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OPUS#033 World Atavism

OPUS: #033
Title: World Atavism
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Note: Amazing Stories, August 1930, illustrated by Frank R. Paul.
“The Sun’s rays have been credited with many beneficial powers. It is a universally conceded fact that the sun is necessary to good health; not only because of its warmth-giving rays, but also because of some other element, directly a health-giving factor, which has since been more or less successfully duplicated in the laboratory – in the form of Alpine lamps and what not. It is also said, however, that there are certain properties in the rays of the sun which might be used as life^giving rays. As far as we know, nothing definite has been established on this score yet. Who knows what other helpful possibilities are hidden in the various ether vibrations produced by the sun? Edmond Hamilton has a brand new idea, which he elaborates and weaves into a fascinating story of scientific fiction Certainly it seems to us to be of absorbing interest.”
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 5, no.5, August 1930, (Aug 1930, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Experimenter Publications, Inc., $0.25, 96pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: H. W. Wesso; Illust: Paul
  • Science Fiction Classics, No. 3, Winter 1967, (1967, ed. Ralph Adris, publ. Magazine Productions, $0.50, 130pp, digest, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey
  • 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 (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume05Number05
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OPUS#032 Second Satellite, The

OPUS: #032
Title: The Second Satellite
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
“Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human cows of Earth’s Second Satellite”
“The city of the frog-men!”

Publications:

  • Astounding Stories of Super-Science, Vol. 3, no. 2, August 1930, (Aug 1930, ed. Harry Bates, publ. Publishers’ Fiscal Corp, $0.20, 144pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 175-191 Cover: H. W. Wesso; illustrated by J. Fleming Gould.
  • Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930, (Aug 2009, ed. Harry Bates, Project Gutenberg, publ. Project Gutenberg, #29768, ebook, anth) Cover: H. W. Wesso
  • 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)
  • Short Science Fiction Collection 026, (Sep 2009, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, audio (MP3), anth)

Reviews:

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

ebook: http://manybooks.net/titles/various2976829768-8.html
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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#029 Universe Wreckers, The

OPUS: #029
Title: The Universe Wreckers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novel
“We sat against in our chairs before the control-panel, whitely to my left, gazing through the big window before us … soaring past the limits of earth’s atmosphere.” – May 1930
“That globe of metal, Marlin – it hears him, answers him! The thing must be alive!” – June 1930
“In an instant Marlin and I had clambered to the drifting cylinder’s edge and to the open outside door” — July 1930
Magazine Appearances:
The Universe Wreckers (Part 1 of 3) (1930) – Edmond Hamilton
The Universe Wreckers (Part 2 of 3) (1930) – Edmond Hamilton
The Universe Wreckers (Part 3 of 3) (1930) – Edmond Hamilton
Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 5, no. 2, May 1930, (May 1930, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Experimenter Publications, Inc., $0.25, 100pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey; Illust : Wesso
  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 5, no. 3, June 1930, (Jun 1930, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Experimenter Publications, Inc., $0.25, 96pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: Leo Morey; Illust : Wesso
  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 5, no. 4, July 1930, (Jul 1930, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Experimenter Publications, Inc., $0.25, 100pp, Bedsheet, magazine) Cover: L. Morey; Illust : Wesso
  • 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 (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume05Number02
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OPUS#027 Murder in the Clinic, The [CC#2]

OPUS: #027
Title: The Murder in the Clinic
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Series: Charlie Carton
Series number: #2
“Are you a detective? Have you a talent for deduction? Then see if you can name the murderer in this story.”
“In “The Invisible Master,” Edmond Hamilton created one of the finest detective stories of the year. But he has surpassed himself in the present tale of a sinister murder. Science, a simple yet baffling plot, rapid action and clever deduction are all combined to make a story which will keep you excited and mystified until the very end of the last chapter.
We read of the scientific discoveries and technic that Edmond Hamilton describes, we see a accounts of these things in the papers every day. Yet the potential dangers to civilized society are disregarded and we have no means of knowing haw many scientific criminals escape the meshes of the police nets. The events Mr. Hamilton describes my have happened – may be happening now – may happen tomorrow. Only the cleverest detective, well versed in modern science, can cope with the educated, and scientific, menace to society.”
Publication:

  • Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #5, May 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger), pp. 390-399. Illustrated by W.
  • Murder in the Clinic, (1946, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Utopian Publications, #7, 1/-, 36pp, ph, coll)
  • The Invisible Master, (2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Black Dog Books,  1-928619-12-6, $6.00, 75pp, ph, coll), pp. 41-75. Cover by Tom Roberts.
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OPUS#025 Invisible Master, The [CC#1]

OPUS: #025
Title: The Invisible Master
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1930
Type: novelette
Series: Charlie Carton
Series number: #1
“A thousand alarms are pouring into Police Headquarters! The Invisible Master broods over the city! Who is He? We defy the reader to guess the secret. Even the editorial staff was astounded at the conclusion of this scientific yarn.”
“If you were to ask us which, in our opinion, is the greatest scientific detective story of the year, we certainly would pronounce the present story to be that unusual gem.
Here is a story that will keep you fascinated, not only in connection with its excellence of science, understandable by everyone, but by the fast-moving action for which this well-known author is famous.
Invisibility in this sort of story is perhaps not a new idea; but we venture to say that no one can foretell the O. Henry-like ending, which is as unexpected as it is dramatic.”
Publications:

  • Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #4, April 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by Paul) , pp. 300-313. Illustrated by J. Ruger.
  • The Invisible Master, (2000, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Black Dog Books,  1-928619-12-6, $6.00, 75pp, ph, coll), pp. 5-40. Cover by Tom Roberts.

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OPUS#020 Cities in the Air

OPUS: #020
Title: Cities in the Air
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novel
“Our gunners, following the orders of the First Air Chief, were concentrating their fire on the European column’s head, there in the ocean’s green depth.” – Nov. 1929
“Now our line turned like a wheeling snake, high in the air and was rushing back upon the circle of our enemies. And as our long line of mighty cities whirled past them all our batteries were thundering.” – Dec. 1929
Magazine Appearances:

  • Cities in the Air (Part 1 of 2) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton
  • Cities in the Air (Part 2 of 2) (1929) – Edmond Hamilton

Publications:

  • Air Wonder Stories, Vol. 1, no. 5, November 1929, (Nov 1929, ed. Hugo Gernsback, publ. Stellar Publications, $0.25, 96pp, magazine), pp. 390-411. Cover: Frank R. Paul; illustrated by Frank R. Paul and unsigned.
  • Air Wonder Stories, Vol. 1, no. 6, December 1929, (Dec 1929, ed. Hugo Gernsback, publ. Stellar Publications, $0.25, 96pp, magazine), pp. 534-554. Cover: Frank R. Paul; illustrated by Frank R. Paul and unsigned.
  • 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 (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: http://www.pulpmags.org/air_wonder_page.html
ebook: http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2610
ebook of part 1: https://archive.org/details/Air_Wonder_Stories_v01n05_1929-11
ebook of part 2: https://archive.org/details/Air_Wonder_Stories_v01n06_1929-12.Stellar_bogof39-cape1736

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OPUS#019 Hidden World

OPUS: #019
Title: The Hidden World
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1929
Type: novel
“And as it appeared I could see by that inset white spot of light, that the great dazzling column was slowly turning, like a solid revolving shaft!” – Science Wonder Quarterly
“Arnold Vance and three other scientists seek to outguess a battling phenomenon, and find themselves prisoners of an Earth withing Earth!” – Fantastic Story Quarterly
Chapter 1 Blue Lights
Chapter 2 The Spheres from Below
Chapter 3 The Things fo Fleash!
Chapter 4 Down the Shaft
Chapter 5 A World of Wonders
Chapter 6 The Origin of the Hidden World
Chapter 7 How the Hidden World Evolved
Chapter 8 Intervention of Fate
Chapter 9 The Doom of a World
Publications:

  • Science Wonder Quarterly, Vol. 1, no. 1, Fall 1929, (Oct 1929, ed. Hugo Gernsback, publ. Stellar Publishing Corporation, $0.50, 148pp, Bedsheet, magazine), pp. 84-129, 135 Cover: Frank R. Paul;  illustrated by Frank R. Paul
  • Fantastic Story Quarterly, Vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 1950, (Apr 1950, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Best Books, Inc., $0.25, 164pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 11-60  illustrated by Virgil Finlay
  • 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 (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years

ebook: http://www.haffnerpress.com/story/the-hidden-world-contents/
ebook: http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2609