Stark and the Star Kings.Stark and the Star Kings Edmond 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. and Leigh Brackett Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915, in Los Angeles, California – March 18, 1978) was a writer of science fiction, mystery novels and — best known to the general public — Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo Haffner Press 5005 Crooks Road Suite 35, Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 60,062. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby. 48073-1239 1893887162 $45.00 www.haffnerpress.com Featuring a handful of black-and-white illustrations by Alex Ebel, Stark and the Star Kings is a science fiction epic anthology set 200,000 years in the future. Written by Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett, two classic science fiction authors Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate, or did not work in that genre. There is also a considerable overlap with the List of fantasy authors, since many authors are equally comfortable who become married in 1946, Stark and the Star Kings features an ordinary 20th century man who is ripped from his humdrum life to exchange bodies with a prince wrapped in a treacherous plot against the Star Kings; Eric John Stark Erik John Stark is a character created by science fiction author Leigh Brackett. Stark is the hero of a series of pulp adventures set in a time when the Solar System has been colonized. , a larger-than-life mercenary forged in the heat of Mercury and tempered in the desert of Mars; and the only formally collaborated story of Hamilton and Brackett, in which Brackett's Stark meets Hamilton's Star Kings and desperately strives to persuade them to halt their political games long enough to save the universe from doom. A "must-have" omnibus collection especially recommended for golden age science fiction fans. |
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