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OPUS#245 Starcombers, The

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

Publications:

  • Science Fiction Adventures, Vol. 1, no. 6, December 1956, (Dec 1956, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Royal Publications, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Ed Emsh
  • Science Fiction Adventures, No. 5, (Nov 1958, ed. Larry T. Shaw, John Carnell, publ. Nova Publications Ltd., 2/-, 118pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Emsh. *cut slightly
  • Great Science Fiction Adventures, (1963, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Lancer, #72-697, $0.50, 174pp, pb, anth) Cover: Emsh
  • Great Science Fiction Adventures, (1968, ed. Larry T. Shaw, publ. Lancer, #74-944, $0.75, 285pp, pb, anth)
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OPUS#238 Sacrifice Hit

OPUS: #238
Title: Sacrifice Hit
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1954
Type: novelette

Story begins the following: “The message came from far away, a flutter in the ether that jumped at the speed of light, spreading and rippling and fading, but caught on Earth by one listening thing of wires and glass that changed it into a voice that spoke.”

Publications:

  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol. 7, no. 5, November 1954, (Nov 1954, ed. Anthony Boucher, publ. Fantasy House, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 100-118. Cover: Chesley Bonestell
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OPUS#237 Starman Come Home

OPUS: #237
Title: Starman Come Home (Complete Novel)
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1954
Variant Title of: The Sun Smasher (by Edmond Hamilton )
Type: novella

“Was he Neil Banning, salesman for a New York publisher, or Kyle Valkar, hereditary ruler of the Old Empire? Rolf declared him The Valkar, and offered to prove his claim. There was only one drawback – it Rolf was wrong, the test meant death for Banning.”

Publications:

  • Universe Science Fiction, No. 7, September 1954, (Sep 1954, ed. Ray Palmer, Bea Mahaffey, publ. Palmer Publications, Inc., $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Malcolm H. Smith
  • Starhaven / The Sun Smasher, (1959, Edmond Hamilton, Ivar Jorgenson, publ. Ace (Ace Double #D-351), #D-351, $0.35, 146+110pp, dos, omni) Cover: Ed Emshwiller , Ed Valigursky
  • The Sun Smasher, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-60282-398-3, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Reviews:

  • Review by Hans Stefan Santesson (1959) in Fantastic Universe, July 1959
  • Review by Frederik Pohl (1959) in If, November 1959

ebook:
https://archive.org/details/Universe_07_1954-09_LennyS-EXciter?q=Universe+September+1954+starman+come+home

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OPUS#218 Serpent Princess

OPUS: #218
Title: Serpent Princess
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1948
Type: novelette
“A place dedicated to death is unwholesome for the living until they, too, join the restless legions of the Beyond” – TOC
“A hidden temple full of people dead thousands of years should make an archaeologist’s life – yet it might mean his death!”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 40, no. 2, January 1948, (Jan 1948, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.20, 100pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 6-20. Cover: Boris Dolgov; Illust: Coye
  • What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories, (1974, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #88065, $0.95, 320pp, pb, coll)

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/WeirdTales-1948jan-00006
ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v40n02_1948-01

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OPUS#217 Star Kings, The [SK#1]

OPUS: #217
Title: The Star Kings
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1949
Type: NOVEL
Series: Star Kings
Series Number: 1
Series: Chronology of the Two Thousand Centuries and the Kingdoms of the Stars
“It’s certainly glamorous to be called a “King of the stars,” but when you get right down to it, it’s the hardest title to maintain in the universe!”
“He was a man of two Eras, summoned through the veil of Time to save the Star-Kingdoms from the pollid-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”–TOC of Two Complete Science-Adventure

「『スター・キング』で、一九四七年九月号に掲載された。このスペース・オペラは、一九三九年五月にスタートリング・ストリーズ誌上に発表された短めの長編「火星の囚人」”The Prisoner of Mars”の中ですでに利用したシチュエーションの焼き直しであった。（中略）ハミルトンの膨大な作品群の中で、このスペースオペラ叙事詩を大量生産尾の作品だと考えたなら、それは間違いであろう。ハミルトンが同じテーマを二度も取り上げ、『スター・キング』が一九四九年にハード・カヴァーの単行本として刊行される（当時としてはきわめて稀なことだった）栄誉にあずかった事実は、著者はこのテーマに対して抱いた関心のほどを示すと同時に、この小説の質のほどをも示している。 – ジャック・サドゥール著; 鹿島茂,鈴木秀治訳『現代SFの歴史』(早川書房, 1984.12) p. 187-188
「豪華スペースオペラの登場である。すでに百万語ものスペースオペラを書いてきたハミルトンは、それを芸術の域にまで磨きあげていた。スミスやウィリアムスンの品格と奥行こそないが、この作品は超弩級の冒険潭で、バローズのスタイルに近いものだった。（中略）読者からの反応は上々だったが、この作品は、パーマ配下のサイエンス・フィクションが、彼の就任以来、一歩も進歩していないことを示していた」 – 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. 227-228
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 21, no. 9, September 1947, (Sep 1947, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.25, 180pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 8-43.  Cover: Malcolm Smith; Ill. by Malcolm Smith
  • Amazing Stories Quarterly (Reissue), Spring 1948,  (ed. The Editor, Ziff-Davis, $0.50), pp. 8-43.
  • The Star Kings, (Oct 1949, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Frederick Fell, $2.50, 262pp, hc)
  • Beyond the Moon, (Sep 1950, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Signet / New American Library, #812, $0.25, 167pp, pb) Cover: Stanley Meltzoff
  • The Star Kings, (1951, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Museum Press, 8/6, 219pp, hc)
  • Two Complete Science-Adventure Books, Spring 1951, (Apr 1951, ed. Jerome Bixby, publ. Wings Publishing Co, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Allen Anderson
  • Beyond the Moon, The Bombay Chronicle [Indian], (October 27, 1954, p. 5-????) *Serialized
  • The Star Kings, (Aug 1967, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Paperback Library, #53-538, $0.60, 190pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  • The Star Kings, (Nov 1970, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Paperback Library, #64-472, $0.75, 190pp, pb)
  • The Star Kings, (Sep 1975, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Warner Books, 0-446-76942-8, $1.25, 190pp, pb) Cover: FMA
  • The Star Kings, (Nov 1981, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Warner Books, 0-446-30109-4, $2.25, 190pp, pb)
  • Chronicles of the Star Kings, (Apr 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Arrow (Venture SF #10), 0-09-947860-9, £2.50, 190+207pp, pb, omni)
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-16-2, $45.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • Stark and the Star Kings, (Aug 2005, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-17-0, $125.00, xviii+625pp, hc, omni) Cover: Alex Ebel
  • The Star Kings, (Feb 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 1-4191-8343-5, $4.00, ebook)
  • The Eric John Stark Saga, (Feb 2008, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni)

Reviews:

  • 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]
  • 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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OPUS#214 Star of Life, The

OPUS: #214
Title: The Star of Life (Excerpt)
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1947
Type: novella
Synopsis: Kirk Hammond is frozen in space and then enters the Earth 10,000 years in the future. He encounters three species of man kind: humankind who make up most of the galaxy, the Vramen who never die because they live on the restricted planet whose sun is the Star of Life. Mankind wants desperately to enjoy eternal life too, but the Vramen will not allow it.
“Kirk Hammond leads a future civilization in a desperate struggle against rule by a minority which derives its power through knowledge of the secret of immortality!”
Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 14, no. 3, January 1947, (Jan 1947, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc.; Chicago, $0.15, 116pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 13-71. Cover: Earle Bergey; Illust: Marchioni
  • The Star of Life, (Feb 1959, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil, $2.95, 192pp, hc)
  • The Star of Life, (Feb 1959, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, C$3.50, 192pp, hc)
  • The Star of Life, (Apr 1959, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil / SFBC, $1.20, 192pp, hc)
  • The Star of Life, (Oct 1959, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Crest, #s329, $0.35, 187pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, Star Weekly (Toronto, Canada). (8/15-1959)
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: Corsicana Daily Sun, []-[], 1959.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: The Times Recorder, []-[], 1959.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: The Decatur Daily, []-[], 1959.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: The Titusville Herald, []-[], 1959.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: Republican and Herald, []-[], 1960.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: Simpson’s Leader-Times, []-[], 1960.
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: Tyrone Daily Herald, 1959-1961 [info]
  • as Man Who Missed the Moon, in: Reading Eagle (Sunday Eagle : Book of the Week), Jan. 24, 1960-April 10, 1960. [ebook]
  • Space Opera, (Aug 1974, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Futura, 0-86007-058-1, £0.50, 324pp, pb, anth) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Space Opera, (Nov 1974, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 0-297-76811-5, £, 324pp, hc, anth)
  • THE EIGHTY-MINUTE HOUR, Aldiss, Doubleday, 1974
  • THE EIGHTY-MINUTE HOUR, Aldiss,Cape (UK), 1974
  • Space Opera, (1975, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. BCA by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 324pp, hc, anth) Cover: Brian Aldiss
  • Space Opera, (1975, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Futura, 0-86007-847-7, £0.60, 324pp, pb, anth)
  • Space Opera, (Mar 1975, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-07873-0, $7.95, 322pp, hc, anth) Cover: Lawrence Ratzkin
  • Space Opera, (May 1975, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, #1064, $1.98, 304pp, hc, anth) Cover: Lawrence Ratzkin
  • THE EIGHTY-MINUTE HOUR, Aldiss,Pan Books(UK), 1975
  • Space Opera, (Mar 1977, ed. Brian Aldiss, publ. Berkley Medallion, 0-425-03344-9, $1.50, xii+243pp, pb, anth) Cover: Vincent Di Fate
  • THE EIGHTY-MINUTE HOUR, Aldiss, Triad/Panther(UK), 1985
  •  The Star of Life, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-245-23226-8, $4.00, ebook)
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Contents
Chapter 1 Space Doom 13
Chapter 2 Return to Life 16
Chapter 3 New Earth 18
Chapter 4 After Ten Thousand Years 21
Chapter 5 Peril from the Sky 25
Chapter 6 Vraman Girl 27
Chapter 7 Weird Attack 30
Chapter 8 In Rurooma 32
Chapter 9 Prison Planet 36
Chapter 10 Star-Men’s Hatred 40
Chapter 11 Inside the Force-Wall 44
Chapter 12 Into the Sun-Swarm 47
Chapter 13 On Mysterious Althar 51
Chapter 14 Alien City 54
Chapter 15 The Fight with the Machine 58
Chapter 16 Dread Revelation 61
Chapter 17 In the Sky City 64
Chapter 18 Battle and Death 68

Reviews:

  • Gardner, Thomas S., “From Fan-tods : It’s Fiction, but is it science?,” in: Fantasy Aspects, issue 2 (Nov. 1947), p. 9.
  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 21. “Pretty fair interplanetary novel of the far future, somewhat more philosophical in tone than most of the works of this admittedly somewhat repetitive but still remarkably imaginative and entertaining author. This is the story of the Star of Life, a unique luminary whose rays endow humans with immortality and create profound mutations in their germ plasm, engendering entirely new species of humanity in their offspring — the Second Men, immortal and brilliant, who control interstellar civilization of the future, the Third Men, colossal intellects interested solely in scientific and philosophical experimentation and research. Full of cliches and overly convenient coincidences, but still a damned good read even today. Reprinted in hardcover in 1959 by Torquil, NY, and by Crest in paperback the same year.”

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/StartlingStories-1947jan-00013

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OPUS#200 Shining Land, The [BC#1]

OPUS: #200
Title: The Shining Land
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1945
Type: short story
Series: Brian Cullan (BC)
Series number: #1
“There is a strange, inseeable Elysium that exists out in the western sea, home of a great pre-human race!”
“Through the glowing, unearthly haze was an island below them – in an ocean that had no islands!”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 38, no. 5, May 1945, (May 1945, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.15, 98pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 30-41. Cover: Pete Kuhlhoff; Illust: Dolgov

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/WeirdTales-1945may-00030
ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v38n05_1945-05

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OPUS#197 Shadow Folk, The

OPUS: #197
Title: The Shadow Folk
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1944
Type: short story
“These high, remote peaks were the last refuge for the strangest rae of humans in all the world”
“A land where we, the normal, are strange and terrible, called fearfully by Them – The Others!” — TOC
Publication History:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 38, no. 1, September 1944, (Sep 1944, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.15, 100pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 6-17. Cover: A. R. Tilburne; Illust: Dolgov

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/WeirdTales-1944sep-00006
ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v38n01_1944-09

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OPUS#193 Star of Dread, The [CF#15]

OPUS: #193
Title: The Star of Dread
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1943
Type: novel
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 15
“The world’s greatest space-farers battle to expose a dangerous secret menacing mankind and face desperate risks as they pursue two scheming miscreants across the void!”–TOC

Publication:

  • Captain Future [v5 #3, Summer 1943] (15¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Earle K. Bergey), pp. 13-90. Illustrated by Thomas.
  • Captain Future, Summer 1943, (Oct 2009, ed. Oscar J. Friend, publ. Adventure House, 978-1-59798-242-9, $14.95, 128pp, tp, anth) Cover: Earle K. Bergey
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OPUS#175 Son of Two Worlds

OPUS: #175
Title: Son of Two Worlds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1941
Type: novella
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries
“Young Stephen Drew Crosses Space to Visit an Earth. He Has Never Seen – and Finds that His Destination Proves the Planet of the Double Cross! Follow the Adventures of as Earthman Who Views a Futuristic World of Wonder – and Longs for Another Sphere.”–TOC
“Young Stephen Drew crosses space to visit and Earth he has never seen – and finds that his destination proves the planet of the double cross!”

Publications:

  • Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vol. 21, no. 2, August 1941, (Aug 1941, ed. Oscar J. Friend, $0.15, 132pp, magazine) Cover: Rudolph Belarski; Illust: Finlay
  • 3 from Out There, (Mar 1959, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Crest Books / Fawcett World Library, #s282, $0.35, 192pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers
  • 3 from Out There, (1959, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Pyramid Books) ???
  • 3 from Out There, (Jun 1964, ed. Leo Margulies, publ. Panther, #1057, 3/6, 207pp, pb, anth)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/ThrillingWonderStoriesV20N03194108