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.
Category Archives: 1960s: 1960-1969
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
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
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.
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 …
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!”
Battle for the Stars (UK edition)
Battle for the Stars
London : Mayflower, 1963. –
190 p. ; 19 cm. – (Mayflower Dell ; 0480) pbk. ￡’3/6
“There were some men to whom Earth was more than just another planet” — Cover
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
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.
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.
