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OPUS#084 Intelligence Undying

OPUS: #084
Title: Intelligence Undying
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
「自分の記憶と知識を新生児に移植することで、世代を超えた人生を送りつける科学者を描いた」 – 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. 140

“In this story, we read about a succession of generations, extending through the centuries. It presents a most impressive picture for the future of our world, as the generations carry the message of extraordinary and increasing intelligence down through the ages.” — AMZ 10(9)

“How would you like to live forever? Or have at least a part of you live forever? Naturally, the world would be lucky to have you around so long, you being so loaded with smarts, and all. But maybe everyone would come to depend too much on your venerable and constant support. Would it be a blessing or a curse? Can there be too much of a good thing? Read on.”–Fantastic, Vol. 27, no. 5

Publications:

  • Amazing Stories, Vol. 10, no. 9, April 1936, (Apr 1936, ed. T. O’Conor Sloane, publ. Teck Publications, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine), pp. 13-26. Cover: Leo Morey; illustrated by Leo Morey
  • Amazing Stories, April 1966, (Apr 1966, ed. Joseph Ross, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $0.50, 196pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 45-63. Cover: Paul , Fuqua , Wesso
  • Fantastic, Vol. 27, no. 5, April 1979, (Apr 1979, ed. Omar Gohagen, publ. Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $1.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine), pp. 18-38.

Reviews:

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

ebook: https://archive.org/details/FantasticV27N05197904

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OPUS#083 Earth Dwellers, The

OPUS: #083
Title: The Earth Dwellers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
Publication:

  • Thrilling Mystery [v2 #3, April 1936] (10¢, 132pp, pulp), pp. 48-53.
  • 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
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OPUS#082 Leopard’s Paw

OPUS: #082
Title: Leopard’s Paw
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: vignette
“The Menacing Threat of Jungle Justice”–TOC
“Jungle Justice Threatened at the Sign of the Leopard’s Paw”

Publication:

  • Popular Detective [v6 #2, March 1936] (15¢, pulp), pp. 81-83.

ebook: https://archive.org/details/PopularDetectiveV06N02193603

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OPUS#081 In the World’s Dusk

OPUS: #081
Title: In the World’s Dusk
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
“A gripping tale of the last survivor of the human race and his attempts to repopulate the world.”
Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 27, no. 3, March 1936, (Mar 1936, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), March 1936
  • The End of the World, (1956, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, publ. Ace, #S-183, $0.25, 159pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • The Last Man on Earth, (Aug 1982, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Fawcett Crest / Ballantine, 0-449-24531-4, $2.95, 352pp, pb, anth) Cover: Wayne Douglas Barlowe
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTales193603ATLPM

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OPUS#080 Ramrod Key Killings, The

OPUS: #080
Title: The Ramrod Key Killings
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1936
Type: short story
Publication:

  • Popular Detective [v6 #1, February 1936] (15¢, pulp), pp. 65-74.
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OPUS#079 Great Brain of Kaldar, The [SM#3]

OPUS: #079
Title: The Great Brain of Kaldar
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: novelette
Series: Stuart Merick (SM)
Series number: #3

“A superb tale of a vampiric monstrosity that fed on the brains of an entire race”–TOC
“A superb tale of distant Kaldar, world of the great star Antares”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 26, no. 6, December 1935, (Dec 1935, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Finlay
  • Weird Tales (Canada), December 1935
  • Pulp Vault, No. 6 (November 1989, ed. Doug Ellis, publ. Tattered Pages Press, $6.00) Cover: Frank Hamilton
  • TO THE STARS-& BEYOND, [1989] *Not yet published
  • Kaldar: World of Antares, (Nov 1998, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-01-4, $55.00, 219pp, hc, coll) Cover: Jon Arfstrom

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n06_1935-12_sas_-783-784_ifcibc

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OPUS#078 Six Sleepers, The

OPUS: #078
Title: The Six Sleepers
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: novelette
Variant title: Tiger Girl
“A gripping tale of super-civilization of the distant future”–TOC
“A fascinating story about six fighting-men, each from a different century who slept through the ages, to awaken at last amid the ruins of a super-civilization of hte future”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 26, no. 4, October 1935, (Oct 1935, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 128pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Napoli
  • Weird Tales (Canada), October 1935
  • Tiger Girl, (1945, ed. Edmond Hamilton, E. Hoffmann Price, publ. Utopian Publications, 1/-, 36pp, ph, anth)

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n04_1935-10

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OPUS#077 Cosmic Pantograph, The

Title: The Cosmic Pantograph
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: short story
“In our March, 1935 issue we published a short story by this favorite author, entitled “The Eternal Cycle.” This tale received much higher acclaim than many of our novels and has been accepted by our readers as a short science-fiction classic.
We do not hesitate to say that you will find the present yarn of at least equal merit to “The Eternal Cycle.” It also presents some brand-new conceptions never before hinted at in science-fiction. And we all know how rare stories like that are.
Though Edmond Hamilton goes, at times (as he does in this story), into the very heights of fantasy, his work at no time becomes illogical or unconvincing. He makes you believe what he is telling you. tearing down all the barriers of conventions and routine, but always making things real and lifelike.
A few minutes from now you will be entering upon a new train of thought, inspiring, enthralling, fantastic.”
“Must man die, as Doctor Robine believers, with his own universe.”
Publications:

  • Wonder Stories, Vol. 7, no. 5, October 1935, (Oct 1935, ed. Hugo Gernsback, $0.25, 128pp, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul; Illust: Paul, pp. 555-559, 623
  • Fantastic Story Magazine, Fall 1951, (Oct 1951, ed. Sam Merwin, Jr., publ. Best Books, Inc., $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine)

Reviews:

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

ebook: http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2611

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OPUS#076 Avenger from Atlantis, The

OPUS: #076
Title: The Avenger from Atlantis
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: novelette
Variant title: The Vengeance of Ulios
“an amazing tale that sweeps across the dusty centuries to our own time”–TOC
“An epic weird tale that begins in ancient Atlantis and sweeps across the centuries through Egypt, Babylon and Rome, up to our own time”

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 26, no. 1, July 1935, (Jul 1935, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 148pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Margaret Brundage; Illust: Binder
  • Weird Tales, (Canada), July 1935
  • The Vengeance of Ulios, The Magic of Atlantis, (Nov 1970, ed. Lin Carter, publ. Lancer, #74699, $0.75, 191pp, pb, anth) Cover: Ron Walotsky
  • Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy # 9: Atlantis, (Jan 1988, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, publ. Signet / New American Library, 0-451-15144-5, $3.95, 349pp, pb, anth) Cover: J. K. Potter

Reviews:

  • Review by uncredited (1935) in Fantasy Magazine, July 1935

ebook: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n01_1935-07_ATLPM-Sas

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OPUS#075 Accursed Galaxy, The

OPUS: #075
Title: The Accursed Galaxy
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1935
Type: short story
“Now at last we know why all the other galaxies are fleeing from ours!”-TOC
“In which we hear a tale of eternal punishment which came from space”

Publications:

  • Astounding Stories, Vol. 15, no. 5, July 1935, (Jul 1935, ed. F. Orlin Tremaine, publ. Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Howard V. Brown; illustrated by Elliot Dold Jr.
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (1936, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Philip Allan, 2/6, 256pp, hc, coll)
  • Before the Golden Age, (1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Robson Books, 0-903895-28-5, £5.95, xix+986pp, hc, anth) Cover: Timothy Jaques
  • Before the Golden Age, (Apr 1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-02419-3, $16.95, xix+986pp, hc, anth) Cover: Tim Lewis
  • Before the Golden Age, (May 1974, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, #6173, $4.50, xvi+912pp, hc, anth) Cover: Tim Lewis
  • Before the Golden Age Volume Three, (1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-862-0, £0.75, 287pp, pb, anth)
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (Jun 1975, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Gregg Press, 0-8398-2304-5, $12.50, ix+256pp, hc, coll)
  • Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930’s: Book 3, (Aug 1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, #Q2525, $1.50, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Book 3, (Aug 1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, #Q2525, $1.50, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Apr 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #1561, $2.98, xvii+334pp, hc, coll) Cover: Don Maitz
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Aug 1977, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25900-9, $1.95, xviii+381pp, pb, coll) Cover: H. R. Van Dongen
  • Before the Golden Age Volume Three, (1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-862-0, £0.95, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Book 3, (Jun 1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, 0-449-23593-9, $1.95, 400pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, (1988, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Black Cat / Macdonald & Co, 0-7481-0196-9, £9.95, 828pp, hc, anth)
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, (Nov 2010, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Phoenix Pick, 978-1-60450-489-7, $14.99, 348pp, tp, coll)

Reviews:

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