Captain Future.Captain FutureEdmond Hamilton Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 - February 1 1977) was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century.[1] Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Haffner Press 5005 Crooks Road, Suite 35, Royal Oak, MI 48073-1239 www.haffnerpress.com 9781893887350, $40.00, www.amazon.com Edmond Hamilton (1926-1977) was a pioneer of American science fiction who began his writing career during the 'Golden Age' of pulp magazines. He sold his first story, 'The Monster-God of Mamorth" to Weird Tales magazine in 1926 and became a prolific contributor to the science fiction pulp magazines of the 30s and 40s. He was writing and getting published through the 1960s, even as the popularity of science fiction action/adventure tales of the kind he specialized in was fading. Now under the deft and expert editorship of Stephen Haffner, Haffner Press is bringing out deluxe editions comprising all of the Edmond Hamilton stories, beginning with "Captain Future", a quintessential science fiction hero who, along with his three companions (a sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive. sen·tient adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. robot, a synthetic android An open platform for cellphones from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Based on Linux, Android includes a library of Java classes for building mobile applications. Android and GPhone , and a disembodied brain kept alive in a serum-case) protected the solar system solar system, the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity. The sun is by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system's total mass. against all manner of villains and menaces. Captain Future was such a popular character that it became the title of one of the many science fiction pulp magazines of the day. Now all those wonderful science fiction adventures of yesteryear yes·ter·year n. 1. The year before the present year. 2. Time past; yore. yes are available in a single 776-page volume. Also very highly recommended for dedicated science fiction fans and made available by Haffner Press is a collection of Edmond Hamilton stories originally published in the pages of Weird Tales magazine (along with two that were published in Amazing Stories Quarterly and one printed in Science Wonder Quarterly): The Collected Edmond Hamilton: Volume One: The Metal Giants And Others (9781893887312, $40.00) and "The Collected Edmond Hamilton: Volume Two: The Star-Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar in·ter·stel·lar adj. Between or among the stars: interstellar gases. interstellar Adjective between or among stars Adj. 1. Patrol" (9781893887336, $40.00). |
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