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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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…
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…
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)
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 …
Book Review
- Lovisi, Gary, “Comet Kings: From Pulps to Paperbacks,” in: Paperback Parade No. 1:16-18. October 1986.
The Closed Worlds (SW#2)
The Closed Worlds
New York : Ace Books, 1968
p. ; cm. – (Ace Books ; 78490) pbk. $0.50
Note: Edmund Hamilton on Cover?
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.
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!”
