Category Archives: Weird Tales (WT)

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OPUS#040 Ten Million Years Ahead

OPUS: #040
Title: Ten Million Years Ahead
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: novelette
“A startling story of what this world will be like ten million years from now, when plants rule instead of men”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 17, no. 3, April/May 1931, (Apr 1931, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, #v17 #3, $0.25, 144pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales19310405ATLPM

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OPUS#037 Horror City, The

OPUS: #037
Title: The Horror City
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: novelette
“Two aviators are drawn by the suction of the winds into a black-domed city of horror in the heart of the Arabian desert”–TOC
“In the heart of the great Arabian desert lay a vast, black-domed city of horror unspeakable, and into this city were drawn three aviators by the tremendous suction of the winds”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 17, no. 2, February/March 1931, (Feb 1931, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. Barker Petrie, Jr.; Illust: Petrie
  • The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three, (Aug 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 978-1-893887-41-1, $40.00, 670pp, hc, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV17N0219310203

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OPUS#036 Cosmic Cloud, The [IP#7]

OPUS: #036
Title: The Cosmic Cloud
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series Number: 7
“A cloud of blackness beat against the edges of our universe, threatening its crowded suns and worlds with annihilation”-TOC
“A voice whispered tensely in his ear in the tongue of the galaxy.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 5, November 1930, (Nov 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf
  • Crashing Suns, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-319, $0.40, 192pp, pb, coll)
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)
  • The Star-Stealers: The Complete Adventures of The Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-33-2, $40.00, 754pp, hc, coll) Cover: Hugh Rankin

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n05_1930-11_sas

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OPUS#035 Mind-Master, The

OPUS: #035
Title: The Mind-Master
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: short story
“A powerful weird-scientific story about a scientist who sought to enslave the world to his ambitious schemes”-TOC
“He staggered with it like an automaton toward the thirteenth cabinet.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 4, October 1930, (Oct 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; Illust: P.E.H.
  • The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three, (Aug 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 978-1-893887-41-1, $40.00, 670pp, hc, coll)

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n04_1930-10_sas

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OPUS#031 Pigmy Island

OPUS: #031
Title: Pigmy Island
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“There was a sickening smell of burnt hair and flesh.”
“A powerful story of tiny men and giant rats and snakes – a vivid tale of super-science”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 2, August 1930, (Aug 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; Illust: Rankin
  • Man From U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, Vol. 4, no. 3, October 1967
  • Switch on the Light, (Apr 1931, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Selwyn and Blount (UK), 2/-, 256pp, hc, anth)
  • Not at Night Omnibus, (Apr 1937, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Selwyn and Blount (UK), 2/6, 511pp, hc, anth)
  • Not at Night, (1960, ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, publ. Arrow (UK), #586, 2/6, 192pp, pb, anth)
  • The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three, (Aug 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 978-1-893887-41-1, $40.00, 670pp, hc, coll)

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n02_1930-08_sas

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OPUS#030 Death Lord, The

OPUS: #030
Title: The Death Lord
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“All life in Chicago was blotted out by a viralent plague – a tory of a bacterialologists lust for power.”
“From the automatics a stream of fire flashed across the room.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 16, no. 1, July 1930, (Jul 1930, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf
  • The Universe Wreckers, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three, (Aug 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 978-1-893887-41-1, $40.00, 670pp, hc, coll)

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v16n01_1930-07

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OPUS#017 Outside the Universe [IP#4]

OPUS: #017
Title: Outside the Universe
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: NOVEL
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series Number: 4
“A colossal four-part serial novel about outer space – three universes in a desperate fight to the dearh”–TOC July 1929
“Around we swept in one great lightning curve, and then were rushing straight back upon the three racing ships.” – July 1929
“Blood-freezing horrors make vivid the second installment of this epic four-part serial of interstellar space”–TOC August 1929
“We were weaponless and out-numbered ten to one.” – August 1929
“Its vast mass of towering structures of blue vibrations was without occupants of any kind.” – Sept. 1929
“The wonders of the Andromeda universe and its gaseous inhabitants are described in this installment.” – TOC Sept. 1929
“‘We’ve won!” My cry of triumph was taken up and repeated.” – Oct. 1929
“Three universes come to death grips in the thrilling conclusion to this epic weird-scientific serial.” – TOC Oct. 1929
Magazine Appearances:
Outside the Universe (Part 1 of 4) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton
Outside the Universe (Part 2 of 4) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton
Outside the Universe (Part 3 of 4) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton
Outside the Universe (Part 4 of 4) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 14, no. 1, July 1929, (Jul 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; illust: Senf
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 14, no. 2, August 1929, (Aug 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; illust: Senf
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 14, no. 3, September 1929, (Sep 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; illust: Senf
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 14, no. 4, October 1929, (Oct 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; illust: Senf
  • Outside the Universe, (1964, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-271, $0.40, 173pp, pb)
  • Outside the Universe, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-241-00271-1, $4.00, ebook)
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • The Star-Stealers: The Complete Adventures of The Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-33-2, $40.00, 754pp, hc, coll) Cover: Hugh Rankin

Reviews:

  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1965
  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook of part 1: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v14n01_1929-07_sas
ebook of part 2: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v14n02_1929-08_sas
ebook of part 3: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v14n03_1929-09_sas
ebook of part 4: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV14N04192910

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OPUS#016 Abysmal Invaders, The

OPUS: #016
Title: The Abysmal Invaders
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
“A horror out of long-dead ages crashes gigantically through the night in an avalanche of destruction and death”–TOC
“Other huge shapes galloped past, carrying annihilation and death across the town.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 6, June 1929, (Jun 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Hugh Rankin; illustrated by Rankin
  • 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/Weird_Tales_v13n06_1929-06_AT-sas

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OPUS#015 Within the Nebula [IP#3]

OPUS: #015
Title: Within the Nebula
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series Number: 3
“They whirled across the platform in wild conflict.”
“The great nebula expands, threatening to engulf the entire universe in fiery destruction”–TOC

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 5, May 1929, (May 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Doak, aka Hugh Rankin
  • Crashing Suns, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-319, $0.40, 192pp, pb, coll)
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)
  • The Star-Stealers: The Complete Adventures of The Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-33-2, $40.00, 754pp, hc, coll) Cover: Hugh Rankin

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV13N05192905

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OPUS#013 Sea Horror, The

OPUS: #013
Title: The Sea Horror
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novelette
Variant Titles: The Sea Terror (1938) – Edmond Hamilton
“In their cities in the ocean depths the slug-people launched their war against the civilization of man.”–TOC
“The great arm circled the submarine and held it tightly.”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 13, no. 3, March 1929, (Mar 1929, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Senf
  • The Sea Terror, Tales of Wonder, #4, (Oct 1938, ed. Walter H. Gillings, publ. World’s Work Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: W. J. Roberts
  • 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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v13n03_1929-03_sas