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OPUS#024 Evans of the Earth-Guard

OPUS: #024
Title: Evans of the Earth-Guard
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: short story
“The grim black rocket, whirling and dipping with an astounding swiftness, was endeavoring to bring the twisting little craft into the lines of its guns.”
“Evans of the Earth Guard,” by Edmond Hamilton, is a story in which we learn some of the problems that man will face if communication is ever established with the moon, and commerce with lunar cities is ever started. He shows how, in the future, we will have to have an “earth guard” to protect commerce and transportation between the earth and its satellites. — Popular Mechanics Magazine, vol. 53 no. 4, April 1930, p. 168.

Publications:

  • Air Wonder Stories, Vol. 1, no. 10, April 1930, (Apr 1930, ed. Hugo Gernsback, publ. Stellar Publications, $0.25, 96pp, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul; illustrated by Lumen Winter.

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

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OPUS#232 Earthmen No More [CF#26]

OPUS: #232
Title: Earthmen No More
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1951
Type: novelette
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 26
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“When the Futuremen revived John Carney from his deep freeze, he wanted to go home – but where in space was home?”
「洗練と技巧をもって、カーティス・ニュートンの冒険に取り組んだ。新しい作品はオリジナルの長編よりもよくできており、もし＜＜キャプテン・フューチャー＞＞の冒険がこれだけだったら、登場人物たちも通常思われているよりも、もっと立派な存在として記録されることになっただろう。物語の広がりも地球規模となり、最後の三篇（中略）では、人類、生命、大宇宙の起源と本質に関する秘密が解明されてゆく」 – マイク・アシュリー著 ; 牧眞司訳『SF雑誌の歴史：黄金期そして革命』（東京創元社, 2015）p. 26.
Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 23, no. 1, March 1951, (Mar 1951, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc.; Springfield, MA, $0.25, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey; Illust : Orban
  • Thrilling Novels, No. 39, 1996

Reviews:

  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 70. “Probably the most serious in tone of all the Captain Future stories, either the early novels or the later novelettes, concerning a man of the late twentieth century revived from a deep freeze in space to face the mind-boggling marvels — and difficulties — of the far future, Well-written and thought provoking.”

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Startling_Stories_v23n01_1951-03.Better_c2c_ufikus-DPP

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OPUS#192 Exile

OPUS: #192
Title: Exile
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1943
Type: short story
“In the depth of his mind he built a world of fear – than had to live in it!”
Publications:

  • Super Science Stories, Vol. 4, no. 4, May 1943, (May 1943, ed. Alden H. Norton, publ. Fictioneers, Inc.; Chicago, IL, $0.25, 132pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: Virgil Finlay; Illust: Morey
  • Super Science Stories (Canadian), April 1944, (Apr 1944, ed. Alden H. Norton, publ. Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada, C$0.15, 84pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey
  • Looking Forward, (1953, ed. Milton Lesser, publ. The Beechhurst Press, $4.95, 400pp, hc, anth)
  • Looking Forward, (1955, ed. Milton Lesser, publ. Cassell & Company Ltd., 400pp, hc, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • Space 7, (1981, ed. Richard Davis, publ. Hutchinson, 0-09-144350-4, £5.50, 160pp, hc, anth) Cover: David A. Hardy
  • The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 5, 1943, (Mar 1981, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. DAW Books, 0-87997-604-7, $2.75, 380pp, pb, anth) Cover: One Plus One Studio
  • Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Planets, (1983, ed. Peter Davison (Doctor Who), publ. Sparrow Books, 0-09-930880-0, £0.95, 96pp, pb, anth)
  • Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series, (1984, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers, 0-517-43522-5, 633pp, hc, anth) Cover: Romas
  • 101 Science Fiction Stories, (Jun 1986, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Jenny-Lynn Waugh, publ. Avenel Books, 0-517-60669-0, $7.98, 651pp, hc, anth)
  • 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories, (Sep 1996, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble, 0-7607-0142-3, $7.98, xvi+544pp, hc, anth) Cover: Cheryl Knippenburg
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: BookReader
ebook: https://epdf.tips/edmond-hamilton-exile.html

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OPUS#136 Ephemerae, The

Title: The Ephemerae
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1938
Type: short story

“A star burst – and Man’s lifetime was suddenly 70 days instead of 70 years!”–TOC
“The death-drums of a bewildered, frightened race of savages – the Ephemerae – formed the background to the death of a man – and the death of Man’s civilization. Man’s lifetime was seventy days!”

Publications:

  • Astounding Science-Fiction, Vol. 22, no. 4, December 1938, (Dec 1938, ed. John W. Campbell, Jr., publ. Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Schneeman; Illust: Jack Binder

book review

  • Carnell, Ted, “Review of Astounding Science-Fiction for December 1938,” in: NOVAE TERRAE #28 – Vol. 3 No. 4 (Dec 1938) , p. 16. * “The Ephemerae a very poor Hamilton yarn, which never ought to have seen publication in this mag.”

ebook:
https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v22n04_1938-12/page/n49?q=edmond+hamilton++Ephemerae

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OPUS#126 Easy Money

OPUS: #126
Title: Easy Money
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1938
Type: short story
“Slugger Martin Enters the World of Psycho-Control-and Discovers That Mind Is Mightier Than Muscle!”
Publications:

  • Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vol. 11, no. 2, April 1938, (Apr 1938, ed. Mort Weisinger, publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) pp. 55-63. Cover: Howard V. Brown
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/ThrillingWonder-1938apr-00055

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OPUS#083 Earth Dwellers, The

OPUS: #083
Title: The Earth Dwellers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
Publication:

  • Thrilling Mystery [v2 #3, April 1936] (10¢, 132pp, pulp), pp. 48-53.
  • The Vampire Master and Other Tales of Terror, (Aug 2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-06-5, $32.00, xii+345pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom
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OPUS#072 Eternal Cycle, The

Title: The Eternal Cycle
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: short story
We are almost sorry that author Hamilton did not write this story into a novelette, because the tremendous idea behind it could well support a much longer story.
In this story is propounded a theory so fantastic that you have never heard anything to equal it – but, at the same time, it is not only very logical, but easily understandable. These three qualities are seldom mixed to such a masterful balance as they are in this short story.
Here, indeed, is an excellent example of the type of story we are looking for under our revolutionary policy – so original and utterly different that it will live in your memory much longer than others thirty times its length.
Publications:

  • Wonder Stories, Vol. 6, no. 10, March 1935, (Mar 1935, ed. Hugo Gernsback, $0.25, 128pp, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul; Illust: SAA???
  • Gosh! Wow! (Sense of Wonder) Science Fiction, (Jan 1982, ed. Forrest J. Ackerman, publ. Bantam Books, 0-553-20187-5, $3.50, xxii+561+[2]pp, pb, anth)

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2611

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OPUS#049 Earth-Brain, The

OPUS: #049
Title: The Earth-Brain
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1932
Type: novelette
“A weird-scientific story by a master of this type of fiction. about the vast creature on whose body we live”–TOC
“A thrilling story by a master of science-fiction, about the vast creature on whose body we live”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 19, no. 4, April 1932, (Apr 1932, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Napoli
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (1936, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Philip Allan, 2/6, 256pp, hc, coll)
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (Jun 1975, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Gregg Press, 0-8398-2304-5, $12.50, ix+256pp, hc, coll)
  • Acolytes of Cthulhu, (Apr 2001, ed. Robert M. Price, publ. Fedogan & Bremer, 1-878252-47-X, $32.00, xv+390pp, hc, anth) Cover: Gahan Wilson

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV19N04193204Ibc

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OPUS#041 Earth-Owners, The

OPUS: #041
Title: The Earth-Owners
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: short story
“A weird-scientific story of beings from outside, who fought for the ownership of our world”–TOC
“A strange story of beings from outside, the fought for the ownership of our world”

「宇宙から雲状の生命体が飛来し、アメリカを襲う。雲状の生命体は人間のエネルギーを吸いとってしまう。チャールズ・フォートの本を読んだランダムは、彼らこそ太古における地球上の生命体の創造主であって、人類も彼らの家畜にすぎない、彼らはふたたび地球の所有物として君臨しにきたのだと信じる。人類が絶体絶命の危機に追いこまれたとき、天よりまた別の発光体が現れて雲状の生命体を撃退した。それを見ていたランダムは、発光体のほうこそ地球の真の所有者であったのだと悟る – おそらくハミルトンがチャールズ・フォートの本を読んで一気呵成に書きあげた作品だろう」 — 那智史郎・宮壁定雄　『ウィアード・テールズ』　別巻　（国書刊行会, 1988）  p. 113
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 18, no. 1, August 1931, (Aug 1931, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf or Wesso

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v18n01_1931-08.Popular_Fiction_ATLPM-Sas

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OPUS#005 Evolution Island

OPUS: #005
Title: Evolution Island
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1927
Type: novelette
“Brilling looses a spawning horror on the world, threatening to wipe out all life, animal and human”–TOC
“Brilling turned suddenly toward the two prisoners. “And for you two, death!” he said.”
「地球内部の放射性物資にふくまれるガーナ―線が進化をうながす原動力だとして、このガーナ―線を島全体に作用させ、すべての生命体の進化させる実験がおこなわれるなか、ガーナ―線をあびて進化した男の野望が描かれる」 — 大瀧啓裕編　『ウィアード』　1　（青心社, 1990） p. 338
「これも得意のアイディア・ストーリー。インド諸島のある島で、科学者が生物の進化を促進する光線を発明する。実験の結果、知性を有する植物が出現、彼らは人類を支配しようと企む。科学者は進化の過程を逆にさせる装置をつくりだし、植物は単細胞生物に還ってしまう」 — 那智史郎・宮壁定雄　『ウィアード・テールズ』　別巻　（国書刊行会, 1988）  p. 109
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 9, no. 3, March 1927, (Mar 1927, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Olnick
  • Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors, (Jul 1988, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, publ. Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers, 0-517-66123-3, $9.98, xv+655pp, hc, anth) Cover: Hannes Bok
  • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-31-6, $40.00, xx+693pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joseph Doolin

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV09N03192703