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This anthology of four short stories, serves as a sort of “greatest hits” from Edmond Hamilton, which includes a diverse lineup of stories. From the intimate, thought-provoking short story, Requiem, to the epic space opera Battle for the Stars. You will also find the odd story of Sunfire! and the classic Noir Detective/Sci-Fi hybrid, Door Into Infinity. Edmond Hamilton was a legend during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His long line of fantastic stories and space operas in epic worlds began with The Monster God of Mamurth, which was published in the magazine Weird Tales in 1926.

The midwestern town of Middletown is the "first strike" of a new super bomb. However, instead of destroying the town, the attack rips a hole in the space-time continuum, sending the town and it's inhabitants to a distant Earth, cold and foreboding. The story of their struggle, survival and ultimate success in rekindling the planet and dealing with the people and aliens of the future, is the stuff of great science fiction. As you listen, see if you agree with the many who think this story was the origin of the Star Wars characters Chewbacca and Leia.

A sci-fi novel by Edmond Hamilton, originally published in 1951. A nuclear war could cause the end of the world, but not really the way you would imagine it! An entirely new kind of atomic bomb explodes over the community of Middletown, but instead of the immediately anticipated destruction, the whole town is sent ahead millions of years into the future! The sun is dying and so is the earth. As for humanity, it will have to try its utmost in order to survive.

Legion of Lazarus is a chilling sci-fi tale where criminals sentenced to death by "the Humane Penalty"—freezing in the vacuum of space—begin to return to life. As the mystery deepens, the story explores the dark consequences of immortality and unchecked power.

A surprise nuclear attack. An unexpected result for one small town, which may witness the end of the world, but in slow motion, not a fireball. A truly unique science fiction tale by Edmond Hamilton, first published in Galaxy Magazine.

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic", The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.

Menschen verändern sich. Sie verändern ihre Gestalt - plötzlich bricht es aus ihnen heraus. Da, wo eben noch Haut war, sprießt plötzlich Haar. Gesichter, eben noch menschlich, verformen sich - werden zu entstellten, hässlichen Fratzen, die einem Affen ähneln. Und sie werden brutal. So brutal, dass keiner vor ihrem tief in ihnen brodelnden Zorn mehr in Sicherheit ist.

The Great Lakes have claimed countless thousands of vessels over the course of history, but its biggest and most famous victim was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship of its day to sail the Great Lakes and still the largest to lie below Lake Superior's murky depths. The giant ore freighter was intentionally built "within a foot of the maximum length allowed for passage through the soon-to-be completed Saint Lawrence Seaway."

Other than boasting of having a thousand moons, this nasty planet could only brag of having the most numerous, vicious, mean, death-dealing set of animals ever encountered anywhere. The atmosphere was nice though if you didn't mind the screams of pain constantly in the air. And the most notorious space pirate in the universe has you captive there. Things are not looking good for Lance Kenniston and his Jovian sidekick at the moment.

Since the first appearance of a vampire in Robert Southey’s Thalaba the Destroyer, we mortals have endured a morbid fascination with these peculiar creatures of the night. They come in many forms: charming and seductive; ghastly and terrible. Join us as we explore a number of classic yarns concerning the various guises of the vampire, from Aleksey Tolstoy’s horrifying description of a vampiric family to Robert E. Howard’s tale of a creature loosed from bondage after having been buried for over three centuries. Thank the gods these creatures are fictitious…aren’t they?

"The Stars, My Brothers" (1962) is a science fiction story by Edmond Hamilton. Excerpt: He was afraid - not of the present or the future, but of the past. He was afraid of the thing tagged Reed Kieran, that stiff blind voiceless thing wheeling its slow orbit around the Moon, companion to dead worlds and silent space. Something tiny went wrong, but no one ever knew whether it was in an electric relay or in the brain of the pilot. The pilot was Lieutenant Charles Wandek, UNRC.

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular science-fiction authorduring the "Golden Age" of American science fiction."The Stars, My Brothers" is considered one of his best, and certainly most imaginative, stories. A spaceman is killed in space and frozen. He is left orbiting the space station where he was killed in the hope that a method will be found to bring him back to life. That day finally comes a hundred years later when he awakens to a very different world.

Curiosity stirred as they inched forward. Then sharp wonder took over. They stood at the edge of a perfectly circular clear space in the hushed green glade. In the center of the sun-lit circle lay a low square dais of dazzling crystal. On the dais stood a low copper couch with strangely carved sides. And on the couch, wrapped in a robe of golden cloth, ornamented with black figures, lay the motionless figure of a man. They stood wide-eyed in fearful awe.

„Wir müssen jetzt ganz vorsichtig sein. Nur eine falsche Zündung, und es zerreißt uns", keuchte Captain Future. Die gewaltigen Energiemengen schafften es, das Raumboot aus den Strömungen des Strudels hinauszureißen!

Captain Future ist sich sicher, eine weitere Spur entdeckt zu haben, die ihn hinter die Machenschaften von Doktor Zarro führen kann. Dafür muss er mit der Future-Crew zum Cerberus reisen. Dort liegt das gefährlichste Gefängnis unseres Sonnensystems. Die dunkle Festung wird zu einer neuen Bedrohung für Future und seine Männer, denn auch hier warten tödliche Gefahren auf ihn, die bisher kein Sterblicher jemals zuvor überlebt hat.

Er weiß es nicht. Und eben diese Unentschlossenheit ist es, die sich sein Gegner, Doktor Zarro, zunutze machen will. Future muss herausfinden, wie er die verloren gegangenen Spuren wieder aufnehmen kann. Und er weiß, dass die "Welt der Illusionen" für ihn zu einer tödlichen Gefahr werden kann.

Captain Future ist zurück! Und er muss erneut die Erde retten, denn ein toter Stern droht auf die Erde zu fallen! Eine neue, bisher vollkommen unbekannte Bedrohung ist dabei, die Kontrolle über das Sonnensystem an sich zu reißen.

Captain Future ist in eine Falle getappt! Ohne zu ahnen, wer sein wahrer Gegner ist, hat er sich einer Gefahr gestellt, die ihn Kopf und Kragen kosten kann. Denn während er gegen eine Übermacht an Feinden kämpft, um die dunkle Bedrohung abzuwehren, die das Sonnensystem unterwerfen will, erhebt sich ein weiterer unberechenbarer Feind: die Legion der Verdammten.

"Ich kenne diese Leute!", ruft Simon, das fliegende das Gehirn. "Das ist Robert Jones, der merkurianische Astronom, und Henry Gellimer, der Astrophysiker von der Erde, und auch ihre Familien! Das sind die vermissten und entführten Wissenschaftler!" "Das ist richtig", bestätigt Doktor Zarro grimmig und bringt Captain Future und die Future-Crew somit erneut in tödliche Gefahr. Denn er hat nur noch ein Ziel: Future und seine Freunde zu vernichten, koste es, was es wolle.