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OPUS#038 Man Who Evolved, The

Title: The Man Who Evolved
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1931
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: short story
“It was a great brain. It lay in the chambers, its surface ridged and wrinkled by innumerable fine convoluions.” Paul pp. 1266-1277

Publications:

  • Wonder Stories, Vol. 2, no. 11, April 1931, (Apr 1931, ed. Hugo Gernsback, publ. Stellar Publishing, $0.25, 144pp, magazine) Cover: Frank R. Paul; Illustrated by Frank R. Paul
  • The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror, (1936, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Philip Allan, 2/6, 256pp, hc, coll)
  • Startling Stories, Vol. 4, no. 3, November 1940, (Nov 1940, ed. Mort Weisinger, publ. Better Publications, Inc., $0.15, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: E. K. Bergey; Illustrated by Wesso
  • From Off This World, (1949, ed. Leo Margulies, Oscar J. Friend, publ. Merlin Press, $2.95, 430pp, hc, anth) Cover: Virgil Finlay
  • 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 One, (1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-803-5, £0.50, v+223pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Book 1, (Apr 1975, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, #Q2410, $1.50, 380pp, 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)
  • 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, Book 1, (1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Fawcett Crest, 0-449-22913-0, $1.95, 380pp, pb, anth)
  • Before the Golden Age, Volume One, (1978, ed. Isaac Asimov, publ. Orbit, 0-86007-803-5, £0.95, 380pp, 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 Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, (Aug 2010, ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Carol McGuirk, publ. Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6954-7, $85.00, 688pp, hc, anth)
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, (Aug 2010, ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Carol McGuirk, publ. Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6955-4, $39.95, xviii+767pp, tp, anth) Cover: Georges Méliès
  • The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, (Aug 2010, ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans, Carol McGuirk, publ. Wesleyan University Press, 978-0-8195-6954-7, $85.00, 688pp, 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
  • Gammell, Leon L., The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories, Starmont House, 1986, p. 47. “Hall of Fame classic story of the ironic ending to a scientist’s intense quest for the ultimate goal to human evolution, first appeared in Wonder Stories, April, 1931”

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