Men of the Morning Star & Planet for Plunder
The feel-good place to buy books
Men of the Morning Star & Planet for Plunder by Hal Clement
Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, Men of the Morning Star is an other-worldly thriller by sci-fi master, Edmond Hamilton. Who were these strange other-worldly creatures-and what was the mysterious secret of their shadow world in the vast depths of an alien ocean? Kerrick would try to find the answers and more-even if it ultimately led to his death Edmond Hamilton was one of the best known writers in the field of science fiction during the talent-rich 20th Century. Men of the Morning Star is another one of his buckle-your-seatbelts interplanetary joy rides. The second novel, Planet for Plunder is by two noted Sci-fi veterans, Hal Clement and Sam Merwin, Jr. There was an alien spaceship over the Earth. The alien's mission was grim, purposeful and scientific. When a giant poacher ship was seen hovering over the Earth, the alien put his own ship on an intercept course. His mission.to stop the poachers from despoiling the planet. However, he was too late. When he arrived the poacher was gone-but what was this strange race of oxygen-dependent creatures on the surface of the planet? It was only natural that he should mistake men for machines and machines for men. Earth's terrible predicament was not of his making, but if left unchecked, it could destroy mankind.
Hamilton, Edmond: - Edmond Moore Hamilton (1904 - 1977) was an American writer of science fiction during the mid-twentieth century. Edmond Hamilton's career as a science fiction writer began with the publication of The Monster God of Mamurth, a short story, in the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales-now a classic magazine of alternative fiction. Hamilton quickly became a central member of the remarkable group of Weird Tales writers assembled by editor Farnsworth Wright, that included H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Weird Tales would publish 79 works of fiction by Hamilton from 1926 to 1948, making him one of the magazine's most prolific contributors. Hamilton became a friend and associate of several Weird Tales veterans, including E. Hoffmann Price and Otis Adelbert Kline; most notably, he struck up a 20-year friendship with close contemporary Jack Williamson, as Williamson records in his 1984 autobiography Wonder's Child. In the late 1930s Weird Tales printed several striking fantasy tales by Hamilton, most notably He That Hath Wings (July 1938), one of his most popular and frequently-reprinted pieces. Hamilton is wrote one of the first hardcover compilations of what would eventually come to be known as the science fiction genre, The Horror on The Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror (1936). The book compiles the following stories: The Horror on the Asteroid, The Accursed Galaxy, The Man Who Saw Everything (The Man With the X-Ray Eyes), The Earth-Brain, The Monster-God of Mamurth and The Man Who Evolved. On July 18, 2009, Kinsman, Ohio, celebrated Edmond Hamilton Day, honoring 'The Dean of Science Fiction' and Kinsman resident.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781612870182 |
| ISBN 10 | 161287018X |
| Title | Men of the Morning Star & Planet for Plunder |
| Author | Hal Clement |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Armchair Fiction & Music |
| Year published | 2011-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 218 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |