OPUS#222 Valley of Creation, The

OPUS: #222
Title: The Valley of Creation (Complete Novel)
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1948
Variant Title of: The Valley of Creation (by Edmond Hamilton )
Type: novella
“In the darkness, there came to Eric Nelson a summons and a warning – a summons to a land where beast and human walked alike, a warning of war and massacre strange and terrible!”

Contents:
Chapter 1 Dream Shadows 9
Chapter 2 Witch-Girl 12
Chapter 3 Into Mystery 17
Chapter 4 Hidden Land 21
Chapter 5 Wolf Hatred 25
Chapter 6 Daring Plan 29
Chapter 7 Secret Mission 32
Chapter 8 Weird City 35
Chapter 9 Judgment of the Guardian 39
Chapter 10 Dread Metmorphosis 41
Chapter 11 Forest Danger 45
Chapter 12 Death in Anschan 48
Chapter 13 The Fight in the Palace 52
Chapter 14 Return to Doom 55
Chapter 15 The Wrath of the Clans 57
Chapter 16 The Covern of Creation 61
Chapter 17 The Day of the Brotherhood 65

「『最後の惑星船の謎』の中で、スペース・オペラを完全に捨て去っている。チベットにある人類未踏の谷には、人間と動物がテレパシーで結びついている文明が発達を遂げていた。だから美しいエンシャーラは、自分の飼っている鷲のエイ、狼のターク、虎のクォールとつねに連絡しあっている。ところがル・ランの谷に冒険家エリック・ネルスンがやってきたために、この小さな世界は戦乱に巻きこまれる。ネルスンの肉体から精神が分離して狼の身体にはいりこみ、彼自身、狼の姿となって四本足の同胞の側に立って戦わねばならなくなる。だが、最後には再び人間の姿に戻り、エンシャーラの愛をかちえて、永久にル・ランの谷に住むことになるのだ。」 – 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. 189-190

Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 32, no. 2, July 1948, (Jul 1948, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.20, 148pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 9-69. Cover: Earle Bergey; Illust: Finlay
  • The Valley of Creation, (1964, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #72-721, $0.50, 159pp, pb) Cover: Emsh
  • The Valley of Creation, (1967, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lancer, #73-577, $0.60, 159pp, pb) Cover: Emsh
  • The Valley of Creation, (1972, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Lodestone, #B-5006, $0.75, 159pp, pb) Cover: Emsh
  • The Valley of Creation, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4377-3577-2, $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 P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, February 1965
  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1967) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, August 1967
  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 24. “Probably Edmond Hamilton’s finest novel, at least in my personal estimation. Poetic, poignant, enthralling and exciting story of the hidden Valley of the Brotherhood, and how unscrupulous mercenaries from the outside world cane there to use their modern weapons to turn the tide in an ancient war between men and beasts—eagles, wolves, tigers, horses — with human intellect and understanding. In a real whale of a cliffhanger climax, author Hamilton surpasses himself in explaining the ultimate origin of the Brotherhood and how and why men and the beasts are really and literally brothers. I really have some reservations on the genetic credibility of the idea he proposes in the chapter about the Cavern of Creation, but the writing is so fine and the story is so good as to overshadow anything as comparatively unimportant as scientific plausibility. Long overdue for hardcover respectability, if only in the Science Fiction Book Club cheapo format. Reprinted in 1964 in a somewhat revised edition by Lancer paperbacks.”

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/StartlingStories-1948jul-00009

OPUS#194 Valley of the Assassins, The

OPUS: #194
Title: The Valley of the Assassins
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1943
Type: novelette
“A valley of dreadful doom, this … where time is as nothing to the fiend whose first murderous crimes were committed centuries ago”–TOC
“The mindless sons of murder are feared for what they are – but more for whom they served!”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 37, no. 2, November 1943, (Nov 1943, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.15, 116pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: A. R. Tilburne; Illust: A.R. Tilburne
  • Ghouls and Ghosts, (1972, ed. Kurt Singer, publ. W. H. Allen (UK), 0-491-00339-0, 320pp, hc, anth)
  • Shriek, (1974, Kurt Singer, publ. Eclipse Books (Australia), A$1.95, 607pp, pb, omni)
  • Fear! Fear! Fear!, (1980, ed. Helen Hoke, publ. Franklin Watts, 0-531-04255-3, 144pp, hc, anth)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v37n02_1943-11_sas

OPUS#142 Valley of Invisible Men

OPUS: #142
Title: Valley of Invisible Men
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1939
Type: novella
“Invisible men fought beside him as Mark Bradford battled to defend the Shining God from an unscrupulous Baltic agent.” – Science Fiction Adventure Classics
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 13, no. 3, March 1939, (Mar 1939, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.20, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Robert Fuqua; Illust: Robert A. Fuqua
  • Science Fiction Adventure Classics, November 1972, (Nov 1972, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.60, 132pp, digest, magazine), pp. 30-72 Cover: Robert Fuqua; Illust : Robert A. Fuqua

Contents:
Chapter 1 In the Hidden Land
Chapter 2 Daughter of the Korlu
Chapter 3 The Games of the Full Moon
Chapter 4 The Fight on the Lake
Chapter 5 The Chamber of the God
Chapter 6 Phantoms in the Night
Chapter 7 The City of Peril
Chapter 8 Power of the God
Chapter 9 Epilogue

OPUS#062 Vampire Master, The [DD#1]

OPUS: #062
Title: The Vampire Master
Author: Hugh Davidson (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1933
Type: novella
Series: Dr. John Dale
Series number: #1
“A novel of corpses that would not stay dead, and a gruesome horror in the New York hills”–TOC
“A thrilling novel of corpses that would not stay dead, and a gruesome horror in the hills of New York”

Publication:

  • Weird Tales [v22 # 4, October 1933] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by M. Brundage), pp. 403-423. Illustrated by Wilcox.
  • Weird Tales [v22 # 5, November 1933] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by M. Brundage), pp. 551-569. Illustrated by Wilcox.
  • Weird Tales [v22 # 6, December 1933] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by M. Brundage), pp. 742-758. Illustrated by None.
  • Weird Tales [v23 # 1, January 1934] (25¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by M. Brundage), pp. 94-108. Illustrated by Wilcox.
  • 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.

ebook part1: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v22n04_1933-10
ebook part2: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v22n05_1933-11_ELPM-SliV
ebook part3: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v22n06_1933-12_LPM-URF-AT-SAS
ebook part4: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales193401ATLPM

OPUS#053 Vampire Village

OPUS: #053
Title: Vampire Village
Author: Hugh Davidson (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1932
Type: short story
“A strange story of the ghoul-haunted village of Wieslant, and the eery adventure of two American travelers.”
“A blood-chilling story of the ghoul-haunted village of Wieslant and the eery adventure of two Americans”–TOC

Publication:

  • Weird Tales [v20 # 5, November 1932] (25¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by J. Allen St. John), pp. 669-677. Illustrated by Wilcox.
  • Weird Vampire Tales, (Aug 1992, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Gramercy Books, 0-517-06018-3, $9.95, 442pp, hc, anth) Cover: Jim Campbell.
  • 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.

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v20n05_1932-11_sas

OPUS#210 Valley of the Gods, The

OPUS: #210
Title: The Valley of the Gods
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1946
Type: novelette
“Guarding this fabulous, legendary valley is a sinister night – shrouded place of the dead”–TOC
“Places of death are not feared by an archaeologist – that is, most places!”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 39, no. 5, May 1946, (May 1946, ed. Dorothy McIlwraith, publ. Weird Tales, $0.15, 98pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Ronald Clyne; Illust: Dolgov
  • Weird Tales of the Supernatural, (1966, ed. Kurt Singer, publ. W. H. Allen, 30/-, 352pp, hc, anth)
  • Supernatural, (1974, Kurt Singer, publ. Eclipse Books, A$1.95, 617pp, pb, omni)
  • What’s It Like Out There? and Other Stories, (1974, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #88065, $0.95, 320pp, pb, coll)
  • Weird Tales of the Supernatural (UK), (1975, ed. Kurt Singer, publ. White Lion Publishers, 350pp, anth)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v39n05_1946-05