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危機を呼ぶ赤い太陽 (Red Sun of Danger) CF#18

Translator: 野田昌宏 (NODA Masahiro)
Illustrator:　水野良太郎
Publisher: 早川書房, 1981.03.15
Pagination: 269 p. ; 16 cm
Series: ハヤカワ文庫 ; SF 425
Note: キャプテン・フューチャー一覧表 pp. 267-269
内容紹介
人間の老化を促す毒素を破壊する超ビタミン剤ヴイトロンの発見は，人類に計り知れぬ恩恵をもたらした。だがいま，その安定供給が脅かされていた！　ヴイトロンの90パーセント以上を産出する惑星ルウで叛乱が起ったのだ。それまで友好的だったルウ人たちが，突如として植民者の農園を襲いはじめたのである。もし太陽系内の人々がこの事実を知ったなら，一大パニックが発生するのは目に見えていた。事態を重視した太陽系政府はキャプテン・フューチャーに出動を要請，連絡を受けたフューチャーメン一行は，真相究明のためすぐさま惑星ルウに潜入したのだが……!?
目次

1Seven Against a World七人だけで…13
2Night on Venus金星、ある夜の出来事30
3Secret Stratagemなンと！　まァ…40
4In the Abyss移民船にて52
5World of Arkarアルカー星系63
6The Rooms夜襲！76
7Planet of Intrigue陰謀は渦巻いて…92
8Alien Mystery奇怪な謎107
9Star-World Peril危機一髪！117
10Cosmic Shadow謎は徐々に…132
11In the Red Jungles赤いジャングル…148
12Valley of Dream Flowers〈夢見花〉の谷間163
13Quest for the Crypt小屋の中にて177
14Dragon Sacrifice〈暗闇竜〉のいけにえ195
15Satellite Secret衛星の秘密209
16To the Dark Moon黒い月へ！225
17Crypt of the Old Ones〈古きものたち〉の廟240
18The Kangasカンガス…254

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書評

  • 「SFマガジン」（1981年4月号）　＊「今月の新刊本」 [1981年1月25日～1981年2月25日]
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OPUS#212 Never the Twain Shall Meet

OPUS: #212
Title: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1946
Type: short story
“John Farrel keeps his tryst with Ylleen, whose love means death”–TOC
“Out in space John Farrel keeps his tryst with Ylleen, gorgeous Martian girl whose love means — sudden death!”
Publication:

  • Thrilling Wonder Stories [v29 #1, Fall 1946] (15¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey), pp. 60-69. Illustrated by Marchioni.

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v29n01_1946-Fall/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater

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OPUS#199 Red Sun of Danger [CF#18]

OPUS: #199
Title: Red Sun of Danger
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1945
Type: novella
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 18
“From the archives of the mighty Ancients, Curt Newton brings back forgotten Denebian science to balk a greed-maddened schemer who seeks to loose unspeakable terror on the Universe!”
Publication:

  • Startling Stories [v12 #1, Spring 1945] (15¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey), pp. 11-71. Illustrated by Thomas.
  • Danger Planet, (1968, Brett Sterling, publ. Popular Library, #60-2335, $0.60, 128pp, pb) Cover: Frank Frazetta

Awards:
1996 – Red Sun of Danger [vt Danger Planet] Retro Hugo Award, Novel (Nomination)

Book review:

  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p.18. “Even though Captain Future’s own magazine had been dropped from publication, the character proved so popular that other novels were still written about him and appeared from time to time in the pages of Startling Stories. I understand this one was written by Edmond Hamilton, the originator of the series, under this house pseudonym for some unknown reason or other. This novel is typical of its kind, the usual fast-paced wild adventures among the inhabitants of various alien worlds, with a hint of mystery in this one, and even vaguely Lovecraftian overtones with the temporary revival in the final chapter of the Kangas, those mighty beings who once ruled the Universe before the rise of man or even man’s immediate predecessors. Reprinted in 1968 in paperback by Popular Library as Danger Planet. “

ebook: https://archive.org/details/StartlingStoriesV12N01Spring1945

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OPUS#195 Magic Moon [CF#16]

OPUS: #195
Title: Magic Moon
Author: Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1944
Type: novel
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 16
“A Cruel Plot to Seize the Satellite Styx, Third Moon of Pluto, and Enslave Peaceful Natives, Sends Captain Future and His Loyal Aides Out on the Most Dangerous Adventure of Their Careers!”

Publication:

  • Captain Future [v6 #1, Winter 1944] (15¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Earle K. Bergey), pp. 15-92. Illustrated by Orban.

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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