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Days of Creation (CF#17)

Title: Days of Creation
Author: Brett Sterling (William Morrison –> Joseph Samachson)
Year: 1944
Type: novel
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 17

“Four powerful factions work at cosmic cross purposes in a game of system-wide stakes as Curt Newton and his staunch comrades set out to create a brand new planet to add to the family of the Sun!”–TOC
“Curtis Newton and His Staunch Comrades Set Out to Create a Brand New Planet to Add to the Family of the Sun!”

Publications:

  • Captain Future, Spring 1944, (Apr 1944, ed. Oscar J. Friend, publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 132pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle K. Bergey
  • The Tenth Planet, (1969, Brett Sterling, publ. Popular Library, #60-2445, $0.60, 128pp, pb) Cover: Herbert J. Bruck
  • High Adventure #99, (Mar 2008, ed. John P. Gunnison, publ. Adventure House, #987-1-59798-133-0, $7.95, 107pp, pb, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey

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The Solar Invasion (CF#20)

Title: The Solar Invasion (Complete Novel)
Author: Manly Wade Wellman
Year: 1946
Variant Title of: The Solar Invasion (by Manly Wade Wellman)
Type: novel
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 20
“Curt Newton, Joan Randall and the Futuremen cruise into a strange world peopled with weird, pallid inhabitants, on the quest of a lost satellite which was mysterious plucked from the sky”

Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Fall 1946, (Oct 1946, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 116pp, pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey
  • The Solar Invasion, (Oct 1968, Manly Wade Wellman, publ. Popular Library, #60-2346, $0.60, 126pp, pb) Cover: Frank Frazetta

Book Reviews:

  • Son of WSFA Journal. 33:9-10. September 1971. (D. Halterman)
  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 21. “The last Captain Future novel, written by an author other than Edmond Hamilton. This one concerns the return of the Futuremen’s arch-enemy, Ul Quorn, the Magician of Mars, from his inadvertent exile in another dimension, leading an army of light-hating aliens from a world of darkness to overrun the Solar System. An interesting enough story in its own right and capably written as always by this fine author. Unfortunately, Mr. Wellman did not do his homework for this assignment and reread all the earlier novels in the series, with the result that he committed a monumental blunder in returning to life for this story President Carew [i.e. Carthew] of the System Government, who was murdered in Outlaws of the Moon by interplanetary gangsters and the Futuremen framed for the crime. Reprinted in 1966 by Popular Library in paperback.”

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OPUS#269 Doomstar

Title: Doomstar
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1966
Type: NOVEL
「（この作品に登場する）原子力兵器は、生命の源である恒星を、死をもたらす究極の兵器へと変容させるものである。コバルトの同位元素と触媒をおさめた弾頭をつんだ高速ミサイル群が、恒星に打ち込まれる。弾頭は恒星のなかに存在するコバルト原子と反応し、極端に不安定な別種の同位元素を作りだす。臨界点を超えるとその核反応は自己増殖をはじめ、恒星は巨大なコバルト爆弾となって、数百万キロの範囲内のすべての生命を死滅させてしまうのである。」-『ＳＦ百科図鑑』
Publications:

  • Doomstar, (Jan 1966, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Belmont, #B50-657, $0.50, 158pp, pb)
  • Doomstar, (Mar 1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Belmont, #B50-857, $0.50, 158pp, pb)
  • Doomstar, (Apr 1979, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Belmont, 0-505-51336-6, $1.25, 158pp, pb) Cover: Attila Hejja
  • Doomstar, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-505-51336-6, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Book Reviews:

  • Janus. 5(1). Spring 1979 (Hank Luttrell)
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OPUS#272 World of Starwolves [SW#3]

Title: World of the Starwolves
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 3
Publications:

  • World of the Starwolves, (1968, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-766, $0.50, 158pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  •  Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • World of the Starwolves, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-02-007766-4, $4.00, ebook)
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by Lester del Rey (1969) in If, October 1969
  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1970) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1970
  •  Analog. 85(1):168. March 1970. (P. Miller)
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. No.191:62. June 1969. (J. Cawthorn)
  • Son of WSFA Journal. 17:3-4. March 1971. (D. Halterman)
  • World of IF. 19(8):147-148. October 1969. (L. del Ley)

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OPUS#271 Closed Worlds [SW#2]

Title: The Closed Worlds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1968
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 2
Publications:

  • The Closed Worlds, (1968, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-701, $0.50, 157pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan

 

  • Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • The Closed Worlds, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-02-107701-4, $4.00, ebook)
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1968

 
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『さいはてのスターウルフ』, 1970.8

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OPUS#270 Weapon from Beyond, The [SW#1]

Title: The Weapon from Beyond
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1967
Type: NOVEL
Series: Starwolf
Series Number: 1
Publications:

  • The Weapon From Beyond, (1967, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #G-639, $0.50, 158pp, pb) Cover: Jack Gaughan
  • Starwolf, (Oct 1982, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78422-4, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Sep 1984, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78423-2, $3.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (Jul 1985, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Hamlyn (Venture SF #05), 0-09-940030-8, £2.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: Eddie Jones
  • Starwolf, (Jun 1986, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78424-0, $4.50, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • Starwolf, (May 1990, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni) Cover: David Schleinkofer
  • The Weapon From Beyond, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-299-45017-2, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolf, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, 0-441-78425-9, $4.95, 456pp, pb, omni)

Reviews:

  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, September 1968
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. No.176:64. Oct. 1967. (J. Cawthorn)

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OPUS#260 Haunted Stars, The

OPUS: #260
Title: The Haunted Stars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1960
Type: NOVEL
Publications:

  • The Haunted Stars, (Mar 1960, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil / SFBC, $1.20, 192pp, hc)
  • The Haunted Stars, (Mar 1960, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil, $2.95, 192pp, hc)
  • The Haunted Stars, (Mar 1960, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, C$3.50, 192pp, hc)
  • in: Tyrone Daily Herald, May-August, 1961 [info]
  • in:Reading Eagle (Sunday Eagle : Book of the Week), Aug. 20-Oct. 22, 1961,  [ebook]
  • in: Brooklyn Daily, []-[], 1961.
  • in: The Daily Courier, []-[], 1961.
  • The Haunted Stars, (Feb 1962, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Pyramid Books, #F-698, $0.40, 159pp, pb) Cover: V. Kandinsky
  • The Haunted Stars, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Herbert Jenkins, 12/6, 174pp, hc) Cover: Brian Lewis
  • The Haunted Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-5150-0698-5, $4.00, ebook) Cover: V. Kandinsky
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Reviews:

  • Review by S. E. Cotts (1960) in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, July 1960
  • Review by uncredited (1960) in New Frontiers, vol. 1, no. 3, August 1960, p. 45-46.
  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1960) in Analog Science Fact -> Fiction, November 1960
  • Review by Floyd C. Gale (1963) in Galaxy Magazine, April 1963
  • Review by Donald Malcolm (1965) in Vector 33
  • Amazing. 34(7):137. July 1960. (S. Cotts)
  • Analog. 66(3):167-168. November 1960. (P. Miller)
  • Books & Bookmen. 10:31. Sept., 1965.
  • Galaxy. 21(4):156-157. April 1963. (F. Gale)
  • Punch. 248:5. Apr. 7. 1965.
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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#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