man Who Evolved p. 219

Book Reviews:

  • Locus. 182(4). December 17, 1975. (C. Brown)
  • Science Fiction Review Monthly. 11:17. January 1976. (B. Rapoport)
  • Science Fiction Studies. 2(3):278. November 1975. (D. Mullen)
  • Whispers. (8):58. December 1975. (Stuart David Schiff)

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The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror
London : Philip Allan, 1936
256 p. ; 20 cm.
“Starting with the story that provides the title of the book, Edmond Hamilton presents the reader with six tales of horror, each of which has its undercurrent of science. A space-ship is wending its way from Earth to Jupiter when it runs into an uncharted meteor swarm and is smashed. The survivors get away in the life-boats and make for the nearest asteroid where they hope to remain till rescue comes. But does it come in time? A young man gets a doctor to operate on his eyes so that he can see through walls, and everything except organic matter vanishes from his sight. Is he satisfied when by lip-reading he can tell what people are saying that they do not want strangers to hear? There is included the story of and accursed Galaxy; the reader is surprised to find that he is really living on the body of a vast pulsating creature; a monster God is found inhabiting the African Desert, and finally there is an inspired tale that tells how “the mad of man’s evolution is a circular one, returning to its beginning.”

 Title Page
1The Horror on the Asteroid009
2The Accursed Galaxy059
3The Man Who Saw Everything   (The Man With the X-Ray Eyes)099
4The Earth-Brain127
5The Monster-God of Mamurth185
6The Man Who Evolved219

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Worlds of Starwolves (SW#3)

Worlds of Starwolves
New York : Ace Books, 1968
158 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Book ; G-766) pbk
Cover: Jack Gaughan
“Morgan Chane returns to Varna to lead the Starwolves to the galaxy’s greatest loot” — Cover
The Singing Suns
There were forty of them, forty jewels that represented the forty mightiest stars. They had been synthetically created long ago by a master craftsman, and they made natural gems look dull.
The jewels moved in an intricate star-dance, always changing, now one dark red star-jewel passing two golden ones, now an ethereal blue-white gliding above a greenish one. And they sang. From each came its individual note of pure sound, and the pattern changed perpetually, but it was always music. It was like seeing the whole changing, blazing galaxy in miniature, and hearing the music of the spheres.
The Singing Suns were the greatest treasure of mankind … but they were hoarded by cunning, subtle, immensely powerful aliens. Only the feared Starwolves of Varna could dream of stealing them … and that was just what they hoped to do ….
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Starwolf (SW#1, SW#2, and SW#3)

Starwolf
New York : Ace Book, 1982.10
456 p. ; cm. – (Ace Science Fiction ; 78422-4) pbk $3.50
Cover: David Schleimkofer ISBN: 0-441-78422-4

The only mercy a starwolf could expect was death …
Morgan Chane is a Starwolf-a member of the most infamous band of interstellar pirates in the galaxy-basically meaning he was one of a band of nogoodnik more-than-human raiders. He had flown with the raind packs, rockets screaming, to plunder the rich and slaughter the helpless.
But Morgan Chane was also a Terran, adopted as a child into the Starwolf clan. And when a quarrel erupted, Chane discovered that the Starwolves weighed his alien birth more heavily than all the years of comradeship. Now he is cast out of the clan, and running for his life.
But where in all the galzxy, can a Starwolf expect to find refuge?.

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Starwolf (SW#1, SW#2, and SW#3) UK edition

Starwolf
Cover illustration by Eddie Jones
Publisher: Hamlyn : London, July 1985
Pagination: 464 p. ; cm.
Series: Venture Science Fiction ; 5 (940030-8)
ISBN: 0099400308
Note: Paperback ￡2.50
The only mercy a Starwolf could expect was death…
Morgan Chane was a Starwolf – a member of the most infamous band of interstellar pirates in the galaxy. He had flown with the raiding packs, rockets screaming, to plunder the rich and slaughter the helpless.
But Morgan Chane was also a Terran, adopted as a child into the Starwolf clan. And when a quarrel erupted, Chane discovered that the Starwolves weighed his alien birth more heavily than all the years of comradeship. Now he is cast out of the clan – and running for his life.
But where, in all the galaxy, can a Starwolf expect to find refuge?
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Book review

  • Lake, Ken, Paperback Inferno, Oct 1985
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The Weapon from Beyond (SW#1)

The Weapon from Beyond
New York : Ace Books, 1967
158 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Books ; G-369) pbk. $0.50 NUC: 70-71183
Cover: Gaughan
“A great new galactic-adventure series! Morgan Chane, the Starwolf, battles pirates and hostile space-cruisers to find the secret of the dark nebula.” — cover
The stars whispered: die, Starwolf! die!
Morgan Chane was an Earthman by parentage, but he had been born on the pirate-world Varna, whose heavy gravity had developed strength and incredibly quick reflexes in him. When he was old enough, he joined the raider-ships that looted the starworlds, and fought side by side with the dreaded Starwolves of Varna.
But then there was a fight among them. Chane killed their leader, and the other Starwolves turned on him. He barely got away alive – wounded near death, his Starwolf pursuers following him across the galaxy.
And there was nowhere he could seek refuge, for no world would lift a hand to save one of the hated Starwolves.
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The Valley of Creation (Lancer 1967 edition)

The Valley of Creation
New York : Lancer Books, 1967. –
159 p. ; 18 cm. – (Lancer ; 73-577)
Cover: Emsh
“Alien forces struggle to rule a strange, forgotten world …. Great fantasy-adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs” — Cover
Beasts, men … or aliens?
In that hidden valley, land of strangely forbidding beauty, Eric Nelson, soldier of fortune, faced a battle weirder and more savage than any he had ever fought.
He was hired to fight for humanity, against beings that seemed to be both more and less than human.
The weapons of the enemy included centuries-old powers of magic and superstition . . . but Nelson fought grimly, even when his mind was helplessly trapped in the body of a wolf.
Then came the climactic test of his allegiance, the knowledge that more than just humanity was at stake . . . and the final mind-shattering discovery of an alien secret that lay buried in the Cavern of Creation!
Here is a masterpiece of sword-and sorcery that belongs on your shelves next to those of Burroughs, Eddison, and R.E. Howard.
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The Valley of Creation (Lancer)

The Valley of Creation
New York : Lancer Books, 1964. –
159 p. ; 19 cm. – (Lancer Science Fiction Library ; 72-721) NUC: 78-64694
Cover: Emsh
“Alien forces struggle for mastery in a forgotten land where beasts have more-than-human powers” — Cover
Beasts, Men…Or Aliens?
In that hidden valley, land of strangely forbidding beauty, Eric Nelson, soldier of fortune, faced a battle stranger than any he had ever encountered.
He was hired to fight for humanity, against beings that seemed to be both more and
less than human.
The weapons of the enemy seemed to include centuries-old powers hinted at in tales of
magic and superstition, but he fought on … even when helplessly trapped in the body of a savage wolf.
Then came the climactic test of his allegiance, the knowledge that more than just
humanity was at stake … and the final mind-shattering discovery of the alien secret that lay buried in the Cavern of Creation!
Book Reviews:

  • Analog. 74(6):90. Februry 1965. (P. Miller)

 
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The Sun Smasher (Ace Double)

The Sun Smasher (aka: Starman Come Home)
New York : Ace Books, 1959. –
110, 146 p. ; 17 cm. – (Ace Double Novel Books ; D-351) pbk.
Cover: Emsh NUC: 70-105061; 80-367147
Bound With: Starhaven (146 p.) / by Ivar Jorgenson (=Robert Silverberg)
“The ultimate weapon of an uncrowned king” — Cover
A CROWN FOR THE STAR-CROSSED
“It can’t be true! It must be some kind of hoax!” These were the words that went spinning through Neil Banning’s mind when the Greenville authorities told him that the house he had grown up in, the aunt and uncle who had raised him, had never existed.
So Banning found himself in jail, charged with disturbing the peace—and maybe insanity. But when a stranger from outer space came to his cell at midnight and hailed him as the Valkar of Katuun, then Banning decided that maybe the authorities were right, maybe he was crazy. Because the only alternative was to believe the impossible explanation of the Outworlder — that he really was the exiled ruler of a remote star-world, and the personality of Neil Banning was an elaborate fraud.
It didn’t really matter, though, who was right. Banning was on his way to Katuun whether he liked it or not. And as Banning — or the Valkar — he would have to save that star-world from the terror of THE SUN SMASHER . . . or perish with the loyal subjects he might never even have known!
Book Reviews:

  • Astounding Stories. 64(3):153. November 1959. (P. Miller)

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The Star of Life (Crest)

The Star of Life
Greenwich : Fawcett, 1959.10. –
187 p. ; 18 cm. – (Crest Book ; S-329) (Fawcett World Library) NUC: 70-72300
Cover: Powers
“The strange and terrifying adventure of the first man in orbit around the moon” – Cover
How Long Had He Been Lost In Space?
Slowly, Kirk Hammond pushed his way back to consciousness. He remembered then that there had been trouble – that his ship Explorer 19, earth’s first manned satellite, had failed to orbit properly – that he had gone astray in space.
Hammond looked up at the sky to get his bearings. He was a man who knew the constellations thoroughly, but it seemed to him there was a something wrong with the stars. Something terribly, insanely wrong.
Frantically he checked again. No, the vast star clock did not lie.
The Truth hit him then like an icy belt of terror. Either he was mad, or dead – or he had been asleep in space for nearly a thousand centuries!
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The Star of Life (Book Club Edition)

The Star of Life (Book Club Edition)
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1959.4. –
192 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book) LCCN: 59-6638
Note: No price
Note: “BOOK CLUB/EDITION” at the lower right corner of the front flap of the original, first printing dust jacket is unclipped. — Currey
Note: Has printing code “4” on page 192 — Currey
Note: A second printing has printing code “A14” on page 192 — Currey
Kirk Hammond was a man alone.
He had been chosen to ride in the first manned satellite to go out around the Moon and back to Earth. But when the satellite failed to orbit properly, it went on past the Moon into the vastness of outer space, and a whole world watched helplessly as he was borne toward an unthinkably lonely death.
Yet destiny decreed that Kirk Hammond should suffer, not death but a pseudo-death. And he awoke from it to find that a hundred centuries had passed and that the space age which had begun in the 20th Century had now grown into a vast galactic civilization that had carried the sons of Earth to countless stars and worlds. But, unexpectedly, the conquest of space had changed Man himself, and the human race had become not one but several species.
Hammond was plunged into the climactic struggle between the new races. And in his quest with a desperate band for the mysterious Star of Life that was the key to the struggle, in his relations with the strange and beautiful Thayn Marden who was not a human woman, in his odyssey through the mighty suns and earthly worlds of the galaxy, a man of the 20th Century found himself facing the dangers of the great space age which he himself helped pioneer.
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The Star of Life (Torquil)

The Star of Life
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1959.2. –
192 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book) LCCN: 59-6638
Note: First edition, trade issue, the earliest, with price 2.95 at upper right corner of front dust jacket flap — Currey
Note: Has printing code “4” on page 192. – Currey
Book reviews:

  • Analog. 64(4):152. December 1959. (P. Miller)

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Stark and the Star Kings (SK#1, SK#2, and SK#3)

Stark and the Star Kings
Royal Oak : Haffner Press, [2003]. – p. ; cm. –
Contents: The Star Kings (SK#1)
Queen of the Martian Catacombs
Enchantress of Venus
Black Amazon of Mars
Return to the Stars (SK#2)
Stark and the Star Kings (SK#3)

THE STAR KINGS
200,000 years from now the universe is divided into stellar kingdoms. John Gordon is torn from his 20th Century humdrum into otherworldly intrigue as he exchanges bodies with Prince Zarth Arn, heir to the Kingdom of Fomalhaut. Shorr Kan, Lord of the Dark Worlds, schemes to kill Zarth Arn and overthrow the alliance of the Star Kings. Gordon reluctantly assumes the role of Zarth Arn to prevent Shorr Kan from throwing the entire universe into interstellar anarchy!

ERIC JOHN STARK
Forged in the hellish heat of Mercury and tempered on the desert sands of Mars, Eric John Stark battles the forces of evil and tyranny, selling his sword-arm to defend the cause of justice among worlds of sin and decay.

STARK AND THE STAR KINGS
In their only formal collaboration, Hamilton’s Star Kings and Brackett’s Eric John Stark meet to confront a peril of unending doom. Can Stark persuade the Star Kings to put aside their political games long enough to defeat this threat to the whole universe? For the first time, admirers of both authors can enjoy this long-coming story.

 

Book review:

  • Locus, Nov. 2005, by Nick Gevers
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Chronicles of the Star Kings (SK#1 and SK#2)

Chronicles of the Star Kings
Cover illustration by Eddie Jones
Publisher: London : Arrow Books/Venture SF, 1986.4
Pagination: 297 p. ; 18 cm.
Series: Venture Science Fiction Series ; 10
Note: Paperback
ISBN: 0-09-9478609
Contents:
The Star Kings (SK#1)
Return to the Stars (SK#2)
The Star Kings
Flung across space and time by the sorcery of super-science, John Gordon exchanges bodies with a prince of the Mid-Galactic Empire two thousand centuries in the future.
Suddenly John is thrust into cosmic batile between the democratic Empire World and the tyranny of the Black Cloud regime. . . But can his twentieth-century mind cope with the technology of 200,000 years from now?
Return To The Stars
Once more John Gordon is propelled into a far-distant future — when the entire galaxy is inhabited. But the human race Is only one among thousands, and many are its sworn enemies.
So a man of the past is forced to ally himself with men of the future in a desperate struggle to save humankind from final annihilation…
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The Star Kings : a Novel of the Future (UK edition) SK#1

The Star Kings : a Novel of the Future
Publisher: London : Museum Press, 1951.8. –
Pagination: 219 p. ; 19 cm.
Series: Science Fiction at its best
NBN: b511078
Cover:
The Star Kings is a romance of that great age of space-travel in whose dawn we now stand. As military experimenters send rockets father up from Earth each month, and soberly plan bases on the moon and planets, the shape of a great space-traveling civilization of the future becomes more clearly defined. This story is an adventure into that future civilization – the adventure of a present-day man flung by the sorcery of science across time and space, and into a perilous whirl of intrigue and conflict between the great star-kingdoms of two thousand centuries from now.
Every science-fiction fan, old and new, will acclaim The Star Kings as a classic in its field.
half page:
The Star Kings … from now.
This is escapist literature in the finest sense, the most thrilling type of delicious adventure since McCutcheon invented Graustark. Every science-fiction fan, old and new, will acclaim The Star Kings as a classic in its field.
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Beyond the Moon (Signet) SK#1

Beyond the Moon (aka The Star Kings)
New York : New American Library, 1950.9. –
167 p. ; 18 cm. – (Signet Books ; 812)
“More astounding than the flying saucers — Amazing adventures on other worlds!” — Cover
Life- and death on other worlds
One of the most amazing adventure-stories ever written, Beyond the Moon is an action-packed account of live, war and exploration on other worlds, as experienced by a man-of-today in the future!
Young, restless, dissatisfied with his monotonous post-war insurance job, John Gordon discovered a way of traveling through time! And when he arrived in the strange world of tomorrow, Gordon found himself in the middle of a titanic interplanetary war – the one man in the universe with the key to final victory!
His adventures on other planets, his strange of love affair withe the beautiful Lianna, his single-handed battle against the invading legions of the “dark worlds” – all add up to an exciting, new kind of fiction!
Book Reviews:

  • Future Science Fiction. 2(1):98. May 1958. (R. Lowndes)

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The Star Kings (Paperback Library 1970 edition)

The Star Kings
New York : Paperback Library, 1970.11. –
190 p. ; 18 cm. – (Paperback Library ; 64-472)
“A 20th century man battles in a cosmic war 200,000 years from now! “Fantasy addicts won’t regret the price of admission.” — The New York Times — Cover
“A STIRRING NOVEL OF THE FUTURE.” — Western Morning News
Flung across space and time by the sorcery of super-science, John Gordon exchanges bodies with Zarth Arn, Prince of the Mid-Galactic Empire 2000 centuries in the future!
Suddenly John is thrust into a last-ditch battle between the democratic Empire World and the tyranny of the Black Cloud regime. Only one weapon—the terrifying Disruptor— can win the struggle for the Empire Forces. But it is so powerful that unless John uses it correctly it could destroy not only the enemy but the cosmos.
Could his 20th Century mind cope with the technology of 200,000 years from now?
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The Star Kings (Paperback Library) SK#1

The Star Kings
New York : Paperback Library, 1967.8. –
190 p. ; 18 cm. – (A Paperback Library Science Fiction Novel ; 53-538)
Cover: Gaughan
“A 20th century man battles in a cosmic war 200,000 years from now! “Fantasy addicts won’t regret the price of admission.” — The New York Times — Cover
“A STIRRING NOVEL OF THE FUTURE.” — Western Morning News
Flung across space and time by the sorcery of super-science, John Gordon exchanges bodies with Zarth Arn, Prince of the Mid-Galactic Empire 2000 centuries in the future!
Suddenly John is thrust into a last-ditch battle between the democratic Empire World and the tyranny of the Black Cloud regime. Only one weapon—the terrifying Disruptor— can win the struggle for the Empire Forces. But it is so powerful that unless John uses it correctly it could destroy not only the enemy but the cosmos.
Could his 20th Century mind cope with the technology of 200,000 years from now?
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The Star Kings (Two complete Science-Adventure Books) SK#1

The Star Kings
“He was a man of Eras, summoned through the veil of Time to save the Star-Kingdoms from the pallid-skinned Aliens. He was John Gordon, New York insurance clerk and Galactic Prince, the most dangerous man in the Universe … for locked in his mind was the secret of the Great Destroyer!”
Editor: Jerome Bixby
Cover: Allen Anderson
Publisher: Wings Publishing, 1954.4
Pagination: 148 p. ; cm.
Series: Two Complete Science-Adventure Books ; No. 2 (Vol. 1, No. 2, Spring 1951)
Note: $0.25
Note: Bound with: Seeker of the Sphinx (aka The Road to the Sea)
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The Star Kings (Fell) SK#1

The Star Kings
New York : F. Fell, 1949. –
262 p. ; 20 cm. – (Fell’s Science Fiction Library ; 49-11802)
Edmond Hamilton has more published science-fiction stories to his credit than any other author. The Star Kings will be hailed as his greatest work.
The Star Kings is a romance of that great age of space-travel in whose dawn we now stand. As military experimenters send rockets father up from Earth each month, and soberly plan bases on the moon and planets, the shape of a great space-traveling civilization of the future becomes more clearly defined. This story is an adventure into that future civilization – the adventure of a present-day man flung by the sorcery of science across time and space, and into a perilous whirl of intrigue and conflict between the great star-kingdoms of two thousand centuries from now.
This is escapist literature in the finest sense, the most thrilling type of delicious adventure since McCutcheon invented Graustark. Every science-fiction fan, old and new, will acclaim The Star Kings as a classic in its field.
Book Reviews:

  • Lardner, Rex, “Seven Novels of Varied Interest – Mid-Galactic: The Star Kings,” in: The New York Times Book Review, 18 Dec. 1949, p. 16.
  • Review by uncredited (1949) in The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949
  • Review by The Editor (1950) in Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1950
  •  Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1950) in Astounding Science Fiction, December 1950
  • Review by D. R. Smith (1950) in Science-Fantasy review, vol. 4, no.18, Spring 1950 [full text]
  • Vision of Tomorrow. 1(5):19-20. December 1950. (P. Miller)
  • Authentic Science Fiction. No.19:112. March 1952. (n.g.)
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. NO.11:95. Autumn 1951. (L.F.)
  • Thrilling Wonders Stories. 36(1):156. April 1950. (S. Merwin)
  • Super Science Stories. 6(3):98. March 1950. (F. Pohl)
  •  Review by Robert W. Lowndes (1951) in Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, May 1951
  •  Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in ‘333’: A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel
  •  Review by Frederick Patten (1975) in Delap’s F & SF Review, October 1975

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The Solar Invasion (Popular Library)

The Solar Invasion (CF#20) by Manley Wade Wellman
New York : Popular Library 1968. –
126 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2346)
Cover: Frazetta
“From beyond the fifth dimension, a master fiend threatens to destroy the universe …… by Manly Wade Wellman” — Cover
The menace from out of time
it comes from beyond the fifth – an alien intelligence both invulnerable and totally evil.
Its aim: bring the universe to its knees. Its primary objective: destroy the Solar System.
As doomsday rushes ever closer, one lone man dares oppose the creature from beyond. Only he can save the universe from a brutal, blazing cataclysm.
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Quest Beyond the Stars (Popular Library) CF#9

Quest Beyond the Stars
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
142 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2389)
Cover: Jeff Jones
“Captain Future penetrates forbidden space to challenge the evil creatures who lie in wait” — Cover
Venture into darkest space
Mercury is slowly dying. Each year its air grows thiner. Each month thousands of broken Mercurians are ordered to leave their planet.
They have only one hope. Captain Future, the Solar System’s most daring agent, has promised to restore their world – a next to impossible task.
The solutions lies beyond the stars … at the very core of the universe where no man has ventured before. There, in the shadow of doom, Captain Future meets the mightiest of all evil beings – creatures he may not live to describe …
Book Reviews:

  • Luna Monthly. 1:31. June, 1969. (D. Paskow)
  • Venture Science Fiction. 3(2):123-124. August. 1969. (R. Goulart)

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Return to the Stars (Lancer) SK#2

Return to the Stars
New York : Lancer Books, 1970. –
207 p. ; 18 cm. – (Lancer Books ; 74612-075) NUC: 75-108253
Cover: Steranko
“One man of Earth battles a thousand stars to save our century from the far future!” — Cover
Kingdom of the Stars
John Gordon, twentieth century Earthman, is torn from his own time to a far distant future – a time when the entire galaxy is inhabited. But men do not rule the future; our race is only one among thousands, and many of those thousands are sworn enemies of humanity! Gordon, man of the past, is forced to form alliances with the men of the future in a desperate battle to save the human race from final annihilation…
Book Reviews:

  • Luna Monthly. 22:25. March 1971. (D. Paskow)
  • Science Fiction Review. 42:32. January 1971. (T. Pauls)
  • Vision of Tomorrow. 1(10):53-54. July 1970. (D. Malcolm)
  • World of IF. 20(6):150-151. July/August 1970. (L. del Rey)

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Danger Planet (Popular Library) CF#18

Danger Planet [Red Sun of Danger]
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2335)
Cover: Frazetta
“Introducing Captain Future, one strong man battling the galaxies of evil” — Cover
Danger Planet
One million years back in the swirling, shrouded past, evil ultra-beings ruled the Planet Roo. Suddenly, unbelievably, they are alive again, threatening the universe with total destruction.
Only one man dares challenge the Evil Ones. He is Captain Future, inter-galactic agent of justice, whose identity is top secret, whose strength is ultimate. He sets out alone to stop the deathless menace creeping ever closer…
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Tharkol, Lord of the Unknown : a Novel (UK edition)

Tharkol, Lord of the Unknown : a Novel
London : World Distributor/Sidney Pemberton, 1950
160 p. ; 19 cm. pbk ￡1/6
Original: The Prisoner of Mars
“A mighty Martian race bridges starless space to steal the Oceans of the Earth” — Cover
“A terrific story of a mighty Martian race that bridge starless space to steal the oceans of the earth.”–back cover of The Monsters of Juntonheim

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Planets in Peril (Popular Library) CF#12

Planets in Peril
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2416)
“Captain Future plunges into the deadly abyss of an unknown dimension – to reach a dying universe” — cover
Visit from another universe
They were the first arrivals from the other side of the cosmos.
With the help of the Martian scientist Thrin, they had crossed the whirling black abyss of the fourth dimensional – a dimension that had never been reached before.
Now a man with skin of pure marble-white and a woman of unearthly beauty stood before the disbelieving eyes of Captain Future and the Futuremen. The strange couple stared back in awe and amazement – particularly at Captain Future.
“Here is the one,” the man said finally in his alien tongue. “He is the only one who can save us!”
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Outlaws of the Moon (Popular Library)

Outlaws of the Moon
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2399 pbk
“A corrupt scientist plots to invade the moon – and destroy Captain Future” — Cover
CAPTAIN FUTURE IS DEAD!
The sorrowful cry spread throughout the Solar System. Captain Future and his Futuremen had been missing for months. There was little hope that they’d ever be seen again…
A scheming scientist headed for the moon. Now was his chance to find the Futuremen’s hideaway and steal their highly guarded secrets, secrets that could control the Universe. No one could stop him — not even the sinister lunar creatures — now that Captain Future was dead!
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Outlaw World (Popular Library) CF#19

Outlaw World
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
126 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2376)
Cover: Frazetta
“A sinister super-being in a hidden world sets out to demolish the Solar System” — Cover
DREAD PERIL FROM BEYOND DEEP SPACE
Where are they from and what is their ultimate evil purpose?
A band of dread invaders, led by a ruthless genius, is overcoming the system, sapping it of radium – its most vital element – killing all who stand in the way. Captain Future must find their base – their Outlaw World – and crush their deadly plot. He is the last hope in a crumbling solar system.
Book Reviews:

  • World of IF. 19(8):147. October 1969. (L. del Rey)
  • Science Fiction Review. 35:38. Februry 1970. (C. Brandon) [full text]

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The Monsters of Juntonheim (UK edition)

The Monsters of Juntonheim :
a Complete Book-Length Novel of Amazing Adventure
“A long American invades a Miracle Land that time forget – and finds a Wonder Realm that is forbidden to all mortals.”
Publisher: London : World Distributors/Sidney Pemberton, 1950
Pagination: 160 p. ; 19 cm.
Series: A World Fantasy Classic ;
Note: pbk
Original: A Yank at Valhalla
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A Yank at Valhalla (Ace Double)

A Yank at Valhalla
New York : Ace Books, 1973.3. –
128, 156 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Double ; 93900) pbk
Bound With: The Sun Destroyers / by Rocklynne
NUC: 80-547035
“Only a mortal could escape the Twilight of the Gods!” — Cover
We stood petrified by horror in that foggy, stone-walled corridor, gazing cataleptically at the hideous creature whose reptilian head was rearing up from the curling white mists. Freya’s slim figure had shrunk against me witha a choking cry. Frey stood in front of us, his sword raised, his face wild as he looked up at the looming head.
The hideous, abnormally huge coils could only be glimpsed in the mists beyond. But the giant spade-shaped head that hung above us was clear to our appalled vision. The enormous, opaline eyes were brilliant as they stared down at us.
“The Midgard snake!” Frey whispered.
“Jarl Keith!” Frey screamed to me.
The great head of the snake Iormungandr abruptly darted toward us.
Book Reviews:

  • Son of WSFA Journal. 90:3. May 1973. (D. D’Ammassa)

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The Magician of Mars (Popular Library)

The Magician of Mars
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2450) pbk
“The Solar System’s most dangerous criminal _ an evil super-genus _ sets out to destroy Captain Future” — cover
Captain Future’s most cunning opponent
His real name is Ul Quorn, but he is known throughout the Solar System as the Magician of Mars. With sheer scientific mastery and cunning he once terrorised the entire population of all nine planets – until Captain Future put an end to his evil deeds.
Now Ul Quorn has broken loose from the escape-proof Interplanetary Prison – a feat that was believed impossible. His plan to obtain wealth and power is more ingenious than ever before and more deadly to the System.
Soon he will be master of the Universe. But first he must settle a score with Captain Future…
Book Reviews:

  • Luna Monthly. 19:22. December 1970. (D. Paskow)

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The Lake of Life (Lost Fantasies)

The Lake of Life
Publisher: Chicago : Robert Weinberg, 1978. –
Pagination: 80 p. ; cm. – (Lost Fantasies ; No. 8)
Note: Bound With: The Hunch / G. Lyle – The Inn / R. Ernest
Note: Reprinted from Weird Tales. Vol. 30, no. 3, 4, 5 (9,10,11-1937)
A weird-scientific thrill-tale of adventure, mystery and romance – of the waters of immortality, the strange Red and Black cities, and the dread Guardians that watched eternally over that terrible glowing lake.
1　The Legion of the Damned　4
2　The Lake of Life　9
3　The Mountains of Death　12
4　Into the Mystery　17
5　The Crimson City　22
6　The King of K’Lamm　30
7　Thargo’s Treachery　33
8　The Fight at the Gate　39
9　Dordona　45
10　Down the Stair　48
11　The Temptation　53
12　The Attack　57
13　Thargo Drinks　61
14　The Guardians　66
15 Epilogue　71
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The Haunted Stars (UK edition)

The Haunted Stars
London : H. Jenkins, 1965. –
174 p. ; 20 cm.
Cover: Brian Lewis NUC: 80-547042
It meant little to Robert Fairlie, a serious and dedicated young philologist, that the United States and Soviet Russia were at odds about the Moon. He had little interest in the first rocket landings on the bases that the two nations had built there.
and he neither knew nor cared why the Americans would not agree to mutual inspections of these bases.
Yet the American had reason enough: and quite unexpectedly, because of his specialized knowledge of languages, he found himself sharing the burden of an incredible secret. For what the Americans base had yielded was astounding evidence that space had already been conquered many countries before bya a people who had once spanned the stars. There had been machines and destructive weapons beyond the comprehension of present-day scientists which, if knowledge of them fell into the wrong hands, could plunge the world into unutterable chaos.
Fairlie’s trip to the closely-guarded rocket base in New Mexico turned out to be only the first step on a fantastic journey amid the unexplored stars to the home-world of the space-conquerors of long ago.
It was a journey into the appalling reality of stellar space still haunted by the past cosmic struggle whose scale in space and time dwarfed th rivalries of tiny Earth’s quarrelling nations.
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The Haunted Stars : a Science Fiction Novel (Pyramid)

The Haunted Stars : a Science Fiction Novel
New York : Pyramid Books, 1962.2. –
159 p. ; 18 cm. – (Pyramid Books ; F-698)
Cover: Kandinsky
“A tense tale of the near future – and of man’s destiny among” — Cover
They called it operation darkness …
In strictest secrecy the team of scientists and linguistic experts worked feverishly over the ancient manchines and inscriptions they had found on the Moon – relics of a civilization that had visited the Solar System 300 centuries ago. Here was the secret of space travel … the road back to The Haunted Stars.
Then they found the way to use the secret – and with it a truth they dared not face!
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Book review

  • Malcolm, Donald, in: Vector, no. 33, June 1965
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The Haunted Stars – Book Club Edition –

The Haunted Stars – Book Club Edition –
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1960.1. –
192 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book) LCCN: 59-15721
Note: No price, BOOK CLUB|EDITION in lower right corner of front dust jacket flap. Both club issue. No statement of printing on copyright page. – Currey’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: a Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction
Note: Gutter code B3 indicates a January 1960 printing. This first printing was from the same press run as the trade edition which has the same code. — Cuurey’s ???
Note: A second printing in April 1960 has a gutter code of “B18” — Currey’s ???
IT MEANT LITTLE  to young Robert Fairlie, a serious and dedicated philologist, that in this year 1966 the United States and Soviet Russia were contentious about the Moon. He had little interest in the first two rocket landings on the moon, and the bases that the two nations had built there. He knew nothing at all of the shattering discovery that the Americans had made there.
For what had been found was of such explosive potentialities that it had to be kept top-secret – the discovery that space had already been conquered long ago by races who had once spanned the stars. So that men who had expected to spend decades in reaching the nearest planet, found suddenly in their hands the way to the wider universe.
Fairlie, drawn unexpectedly because of his special knowledge into this greatest of secrets, finds that a guarded New Mexico rocket-base is only the first step of the way. That way leads out amid the unexplored stars to the lost heartworld of those space-conquerors of long ago. And it leads Fairlie and others into the appalling reality of stellar space still haunted by the past cosmic struggle whose scale in space and time dwarfs the rivalries of tiny Earth’s quarreling nations.
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The Haunted Stars (Torquil)

The Haunted Stars
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1960.1. –
192 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book) LCCN: 59-15721
Note: Price $2.95 appiears in the upper right corner of front dust jacket flap. – Currey’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: a Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction
Note: Gutter code B3 indicates a January 1960 printing. This first printing was from the same press run as the trade edition which has the same code. — Cuurey’s ???
Note: A second printing in April 1960 has a gutter code of “B18″ — Currey’s ???
Note: First edition, first printing with the code “B3” in the gutter margins of the last page of text, trade issue, 1960. The original price of $2.95 at the top right corner of the front flap of the original, first printing dust jacket is unclipped. — Currey’s ???

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Galaxy Mission (Popular Library) CF#4

Galaxy Mission (The Triumph of Captain Future) (CF#4)
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2437) pbk
ELIXIR OF EVIL
They Called him the Life-Lord and the deadly milk-white elixir that his syndicate pushed was called Lifewater.
As promised, Lifewater brought youth to the old. Women who were losing their once cherished beauty, en who were losing their strength gave their life’s savings for a vial of the magic substance. What they did not know was that the powerful brew could cause sudden and violent death.
As the fatal youth epidemic spreads throughout the Solar System, Captain Future battles with time and danger to save his fellow beings from doom – only to find himself trapped in a master fiend’s plot to conquer the solar system.
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Fugitive of the Stars (Ace Double)

Fugitive of the Stars
New York : Ace Books, 1965
116, 136 p. ; 17 cm. – (Ace Double (Enlarged) ; M-111) pbk. $0.45
Cover: Gaughan NUC: 74-168022
Note: Bound with: Land Beyond the Map (136 p.) / by Kenneth Bulmer
“Doom cruise of the starship Vega Queen” — Cover
Wanted: One outlawed space pilot!
Horne, the spaceship’s pilot , had been warned.”Don’t forget the meteor swarm.” And Horne’s directional calculations for the Vega Queen’s course took that advice into account; the spaceship would go fifteen thousand miles out of its way to avoid those deadly celestial rocks.
But when Horne went off duty, he felt himself numbed by a curious druglike leadenness. And the next thing he knew, he was in a lifeboat, speeding away from the floating wreckage of the Vega Queen.
Eighteen survivors out of one hundred and fifty-three passengers. And each one in the tiny space shell believed Horne responsible … deliberate negligence, calculated destruction …
Someone had drugged Horne, he knew; someone had tampered with the ship to alter its course. But who? And for what cosmic purpose?
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Doomstar (Belmont 1966)

Doomstar
New York : Belmont Books, 1966.1. –
158 p. ; 18 cm. – (Belmont Science Fiction ; B50-657)
“One man against the universe – One man with a device that could change a sun from a life source to the ultimate death-dealing weapon” — Cover
The sun shone brightly on this fateful morning, bringing to its planets warmth and life-giving rays. The brightness increased sharply as the morning grew older. The glare was blinding; the radiation not life-giving, but deadly. By mid-afternoon the brilliant, intense sun shone on barren space. It had blasted each of its four planets out of existence.
Someone had found a way to poison a star.
And someone had to be found who could prevent the takeover – or destruction – of the entire universe. Who? Johnny Kettrick, as improbable a hero there never was. Johnny Kettrick who was banned from the Cluster World for his not-too-honest dealings was sent back there with his three equally unholy partners to search out the Doomstar…to find the Doomstar before it burned out another world.
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The Tenth Planet (Popular Library) CF#17

The Tenth Planet
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2445)
NOTE: not Hamilton (by Joseph Samachson)
“When Captain Future disappears, and an impostor takes over, the Solar System faces final doom …” — Cover
Captain Future meets Captain Future…
The two men stood facing each other.
One man was tall and impressive. His red hair, his self-assured manner, the global ring he wore on his finger, left no question in the minds of viewers that he was the man he said he was – the man known the Solar System over as Captain Future.
The other man was tall too, but fierce looking, with a wild black beard and a scarred face. They called him Blackbeard and believed he was a space pirate, although the main claimed he didn’t remember who he was. Not even he suspected that he might be the real Captain Future…
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Danger Planet (Popular Library) CF#18

Danger Planet
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2335)
Cover: Frazetta

“One strong man battling the galaxies of evil”-On cover
One million years back in the swirling, shrouded past, evil ultra-beings ruled the Planet Roo. Suddenly, unbelievably, they are alive again, threatening the universe with total destruction.
Only one man dares challenge the Evil Ones. He is Captain Future, inter-galactic agent of justice, whose identity is top secret, whose strength is ultimate. He sets out alone to stop the deathless menace creeping ever close…

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Outside the Universe (IP#4)

Outside the Universe
New York : Ace Books, 1964. –
173 p. ; 17 cm. – (Ace Science Fiction Classic ; F-271) pbk.
Cover: Valigursky NUC: 70-87584
“Space war on an intergalactic scale” — Cover
‘Spaceships in their thousands, and they’re attacking us! They’ve come from somewhere toward our galaxy – have come out of intergalactic space itself to attack our universe!’
The Interstellar Patrol, that fabulous fleet manned by all the assorted races of our galaxy, faced its greatest struggle when that alarm came through. For this was an attack from OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSE, a vast migration from another galaxy, and it had to be stopped if a thousand worlds were to survive!
This terrific classic space novel on the grandest scale involves three giant galaxies in an all-out conflict.
Book Reviews:

  • Analog. 76(1):150-151. September 1965. (P. Miller)

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The Comet Kings (Popula Library) CF#11

The Comet Kings
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
127 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2407)
“Trapped in the blazing depths of Halley’s comet, the futuremen battle four-dimensional monsters” — Cover
What was the cosmic terror that swallowed spaceships whole?
One by one the Solar System’s ships were disappearing in mid-space – as if a mighty colossus had grabbed them up and swallowed them whole.
Top agents Joan Randall and Ezra Gurney were sent to investigate. Like the others, somewhere beyond Jupiter, they disappeared.
Captain Future heard the news with shocked horror. Whatever the danger, he had to stop this menacing evil force. Whatever the risk, he had to find lovely Joan Randall – the woman he love …
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  • Lovisi, Gary, “Comet Kings: From Pulps to Paperbacks,” in:   Paperback Parade  No. 1:16-18.  October 1986.
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The Closed Worlds (SW#2)

The Closed Worlds
New York : Ace Books, 1968
157 p. ; 18 cm. – (Ace Books ; G-701) pbk. $0.50
Cover: Jack Gaughan
“On the forbidden planets of Allubane, Morgan Chane found an ancient science-secret that spelled doom for mankind” — Cover
THESE WORLDS ARE FORBIDDEN!
When Morgan Chane and his comrades of John Dilullo’s interstellar mercenaries invaded the Closed World of Arkuu in search of a lost Terran expedition, they found a planet of strange menace.
Incredibly powerful monsters prowled through Arkuu’s dense jungles, and the ghosts of the planet’s past haunted its ancient deserted cities. The Arkuuns themselves fought grimly to drive the Terrans away.
But at last chance discovered the Free-faring, the terrible alien secret of Arkuu … and suddenly he knew why no Terran had ever left the Closed Worlds alive.
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City at World's End (UK Corgi)

City at World’s End
London : Transworld, 1954.8. –
221 p. ; 17 cm. – (Corgi Books ; T-58)
“The were the only humans alive on earth – until the spaceship came …” — Cover
Millions of years ahead …
The were ordinary, present-day people, but they were terrified, half-crazy with fear – for suddenly, without warning, they had been projected millions of years into the future, to an Earth grown old and dying and alien …
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City at World's End (UK Museum)

City at World’s End
Publisher: London : Museum Press, 1952.9
Pagination: 192 p. ; 19 cm
Series: Science Fiction at its best
Note: Science Fiction Club
NBN: b5212209
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This is the story of a present-day town and its people—a small city in the Middle West whose fifty thousand inhabitants are suddenly projected into an unprecedented and terrifying situation.
As the result of a weird scientific cataclysm, Middletown and all its people find themselves hurled out of their own time into the far future of the Earth—an Earth grown old and alien and dying, an Earth long since abandoned by man. Here is the story of pompous Mayor Garris, and of Johnson, the scared electrician; of Hubble, the scientist, and of Mrs. Adams, who worried about her roses; of lovely Carol Lane and of John Kenniston, who felt a fatal guilt; of all the other members of this community who find themselves and their town forever marooned at the end of the world. And when, at last, these people of the present meet the people of the far future, people whose civilization stretches across the worlds of a thousand stars—then the present and the future clash in dramatic conflict, to produce one of the most startling and absorbing tales of Science Fiction yet to have appeared.

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City at World's End (Del Rey)

City at World’s End
New York : Ballantine, 1983.7. –
201 p. ; cm. – (A Del Rey Book ; 30987) ISBN: 0-686-45242-9
Cover: Rick Sternbach; ISBN: 0-345-30987-1
“Half a million copies in print of this astounding and prophetic bestseller …” — Cover
Then the Sky Split Open
One moment Kenniston was strolling down the quiet street, lost in pleasant reverie. The next moment the sky split open!
It split wide open, and above them was a bum and a blaze of light—so swift, so violent, that the air itself seemed to have burst into flame.
Then there was silence—awful, suffocating silence.
Kenniston felt the chill of premonition—a shapeless terror that grew into a thing too evil to be borne alone.
THIS NOVEL DESCRIBES THE SHOCKING EXPERIENCE OF A GROUP OF ORDINARY PEOPLE, CATAPULTED BY A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION INTO THE TERRIFYINGLY STRANGE WORLD OF A MILLION YEARS HENCE. IT IS NOT A PROPHECY-BUT A WARNING!
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City at World's End (Crest 1974)

City at World’s End
Greenwich : Fawcett, 1974.1. –
160 p. ; 18 cm. – (A Fawcett Crest Book ; M-2026)
In one split second they were hurled across time into a world a million miles away – Cover
One moment Kenniston was strolling down the quiet street, lost in pleasant reverie. The next moment the sky split open!
It split open, and above him was a burn and a blaze of light—so swift, so violent, that the air itself seemed to burst into flame.
Then there was silence—awful, suffocating silence.
Kenniston felt the chill of premonition—a shapeless terror that grew into a thing too evil to be borne alone.
This novel describes the shocking experience of a group of ordinary people, catapulted by a mysterious explosion into the terrifyingly strange world of a million years hence. It is not a prophecy—but a warning. – Back cover
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City at World's End (Crest 1964)

City at World’s End
Greenwich : Fawcett, 1964. –
160 p. ; 18 cm. – (Crest Book ; L-758)(Fawcett World Library)
Cover: Powers
In one split second they were hurled across time into a world a million miles away – Cover
One moment Kenniston was strolling down the quiet street, lost in pleasant reverie. The next moment the sky split open!
It split open, and above him was a burn and a blaze of light—so swift, so violent, that the air itself seemed to burst into flame.
Then there was silence—awful, suffocating silence.
Kenniston felt the chill of premonition—a shapeless terror that grew into a thing too evil to be borne alone.
This novel describes the shocking experience of a group of ordinary people, catapulted by a mysterious explosion into the terrifyingly strange world of a million years hence. It is not a prophecy—but a warning. – Back cover
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City at World's End (Crest 1961)

City at World’s End
Greenwich : Fawcett, 1961. –
160 p. ; 18 cm. – (Crest ; S-494)
Cover: Powers
In one split second they were hurled across time into a world a million miles away – Cover
One moment Kenniston was strolling down the quiet street, lost in pleasant reverie. The next moment the sky split open!
It split open, and above him was a burn and a blaze of light—so swift, so violent, that the air itself seemed to burst into flame.
Then there was silence—awful, suffocating silence.
Kenniston felt the chill of premonition—a shapeless terror that grew into a thing too evil to be borne alone.
This novel describes the shocking experience of a group of ordinary people, catapulted by a mysterious explosion into the terrifyingly strange world of a million years hence. It is not a prophecy—but a warning. – Back cover
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City at World’s End (Fell)

City at World’s End
New York : F. Fell, 1951. –
239 p. ; 20 cm. – (Fell’s Science Fiction Library ; 51-10074)
This is the story of a present-day town and its people – a small Midwestern city whose fifty thousand inhabitants are suddenly flung into an unprecedented and terrifying situation.
When a strange scientific cataclysm strikes, Middletown and all its people find themselves hurled out of their own time into the far future of Earth – an Earth grown old and alien and dying, an Earth long ago abandoned by man. Here is the story of pompous Mayor Garris, and of Johnson, the scared electrician; of Hubble, the scientist, and of Mrs. Adams, who worried about her roses; of lovely Carol Lane and of John Kenniston, who felt a fatal guilt; or all the bankers, bakers, millhands, housewives, old folk and children, who find themselves and their town forever marooned at the end of the world.
And when, at last, these people of the present meet the folk of the far future, the folk whose civilization stretches across the worlds of a thousand stars – then the present and the future clash in dramatic conflict on the dying, forgotten Earth.

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Book reviews:

  • Fantasy Advertiser, June 1951, p. 9-10
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Captain Future's Challenge (Popular Library) CF#3

Captain Future’s Challenge
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
128 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2430)
“The mighty avenger of cosmic evil takes his most daring plunge – towards the raging flames of the sun …” — Cover
CAPTAIN FUTURE FACES FIERY SOLAR DEATH
It was ten o’clock, solar time, when disaster struck. At exactly the same moment, gravium mines on Mercury, Mars and Saturn were totally destroyed by an unidentified army. Without gravium – the life-blood of interplanetary civilization – the system would perish.
Meanwhile, Captain Future struggled on the floor of a moving space craft, his arms and legs bound by steel ropes. He did not know why he’d been captured – only that the system was in grave danger – that he was needed…
As Captain Future was plunged through space, towards a deadly orb of flaming gases – the raging inferno of the sun – he planned his daring escape. It was to be the most dangerous gamble of his life.
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Captain Future and the Space Emperor (Popular Library) CF#1

Captain Future and the Space Emperor
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
121 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2457) pbk
“A creeping menace invades the galaxy – and Captain Future meets his most powerful enemy …” — Cover
MAN OR MUTANT? A LIFE-OR-DEATH QUESTION FOR CAPTAIN FUTURE …
President Carthew was in his office when the monster appeared— a giant, hunched creature, bizarrely hideous …
The President gaped as a guard appeared in the door-way and pointed his weapon at the fanged being.
“Don’t shoot”, Carthew cried, but too late. The beast lay dead on the floor.
Carthew sighed deeply as he confirmed his fears. The corpse on the floor was Sperling, his best secret agent, transformed into this hairy brute by the dread peril that threatened to destroy them all.
Only one man left alive might be able to ward off total doom. The President flashed and emergency call for Captain Future …

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Calling Captain Future (Popular Library) CF#2

Calling Captain Future
New York : Popular Library, 1969. –
144 p. ; 18 cm. – (Popular Library ; 60-2421) pbk.
“Captain Future, Wizard of Science, mighty adventurer, meets his match in a war of solar doom” — Cover
Captain Future -great enemy of evil- is called on to save humanity
James Carthew, President of the Solar System, watched from the government tower, his face lined with worry. Outside thousands of people were demonstrating. Once loyal citizens, they now urged Carthew to yield his power to a diabolic stranger named Dr. Zarro – a being from another mysterious system who had hypnotized the entire population with fear.
Carthews knew that Zarro would surely destroy humanity, but how could he prove it? There was only one man who could – perhaps – help him.
“Calling Captain Future!” The message beeped urgently from the high tower, out across the heavens. “Calling Captain Future!”
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Battle for the Stars (Torquil)

Battle for the Stars
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1961.11. –
iv, 206 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book)
LCCN: 61-15300
Note: trade issue, with price “$2.95” at upper right corner of front inner flap, and which, released in November 1961, preceded the Book Club edition, which was a December 1961 selection (both issues printed from the same pressing, both having printing code “C42” on page 206 — Currey
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Battle for the Stars (TOR Double)

Battle for the Stars
New York : Tom Doherty Association Book, 1989.5. –
107, 141 p. ; 18 cm. – (A Tom Doherty Associate Book ; 55960)
(TOR Double ; 8) pbk $0.5
Bound With: The Nemesis from Terra / by Brackett (141 p.)
Cover: Bryn Bernard ISBN: 0812559606
“Can the crew of the Starsong protect Earth from alien invaders?” — Cover
Followed in space
The Starsong was beginning to pass between the two huge red binaries into the thicker sprawl of stars through which the channel led. The channel was not straight, and you could not take it too fast—in that swarm of suns the fabric of a ship could be torn apart in some deadly gravity drag or vaporized in collision. The only thing was that the Orionids were still following them.
But Birrel said nothing. This was Garstang’s job and he let him do it. The enormous pairs of red suns flashed past them on either side and were gone, and they were in the channel. Under his feet he could feel the Starsong quiver, wincing and flinching like a live thing. On either side the overhanging cliffs of stars seemed to topple toward them. He looked upward at the nebula, like a glowing thundercloud roofing the channel, and then down at the shoaling suns below.
Garstang said flatly, “We didn’t get away quite fast enough. They’ll be barrelling in here after us and they’ll have us in range before we ever get through the channel.”
“As far as I can see,” said Birrel, “we’ve only got one way out of it.”
He looked up at the screens again, at the vast glow of the nebula overhead.
Garstang was silent for a moment. Then he said, “I hoped you wouldn’t think of that.”
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Battle for the Stars (Paperback Library 52-609)

Battle for the Stars
New York : Paperback Library, 1967. –
159 p. ; 18 cm. – (Paperback Library ; 52-609)
(Science Fiction Series) pbk $0.5
NUC70-71455; LCCN61-15300
“In a galaxy gone wild, Earth’s fate depended on one man and one spaceship” — Cover
Cluster World N-356-44
“It was no place for a man to be. Men were tissue, blood, bone, nerve. This place was not made for them. It was made for force and radiation. Go home, men.
But I can’t thought Jay Birrel. Not yet … I have to go on into this place where a human being looks as pathetic as an insect in a furnace”
And so begins Edmond Hamilton’s most fascinating inter-planetary adventure – Battle for the Stars.
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Battle for the Stars (Paperback Library 52-311)

Battle for the Stars
New York : Paperback Library, 1964.8. –
159 p. ; 18 cm. – (Paperback Library ; 52-311) pbk. $0.50
NUC70-71455
“In a galaxy gone wild, Earth’s fate depended on one man and one spaceship” — Cover
Cluster World N-356-44
“It was no place for a man to be. Men were tissue, blood, bone, nerve. This place was not made for them. It was made for force and radiation. Go home, men.
But I can’t thought Jay Birrel. Not yet … I have to go on into this place where a human being looks as pathetic as an insect in a furnace”
And so begins Edmond Hamilton’s most fascinating inter-planetary adventure – Battle for the Stars.
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Battle for the Stars (Book Club Edition)

Battle for the Stars (Book Club Edition)
New York : Distributed by Dodd-Mead, 1961.12. –
iv, 206 p. ; 22 cm. – (A Torquil Book) LCCN: 61-15300
Note: “BOOK CLUB/EDITION” at the lower right corner of the front flap of the original, first printing dust jacket is unclipped. — Currey
Note: Has printing code “4” on page 192 — Currey
“Time is the great deceiver, science fiction writers, who probe the future, are really writing historical novels of what will soon be the past.”
Now that both the United States and Russia have put an astronaut in space novel like this fascinating tale by Edmond Hamilton are as topical as they are gripping. In this story we see the descendants of the first astronauts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first space flight from the “ancient planet” Earth. Jay Birrel, Captain of a squadron of space ships from Lyra constellation, is there with his lovely wife Lyllin, who was born on Vega. Alson present is Ferdias, Governor of Lyra, and Tausner, top agent of constellation Orion.
Jay and Lyllin, just back from a harrowing experience on a planet in cluster N-356-44, where they discovered that Orion is plotting against Lyra, are amazed and intrigued by the quaint, old-fashioned character of the planet from which all humanity came. They are living in an old farm house, north of New York City, when they discover that the Orion faction is plotting again. Before long Jay finds himself involved in a mighty battle between Lyra and Orion in which the courageous but ill-equipped natives of Earth fight beside the astronauts of Lyra to save the independence of the Home Planet.
Once again Edmond Hamilton has written a novel that holds the reader by its vivid characterization and its terse narrative style as well as by its imaginative exploration of the future that is now just around the corner.
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