Edmond Hamilton was one of the original space opera hacks, known as "World Destroyer/Saver" Hamilton. (Hack being used in the purely good sense). If you have a taste for this sort of thing, it's all in good fun, even if his work hasn't aged as well as E. E. ''Doc" Smith. Towards the end of his career he did write several much more "literary" short stories, many of which are collected in "The Best of Edmond Hamilton". [C] == Short Story Collection [CP] == Chapbook (a very short book, or pamphlet) [O] == Omnibus. Includes other books aka == Also known by this other title as == Originally published using this pen name /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com nowherewillyoufindamorewretchedhiveofscumandvillainy-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hamilton, Edmond [Moore] [U.S.A., 10/21/1904-2/1/1977] [husband of Leigh Brackett] The Captain Future Series: Danger Planet [1968] [as Brett Sterling] Outlaw World [1969] Quest Beyond the Stars [1969] Outlaws of the Moon [1969] The Comet Kings [1969] Planets in Peril [1969] Calling Captain Future [1969] Captain Future's Challenge [1969] Galaxy Mission [1969] The Magician of Mars [1969] Captain Future and the Space Emperor [1969] The Starwolf Series: The Weapon from Beyond [1967] The Closed Worlds [1968] World of the Starwolves [1968] The Interstellar Patrol: Outside the Universe [1964] Crashing Suns [1965] [C] Chronicles of the Star Kings [1986] [O] The Star Kings [1949] [aka "Beyond the Moon"] Return to the Stars [1970] The Metal Giants [1933] [CP] The Horror on the Asteroid [1936] [C] Tiger Girl [1945] [CP] Murder in the Clinic [1946] [C] [CP] Tharkol, Lord of the Unknown [1950] A Yank at Valhalla [1950] [aka "The Mosters of Juntonheim"] City at World's End [1951] The Sun Smasher [1959] The Star of Life [1959] The Haunted Stars [1960] Battle for the Stars [1961] The Valley of Creation [1964] Fugitive of the Stars [1965] Doomstar [1966] What It's Like Out There? [1974] [C] The Best of Edmond Hamilton [1977] [C] Captain Future Series by other authors: The Solar Invasion (#2) [1968] [by Manly Wade Wellman] The Tenth Planet (#12) [1969] [by Joseph Samachson writing as Brett Sterling]