Category Archives: novella (51-100 pages)

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Worlds to Come (CF#14)

Title: Worlds to Come
Author: Brett Sterling (William Morrison –> Joseph Samachson)
Year: 1943
Type: novella
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 14

“Captain Future and his Valiant Aids Speed to His Rescue of the Sagittarian System – Ready to Lock in the Mortal Combat with Deadly Enemies from Another Dimension!

Publications:

  • Captain Future, Spring 1943, (Apr 1943, ed. Oscar J. Friend, publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 132pp, pulp, magazine)

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OPUS#119 Lake of Life, The

OPUS: #119
Title: The Lake of Life
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1978
Type: novella
“A weird-scientific thrill-tale of adventure, mystery and romance – of the waters of immortality, the strange Red and Black cities, and the dread Guardians that watched eternally over that terribly glowing lake”
Magazine Appearances:
The Lake of Life (Part 1 of 3) (1937) – Edmond Hamilton
“A weird-scientific story replete with thrills, adventure, mystery and romance”
The Lake of Life (Part 2 of 3) (1937) – Edmond Hamilton
The Lake of Life (Part 3 of 3) (1937) – Edmond Hamilton
“A weird-scientific story replete with thrills, adventure, mystery and romance.”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 30, No. 3, September 1937, (Sep 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 30, No. 4, October 1937, (Oct 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  •  Weird Tales, Vol. 30, No. 5, November 1937, (Nov 1937, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • The Lake of Life, (1978, ed. Robert Weinberg, publ. Robert Weinberg (Lost Fantasies #8), $5.50, 80pp, tp, anth) Cover: Marcus Boas

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OPUS#259 Godmen, The

OPUS: #259
Title: The Godmen
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1958
Type: novella
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries : Era of Interstellar Exploration 2300-2621
“Interplanetary science fiction novel”–TOC
“Legends whispered across the galaxy of a race which traveled the eternal cosmos without ships – or any mortal form. Was it legend? Or -”

Publications:

  • Space Travel, Vol. 5, no. 6, November 1958, (Nov 1958, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paul E. Wenzel; Illust : D. Bruce Berry

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Space_Travel_Volume_5_Number_6_

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OPUS#258 Star Hunter, The

OPUS: #258
Title: The Star Hunter
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1958
Type: novella
Note: The Last of The Star Kings
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries
“Interplanetary science fiction novel”–TOC
“Certain death faced Mason if he ventured into the untracked Outer Marches of the galaxy; yet if he didn’t go the galaxy itself would die!”

Publications:

  • Space Travel, Vol. 5, no. 5, September 1958, (Sep 1958, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Paul E. Wenzel
  • The Star Hunter & The Alien, (Jan 2012, ed. Edmond Hamilton, Raymond F. Jones, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #45), 978-1-61287-067-0, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)

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OPUS#257 Planet of Exile

OPUS: #257
Title: Planet of Exile
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1958
Type: novella
“Interplanetary science fiction novel”
“What had become of the Earth Farrow had known? Gone were the proud cities and teeming millions. He found only desolation – and fear!”
Publications:

  • Space Travel, Vol. 5, no. 4, July 1958, (Jul 1958, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Malcolm Smith; Illust : D. Bruce Berry

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Space_Travel_v05n04_1958-07

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OPUS#255 Corridor of the Suns

OPUS: #255
Title: Corridor of the Suns
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1958
Type: novella
variant title: Corridors of the Stars
“was it man’s destiny to bridge the awesome depths between the galaxies? Evers was hunted as a criminal for daring to dream he could find a -.” ill. D. Bruce Berry pp. 6-59
“Evers had found a way to bridge the galactic depths – and for this he must die!”
Publications:

  • Imagination, Vol. 9, no. 2, April 1958, (Apr 1958, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, digest, magazine), pp. 6-59. Cover: Malcolm Smith
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OPUS#254 Men of the Morning Star

OPUS: #254
Title: Men of the Morning Star
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1958
Type: novella
“Who were these strange beings? And what was the secret of their shadow world in alien ocean depths? Did they mean death to Kerrick?”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 5, no. 2, March 1958, (Mar 1958, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Lloyd Rognan
  • Men of the Morning Star / Planet for Plunder, (Apr 2011, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., Hal Clement, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #13), 978-1-61287-018-2, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)

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OPUS#253 Cosmic Looters, The

OPUS: #253
Title: The Cosmic Looters
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1958
Type: novella
“Wyatt knew of the alien peril facing Earth – yet nobody listened to his warning!”-TOC
“Wyatt knew his situation was desperate; he couldn’t stop the alien invasion, and even if he warned Earth – nobody would believe him!”

Publications:

  • Imagination [v9 # 1, No.59, February 1958] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Malcolm Smith), pp. 6-65.
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OPUS#252 Fugitive of the Stars

OPUS: #252
Title: Fugitive of the Stars
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella or novel?
“Many had died in the space wreck, and Jim Horne was being tracked down as a murderer. His escape meant freedom – and a galactic holocaust!”
Publications:

  • Imagination, Vol. 8, no. 6, December 1957, (Dec 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-62. Cover: Malcolm Smith
  • Fugitive of the Stars / Land Beyond the Map, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, Kenneth Bulmer, publ. Ace (Ace Double #M-111), #M-111, $0.45, 116+136pp, dos, omni) Cover: Jerome Podwil , Jack Gaughan
  • Fugitive of the Stars, (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

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OPUS#251 Ship from Infinity, The

OPUS: #251
Title: The Ship from Infinity
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Deep in the void it lurked, a mysterious giant of metal shaped into a vessel so vast it was beyond belief. And those who saw it – died!”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 4, no. 6, November 1957, (Nov 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Lloyd Rognan
  • The Ship from Infinity / Takeoff, (Oct 2011, ed. Edmond Hamilton, C. M. Kornbluth, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #33), 978-1-61287-049-6, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)

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OPUS#249 Cosmic Destroyer, The

OPUS: #249
Title: The Cosmic Destroyer
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type:  novella
“”Barron had two choices: he could leave the Pleiades peacefully, or stay to hunt a girl who – if he found her – would destroy the entire galaxy!”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales [v4 #5, September 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd Rognan), pp. 6-59.

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OPUS#248 World of Never-Men

OPUS: #248
Title: World of Never-Men
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Barker set out on a trail of vengeance that would lead him to retribution–or death. It would also, inevitably, bind him to Mars’ dark secret…”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 4, no. 4, July 1957, (Jul 1957, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Malcolm Smith

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OPUS#247 Sinister Invasion, The

OPUS: #247
Title: The Sinister Invasion
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type: novella
“Birrell rebelled at the idea of becoming a cosmic counter-spy. But he was the one Earthman whom a quick of nature had fitted for the job …”
Publication:

  • Imagination [v8 # 3, No.55, June 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd N. Rognan), pp. 6-60.   illustrated by LNR.
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OPUS#246 Tattooed Man, The

OPUS: #246
Title: The Tattooed Man
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1957
Type: novella
Note: The Last of The Star Kings
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries

“Legend said that somewhere in the depths of space was a world of wealth and power beyond imagination. It was also a world of danger and -”

Publication:

  • Imaginative Tales [v4 #2, March 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Malcolm Smith), pp. 6-65.

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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#244 Last Call for Doomsday

OPUS: #244
Title: Last Call for Doomsday!
Author: S. M. Tenneshaw (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Wales knew life of Earth must end – yet to save humanity meant panic and chaos!”-TOC
“Wales saw men around him become savage beasts, shooting, looting, killing in frantic hysteria. Men without hope, they awaited the -”

Publication:

  • Imagination [v7 # 6, No.52, December 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd N. Rognan)

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OPUS#243 Cosmic Kings, The

OPUS: #243
Title: The Cosmic Kings
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Across the vast reaches of space Bryant fled from the Varkonid warships. There was one place of refuge, a forbidden planet rulled by -”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales [v3 #6, November 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Lloyd Rognan), pp.  8-65.
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OPUS#242 Citadel of the Star Lords

OPUS: #242
Title: Citadel of the Star Lords
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Out of the dark vastness of the void came a conquering horde, incredible and invincible, with Earth’s only weapon – a man from the past!”
Publications:

  • Imagination, Vol. 7, no. 5, October 1956, (Oct 1956, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 8-65. Cover: Lloyd N. Rognan
  • Citadel of the Star Lords / Voyage to Eternity, (Dec 2010, ed. Milton Lesser, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #4), 978-1-61287-003-8, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)
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OPUS#241 Thunder World

OPUS: #241
Title: Thunder World
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Farrel knew his father had made a great scientific discovery – and been killed for it; but revenge would lead him to the perils of – ”

Publications:

  • Imaginative Tales, Vol. 3, no. 4, July 1956, (Jul 1956, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Lloyd Rognan
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OPUS#240 Battle for the Stars

OPUS: #240
Title: Battle for the Stars
Author: Alexander Blade (Edmond Hamilton)
Year: 1956
Type: novella
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries
“Kirk had never seen the distant planet called Earth, yet his squadron was now ordered there – to stem the outbreak of a galactic war!”
“Galactic war led Kirk’s squadron into deep space, to a remote world called Earth!” – TOC
Publications:

  • Imagination [v7 # 3, No.49, June 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Malcolm Smith) , pp. 6-58.
  • Battle for the Stars, (Nov 1961, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil, $2.95, 206pp, hc)
  • Battle for the Stars, (Dec 1961, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Dodd, Mead/Torquil / SFBC, $1.20, iv+206pp, hc)
  • Battle for the Stars, (1963, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Mayflower-Dell, #0480, 3/6, 190pp, pb)
  • Die Heimat der Astronauten, (1964, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Heinemann, 154pp, pb)
  • Battle for the Stars, (Aug 1964, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Paperback Library, #52-311, $0.50, 159pp, pb)
  • Battle for the Stars, (Dec 1967, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Paperback Library, #52-609, $0.50, 159pp, pb)
  • The Nemesis from Terra / Battle for the Stars, (May 1989, Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Tor (Tor Double #8), 0-812-55960-6, $2.95, 107+141pp, dos, omni) Cover: Bryn Barnard , Tony Roberts
  • Battle for the Stars, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-812-55960-6, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • Starwolves and the Interstellar Patrol, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Reviews:

    • Review by Alfred Bester (1962) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22(2):89-90. February 1962
    • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact :  Science Fiction, 69(4):161. June 1962 , reprinted in: Analog Science Fact : Science Fiction, October 1962 (UK), (1962)
    • Review by Orson Scott Card (1989) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989

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OPUS#239 Legion of Lazarus, The

OPUS: #239
Title: The Legion of Lazarus
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1956
Type: novella
“Being expelled from an air lock into deep space was the legal method of execution. But it was also the only way a man could qualify for -.”
Publications:

  • Imagination, Vol. 7, no. 2, April 1956, (Apr 1956, ed. William L. Hamling, publ. Greenleaf Publishing Company, $0.35, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 6-57. Cover: Malcolm Smith
  • The Legion of Lazarus, (May 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Project Gutenberg, #32486, ebook)
  • The Legion of Lazarus: A Classic Tale from the Pulps, (Jun 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Wildside Press, 978-1-4344-0949-2, $6.99, 70pp, tp)
  • The Legion of Lazarus / Star Hunter, (Aug 2011, ed. Edmond Hamilton, Andre Norton, publ. Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #24), 978-1-61287-045-8, $12.95, 216pp, tp, anth)

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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#234 Lords of the Morning

OPUS: #234
Title: Lords of the Morning
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1952
Type: novella
“It was a nightmarish masquerade in time, but Ed Martin tried his best to turn the dream into a reality …”
Publications:

  • Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vol. 40, no. 3, August 1952, (Aug 1952, ed. Samuel Mines, publ. Standard Magazines, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 12-47.  Cover: Emsh; Illust : Alex Schomberg

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/ThrillingWonder-1952aug-00012

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OPUS#228 City at World’s End, The

OPUS: #228
Title: The City at World’s End (Complete Novel)
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1950
Variant Title of: City at World’s End (by Edmond Hamilton)
Type: novella
Note: The Two Thousand Centuries
“At first the people of Middletown thought that the superbomb was only a dud but actually it hurled all their town forward a million years!”
「超原子爆弾の爆発によって、アメリカの小さな町が数百万年後の未来にふきとばされ、住民たちはその時代の地球に人間が住んでいないことを知る。ここで描かれているのは、窮地におちいった人間たちの行動と、彼らが発見する星間文明である。この文明を築いたのは、はるか以前に地球に飛び出した人類で、支配圏を拡大しつづけているうちに、自分たちが地球で生まれた種族であるという意識を完全に失ってしまっている。この地球人類は、発展段階の劣る人間型の種族とコンタクトして、その種族を文明化して銀河連邦の一員にくわえようとしていたのである。」-『ＳＦ百科図鑑』
Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 21, no. 3, July 1950, (Jul 1950, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.25, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey
  • City at World’s End, (Feb 1951, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Frederick Fell, $2.75, 239pp, hc)
  • City at World’s End, (1952, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Museum Press (Science Fiction Club), 9/6, 192pp, hc)
  • City at World’s End, (1954, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Corgi, #T58, 2/-, 221pp, pb) Cover: John Richards
  •  City at World’s End, (Sep 1957, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Fawcett Crest, #s184, $0.35, 160pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers
  • City at World’s End, (Dec 1961, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Crest Books / Fawcett Publications, #s494, $0.35, 160pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers
  • City at World’s End, (1964, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Crest Books / Fawcett World Library, #L758, $0.45, 160pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers
  • City at World’s End, (Jan 1974, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Fawcett Crest, #M2026, $0.95, 160pp, pb) Cover: Paul Lehr
  • City at World’s End, (Jul 1983, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-30987-1, C$3.50, 201pp, pb) Cover: Rick Sternbach
  • City at World’s End, (Jul 1983, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-30987-1, $2.75, 201pp, pb) Cover: Rick Sternbach
  • City at World’s End, (Sep 2007, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Brownstone Books, 1-4344-8567-6, $24.95, 160pp, hc)
  • City at World’s End, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-345-30987-7, $4.00, ebook) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee
  • City at World’s End, (date unknown, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Crest Giant, #s184, $0.50, 160pp, pb) Cover: Richard Powers

Reviews:

  • Review by Jack Kelsey (1951) in Fantasy Advertiser, Volume 5, No. 2,  June 1951
  • Review by The Editors (1951) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1951
  • Review by L. Sprague de Camp (1951) in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1951
  • Review by Groff Conklin (1952) in Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1952
  • Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, June 1965
  • Review by Dick and Nicki Lynch, Chat : newszine of the Chattanooga Science Fiction Association, v1, no. 10, July, 1977
  • Review by Baird Searles (1984) in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 1984
  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 28. “”A much more literate and adult novel than the old World Wrecker’s earlier, cosmos -encompassing efforts, detailing the somewhat startling adventures experienced by a small townful of twentieth century inhabitants suddenly catapulted unexpectedly by the detonation of the ultimate weapon into an incredibly remote future wherein old Sol is a a virtually lifeless cinder and earth is a deserted and well- nigh forgotten world. This is a very well written and interesting novel indeed, though perhaps the sentimental aspects of it were a little overdone for my admittedly somewhat Philistine tastes, with many fascinating alien characters from the far-flung Galactic Confederation of allied worlds that now dominate the universe who come in reply to the stranded Earth-people’s desperate distress call, particularly Gorr Holl, the man-bear mechanic from Capella. He’s a corker. Reprinted in 1951 by Frederick Fell in hardcover, and then in paperback first in 1953 by Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, and then in 1954 by Corgi (England), and again in 1956 by Crest. “
  • Analog. 47(6):142-143. August 1951. (L. de Camp)
  • Galaxy. 3(6):83. March 1952. (G. Conklin)
  • New Worlds Science Fiction. No.18:96. November 1952. (L. Flood)
  • Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. 2(4):83-84. August 1951.(Boucher & McComas)

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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

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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#206 Outlaw World [CF#19]

OPUS: #206
Title: Outlaw World
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1946
Type: novella
Series: Captain Future
Series Number: 19
“On the trail of malevolent space pirates, Curt Newton and the Futuremen combat the evil machinations of the Uranian Ru Ghur, who plans the total destruction of the Universe!”

Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 13, no. 1, Winter 1946, (Jan 1946, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Better Publications, Inc.; Chicago, $0.15, 100pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey; Illust: Orban
  • Startling Stories (Canada), Vol. 13, no. 1, Winter 1946
  • Startling Stories (Canada), No. 1, June 1949
  • Outlaw World, (1969, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Popular Library, #60-2376, $0.60, 126pp, pb) Cover: Frank Frazetta

Reviews:

  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 19. “Edmond Hamilton’s last Captain Future novel, though he wrote several excellent novelettes on the subject for Startling Stories a few years later. This one is a prettyfair entry in the series, concerning the Futuremen’s search for the location of the secret outlaw world whose unscrupulous overlord is plotting a monumental crime coup with the aid of the radium he has been stealing all over the Solar System. Reprinted in 1969 in paperback by Popular Library. “
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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#188 Lost City of Burma

OPUS: #188
Title: Lost City of Burma
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1942
Type: novella
“Deep inside Burma was a great secret! – and when the secret came aout it meant hell for the Japs!”–TOC
“The Japs stormed on until they faced the legendary Flame of Life, then all hell rode the Burma Road”

「ビルマのジャングル深部で、アメリカ人と日本人が、互いに競いあって”生命の炎”を捜す。日本人のほうが先に発見するのだが、彼は”炎”に捕らえられて、戻ることができなくなってしまう。」 – 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. 208
Publications:

  • Fantastic Adventures, Vol. 4, no. 12, December 1942, (Dec 1942, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.25, 244pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: H. W. McCauley

Reviews:

  • Gallagher, Edward J., The Annotated Guide to Fantastic Adventures, Starmont House, 1985, p. 41. “An American and a Jap seek the Flame of Life, an Asian superstition about a fire which confers immortality. The Jap wishes to use the religious force of the Flame to control the Asians, and the American is_trying to stop him. They find a lost city deep in Burma where the Jap enlists the aid of an unsettled faction in penetrating to the land of immortal serpent men who guard the Flame. The Flame is a radioactive geyser, and the Jap becomes immortal and plans to return with his forces. But the American has the last laugh! The immortal men cannot stray far from the Flame without great pain.”

ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68340

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OPUS#187 Through Invisible Barriers

OPUS: #187
Title: Through Invisible Barriers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1942
Type: novella
“Doctor Percival Withers, the Caspar Milquetoast of Physics, Asserts Himself with an Atomic Vengeance When Dastardly Foreign Agents Plot Death to the United Nations!”

Publications:

  • Thrilling Wonder Stories, Vol. 23, no. 1, October 1942, (Oct 1942, ed. Oscar J. Friend, $0.15, 132pp, magazine) Cover: Earle Bergey; Illust: MUR

ebook: https://archive.org/details/ThrillingWonderStoriesV23N01194210

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OPUS#185 Daughter of Thor, The

OPUS: #185
Title: The Daughter of Thor
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1942
Type: novella
“Lust for conquest flushed hot in Nazi breasts – the Norse gods confused it with the glory of combat”–TOC
“With the coming of the Nazi invaders, war came once again to the gods; who loved to fight. But how could they know which was the right side? Should they fight Nazis?”

「この作品で面白いのは、神々は最初、戦争好きなナチの側につくのだが、ナチの虐殺と欺瞞を知るにおよんで、逆の側にまわるという展開だ」 – 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. 208
Publications:

  • Fantastic Adventures, Vol. 4, no. 8, August 1942, (Aug 1942, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.25, 244pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 10-47. Cover: Robert Gibson Jones

Reviews:

  • Gallagher, Edward J., The Annotated Guide to Fantastic Adventures, Starmont House, 1985, p. 207. “An American pilot who has just escaped from a Nazi prison in Norway is fighting one of his pursuers when both men are taken by Brunhild, daughter of Thor, to Valhalla. The robust gods in Valhalla are happy to hear that there is a war on and decide to help the Nazis since the American professes to be peaceloving. As they approach a battle, however, they are appalled by Nazi butchery and trickery, and decide to help the gallant Norse fighting for their homeland.”

ebook: http://www.unz.org/Pub/FantasticAdventures-1942aug-00010
ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=68341

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OPUS#184 Quest in Time, The

OPUS: #184
Title: The Quest in Time
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1942
Type: novella
“She lay in the coffin as one dead; and around her moved the wraiths of dead Cortez and Monterume”–TOC
“There before Nick Clark lay the body of Kay Madison; was she dead, or had she really gone 400 years into Mexico’s past?”

Publications:

  • Fantastic Adventures, Vol. 4, no. 6, June 1942, (Jun 1942, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.25, 244pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Malcolm Smith; Illust : Jay Jackson
  • Science Fantasy, Winter 1971, (1971, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.60, 132pp, digest, magazine)

Reviews:

  • Gallagher, Edward J., The Annotated Guide to Fantastic Adventures, Starmont House, 1985, p. 32. “A Scientist has invented a way of separating the mind from the body and sending it back in time where it can attach itself to and dominate another body. The scientist’s associate talks the scientist into sending him back to look for Montezuma’s treasure, which they will then use for further scientific research. When he doesn’t return, the scientist’s daughter and her fiance follow him and learn that as an Inca prince he is trying to learn the secret of the treasure for his own selfish purposes.”

ebook: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=32174

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OPUS#182 Treasure on Thunder Moon

OPUS: #182
Title: Treasure on Thunder Moon
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1942
Type: novella
“Thunder Moon was the Hell of the solar system, and these men had to brave it in a condemned wreck”-TOC
“It’s hell to be told 37 is too old to fly the void when you know where a great treasure lies”
「現代アメリカの作家エドモンド・ハミルトンの小説「月の宝庫」では、失業した惑星空間の住人－宇宙船の舵手とパイロットが、天王星の衛星の一つに旅行し、そこでおどろくべき物質－他のすべての物体を引っ張るかわりに、それを反ぱつする物体－を発見したことが語られている」ー『宇宙船の旅 : 空飛ぶ実験室』 / M.ワシリエフ 著[他] 共立出版, 1957, p. 26.
「現役を退いた久しい元宇宙探検家たちが、火山と溶岩の衛星、天王星のオベロンへ、太陽系稀鉱石のLeviumを探しに出かける話。活劇ではあるが、かなりしんみりした展開で、なかなか良い味だ」-岡田正也『SF雑誌99の謎』（ネオ・ベム 2014）
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 16, no. 4, April 1942, (Apr 1942, ed. Raymond A. Palmer, publ. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, $0.25, 276pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Robert Fuqua; Illust: Malcom Smith
  • Treasure on Thunder Moon / Trail of the Astrogar Jan 2013 ed. Edmond Hamilton, Henry Hasse Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Double Novel #86) 978-1-61287-134-9, $12.95, 200 tp, anth

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v16n04_1942-04_cape1736_

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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

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OPUS#172 Yank at Valhalla, A

OPUS: #172
Title: A Yank at Valhalla
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1950
Type: novella
Variant Titles: The Monsters of Juntonheim (1950) – Edmond Hamilton
“… American Invades a … Land That Time Forgotten … Finds a Wonder … That Is Forbidden to All Mortals!”–TOC
“The gods knew a science that was older than man … but they looked to the human intruder in order to find their salvation”
Publications:

  • Startling Stories, Vol. 5, no. 1, January 1941, (Jan 1941, ed. Mort Weisinger, publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: E. K. Bergey; Illust: Wesso
  • The Monsters of Juntonheim, (1950, Edmond Hamilton, publ. World Distributors / Sydney Pemberton, 1/6, 160pp, pb)
  • Fantastic Story Magazine, Vol. 5, no. 1, January 1953, (Jan 1953, ed. Samuel Mines, publ. Best Books, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Earle K. Bergey
  • A Yank at Valhalla / The Sun Destroyers, (Mar 1973, Edmond Hamilton, Ross Rocklynne, publ. Ace (Ace Double #93900), #93900, $0.95, 128 + 156pp, dos, omni)
  • A Yank at Valhalla, (2003, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Renaissance E Books, 1-58873-167-7, $4.99, ebook)
  • A Yank at Valhalla, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-0-505-51336-6, $4.00, ebook)
  • King of Stars, (Sep 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, $20.00, ebook, omni) Cover: Doug Chaffee

Reviews:

  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 9. “Excellent mixture of lost race adventure and mythology. Keith Masters discovers a hitherto unexplored region at the North Pole where various prominent figures out of Norse mythology—both the malevolent giants of Jotunheim [i.e. Juntonheim] and the rugged AEsir gods of Asgard—are still alive and well, kept in a state of perpetual immortality by radiations from Muspelheim, the radioactive subterranean world directly beneath their land, from whence all life on Earth originally came. Much of the following plot concerns the escape of Loki, the Norse god of evil, in this version a brilliant but renegade AEsir scientist attempting to harness the forces of nature in order to control first Asgard and then the world, from the seemingly impregnable prison in which his fellow Asgardians have trapped him with his two horrid pets, the Fenris wolf and the Midgard serpent, terrifying monsters endowed with superior size and intelligence by their master’s scientific magic. Due to the machinations of his various allies among the Jotuns, of course, Loki does ultimately escape from his scientifically-induced imprisonment, and from then on the story’s conclusion is well-nigh inevitable. Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods, comes, and the all-too-mortal immortals of Asgard go down to their last defeat, valiantly dragging their enemies with them into the darkness, while the subterranean world of Muspelheim disrupts into final cataclysmic destruction beneath them. Published in paperback first in 1950 as The Monsters of Jotunheim [i.e. Juntonheim] by World Distributors/Sydney Pemberton, Manchester, and then in 1973, under its original title, by Ace as part of a double novel.
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ebook: BookReader

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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

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OPUS#074 Murder at Weed Key

OPUS: #074
Title: Murder at Weed Key
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: novella
Publication:

  • Thrilling Detective [v14 #3, May 1935] ed. Harvey Burns (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp), pp. 12-40.
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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

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OPUS#052 Space-Rocket Murders

OPUS: #052
Title: Space-Rocket Murders
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1932
Type: novella
“Building a ship that will successfully travel across the void and safely land on another body in our vast universe is not the only consideration that should be given the problems of interplanetary travel – when this new dream of scientists is finally realized. It might be well to give some thought to our method of approach and our plan of action, if and when we succeed in reaching another planet – if there should perchance be life and intelligence where we land. Our well-known author gives us in this new amazing story some very vital things to think about.”

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 7, no. 7, October 1932, (Oct 1932, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 100pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey; illustrated by Leo Morey
  • Science Fiction Classics, Fall 1968, (1968, ed. uncredited, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

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OPUS#014 Locked Worlds

OPUS: #014
Title: Locked Worlds
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novella
“On and on we sped, high above the rolling blue plains, beneath the blazing blulsh sun that was slipping down toward the horizon from the zenith … At last our progress seemed to slacken slightly, and as I raised myself from the crouching position which we had assumed on the platform’s floor, I could make cut an outline of great black structures, which could only be a city of some sort.”
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories Quarterly, Vol. 2, no. 2, Spring 1929, (Apr 1929, ed. Arthur H. Lynch, publ. Experimenter Publishing Co., $0.50, 144pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul; , illustrated by Paul and unsigned.
  • Amazing Stories, July 1968, (Jul 1968, ed. Harry Harrison, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 148pp, Digest, magazine)
  • 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 (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_Quarterly_v02n02_1929-Spring_slpn

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OPUS#010 Crashing Suns [IP#1]

OPUS: #010
Title: Crashing Suns
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1965
Type: novella
Series: Interstellar Patrol
Series number: #1
“A two-part tale of a hundred thousand year in the future – when our universe is threatened with destruction”–TOC of part 1
“They had their fire-disks trained upon the engineer.”–Part 1
“Two-part story of a hundred thousand year in the future – our universe is threatened with fiery destruction”–TOC of part 2
“They whirled and struck and fell there in the great gulf between the coldly smiling stars.”–part 2

「アルトと呼ばれる赤い恒星が太陽と激突する危機を回避すべく、星間パトロール隊が調査に赴き、アルトの惑星に住む球状生物に捕縛されるも、この球状生物の途方もないが科学によって、太陽と激突するようアルトの進路が修正された事実をつきとめて脱出し、太陽系の運命をかけて球状生物と宇宙戦をまじえ、ついにアルトの進路を安全なものにかえるという、圧倒的なスケールを誇るスペース・オペラである。ハミルトンの描写がさらに洗練され、語りにスピード感がくわわったことが、本篇の完成度を高めているといえるだろう。ちょうど本篇とほぼ時期を同じくして、バック・ロジャースやスカイラークが発表されているのは、SF史上興味深いことだが、まだこの時期には冥王星が発見されていないことを思いおこせば、今昔の感がひとしお胸をうつ」 — 大瀧啓裕編　『ウィアード』　4　（青心社, 1990） p. 328-329
Magazine Appearances:
Crashing Suns (Part 1 of 2) (1928) – Edmond Hamilton
Crashing Suns (Part 2 of 2) (1928) – Edmond Hamilton

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 12, no. 2, August 1928, (Aug 1928, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Rankin
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 12, no. 3, September 1928, (Sep 1928, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Rankin
  • Crashing Suns, (1965, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Ace, #F-319, $0.40, 192pp, pb, coll)
  • Weird Tales, August 1928 (facsimile), (Nov 2007, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Girasol Collectables, $25.00, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)
  • 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
  • Crashing Suns, (Aug 2008, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Baen, 978-1-4014-0319-5, $4.00, ebook, coll)

Reviews:

  • Review by Robert A. W. Lowndes (1958) in Future Science Fiction, No. 39, October 1958
  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

ebook of part 1: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV12N02192808sasIfcIbc
ebook or part 2: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v12n03_1928-09_ATLPM-Urf

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OPUS#002 Across Space

OPUS: #002
Title: Across Space
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1926
Type: novella
Across Space (Part 1 of 3) (1926) – Edmond Hamilton
Across Space (Part 2 of 3) (1926) – Edmond Hamilton
Across Space (Part 3 of 3) (1926) – Edmond Hamilton
“A shaft of red light stabs the sky, and Mars hurtles in flaming destruction straight toward Earth”-TOC of part 1
“As I whirled around, my eyes met a sight that froze the words on my lips in sheer surprize and terror.”-part 1
“A three-part weird-scientific serial – strange beings in Rano Kao volcano pull the planet Mars from its orbit.”- TOC of part 2
“As I whirled around, my eyes met a sight that froze the words on my lips in sheer, surprize and terror.”-part 2
“A three-part weird-scientific serial – strange beings under Easter Island pull the planet Mars from its orbit”-TOC of part 3
“A great red ray of light stabs across space toward Mars from the crater of Rano Kao volcano on Easter Island, carrying with it the magnetic force of Earth’s northern magnetic pole against the southern magnetic pole of Mars. The red planet is pulled from its orbit and hurtles straight toward Earth.
Dr. Whitley and Professor Allan try to save the Earth from destruction, but are captured by the bat-winged men from Mars who live in the crater of the extinct volcano, and are carried to their city in the bowels of the Earth. There they learn the details of the Martians’ scheme from Dr. Holland, who has been captured years before. The captives plan to escape from their guards (strange, mechanically constructed creatures created by the bat-winged Martians), in a desperate attempt to save the Earth. If they fail – and the chances are a million to one against them – in a few days the atmosphere of Mars will touch that of Earth, and the world will be overrun by Martians flying from their planet to Earth, armed with a crumbling ray to destroy humanity.”-part 3

「九月から三カ月にわたって発表された＜＜宇宙を渡って＞＞シリーズは、この若い作家のあらゆる可能性を示すものだった。売り子が新聞を振り上げながら大声をはりあげている。語り手のアランがふと目をやると、その新聞には大きな活字で”世界の終わり”という見出しが出ている。この時から意外な出来事がはじまるのである。アランはすぐ新聞を買い求めて、公式声明を読む。（中略）けれども衝突は起こらないのである。火星は接近しているのではなかった。実は、地球上には、黎明期以来火星から追放され、地下都市で生活している火星人がいたのである。彼らの科学によって、火星は地球に引き寄せられているのだった。この火星人の存在は、私たちにはまったく知られていない。彼らはイースター島の巨石像に似ている。というのは、この巨石像は、火星人が地球の土を踏んでいた時代の名残りだったのである（イースター島にある巨石像の期限に関して、公認の科学が伏せている新事実を明らかにするのだと主張する作家は少なくなく、この種の馬鹿げた説明は今日ひきもきらぬ有様である）」- 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. 117
「最初に掲載されのは「マムルスの邪神」だが、先に売れたのは「宇宙横断」だった。これは人類が誕生するよりも前に地球に植民していた火星人が、いまも地下の洞窟で生きているという話。彼らは地球を乗っとって、火星を地球近くの軌道まで動かす計画に取りかかっていた。この作品にはハミルトンが十代のころから愛読していたマンジー系雑誌の影響がうかがえるが、彼はその後またたくまに、こうした種類のSFの第一人者としての地位を確立していく。」 – 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. 159
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 8, no. 3, September 1926, (Sep 1926, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, magazine) Cover: E. M. Stevenson; Illust: Olnick
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 8, no. 4, October 1926, (Oct 1926, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, magazine) Cover: C. Barker Petrie, Jr.; Illust: None
  • Weird Tales, Vol. 8, no. 5, November 1926, (Nov 1926, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, magazine) Cover: E. M. Stevenson; Illust: Olnick
  • 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 of part 1: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV08N03192609
ebook of part 2: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV08N03192609
ebook of part 3: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV08N05192611