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Prime Press
Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It published a number of interesting science fiction books in its brief four-year lifespan. It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Williams, Alfred C. Prime, and Armand E. Waldo who were all members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society (PSFS). The founders originally intended that the press focus on writers living in the Philadelphia area or associated with PSFS. In 1950, Prime and Waldo asked Williams and Train to buy them out. Williams died suddenly in 1951. Train was unable to continue the press on his own. Their next book was to have been ''Lost Continents'', by L. Sprague de Camp. Prime had printed the signatures, but handed the project off to Gnome Press who bound them with a new title page. Works published by Prime Press * '' The Mislaid Charm'', by Alexander M. Phillips (1947) * ''Venus Equilateral'', by George O. Smith (1947) * ''Equality; or, A Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bechdolt
John Ernest Bechdolt (July 13, 1884 – December 28, 1954) was an American short story writer, novelist, and journalist. He wrote under the name Jack Bechdolt as well as his full name. He worked for the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' from 1909 to 1916, after which he moved to New York City, where he worked for Munsey Publications for a year before freelancing. His first novel, '' The Torch'', was serialized in the magazine '' Argosy'' in 1920. Several of his stories were adapted into films. image:Jack Bechdolt illustration.png, Image taken from ''The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men'' by Jack Bechdolt, listed in the book as a member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club. The man in the background is Seattle businessman F. S. Roddy. Bechdolt served as a solicitor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 1910. During that time, he was also drawing; he was listed as a member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club in their 1911 book ''The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolf Leader
''The Wolf Leader'' is an English translation by Alfred Allinson of ''Le Meneur de loups'', an 1857 fantasy novel by Alexandre Dumas. Allinson's translation was first published in London by Methuen in 1904 under the title ''The Wolf-Leader''; the first American edition, edited and somewhat cut by L. Sprague de Camp and illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, was issued under the present title by Prime Press in 1950. The text was also serialized in eight parts in the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in the issues for August 1931 to March 1932. Plot summary ''Le Meneur de Loups'' is set around 1780 in Dumas' native town of Villers-Cotterêts, and is supposedly based on a local folk-tale Dumas heard as a child. The story concerns Thibault, a shoe-maker, who is beaten by the gamekeeper of the Lord of Vez for interfering with the lord's hunting. Afterwards he encounters a huge wolf, walking on its hind legs like a man, who offers him vengeance; Thibault may wish harm on any person in return for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomad (novel)
''Nomad'' is a science fiction novel by American writer George O. Smith. It was first published in book form in 1950 by Prime Press in an edition of 2,500 copies. The novel was originally serialized in three parts in the magazine ''Astounding'' beginning in December 1944, under Smith's pseudonym, Wesley Long. Plot introduction The novel concerns Guy Maynard, of Earth, who is rescued from his Martian captors by Thomakein of the planet Ertene, an invisible wandering planet. After spending time on Ertene, Maynard returns to Earth where he uses the knowledge he gained to launch an invasion against the newly discovered planet Mephisto. He returns to Earth a hero, but is later court martialed and driven from the Galactic Patrol. He seeks refuge on Ertene by impersonating their ruler. When he is discovered, he flees to Mephisto and there raises an army enabling him to conquer the Solar system becoming its emperor. Reception Willy Ley gave the novel a mixed review, praising it as "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incomplete Enchanter
''The Incomplete Enchanter'' is a collection of two fantasy novellas by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the first volume in their Harold Shea series. The pieces were originally published in the magazine ''Unknown'' in the issues for May and August 1940. The collection was first published in hardcover by Henry Holt and Company in 1941 and in paperback by Pyramid Books in 1960. Summary The Harold Shea stories are parallel world tales in which magic exists in separate universes which coexist with our own, and which can be reached by aligning one's mind to them by a system of symbolic logic. The worlds are based on the mythologies, legends, and literary fantasies of our world. In the stories collected as ''The Incomplete Enchanter'', the authors' protagonist Harold Shea visits two such worlds, that of Norse mythology and that of Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene''. Contents *"The Roaring Trumpet" *"The Mathematics of Magic" Reception Reviewing the 1950 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Griffith (writer)
Mary Griffith (1772–1846) was an American writer, horticulturist and scientist. She published the results of her research in scientific and literary journals, as well as newspapers. She also published several novels and stories, including '' Camperdown, or News from Our Neighborhood'' (1836), as well as ''Three Hundred Years Hence'', the first known utopian novel by an American woman. Biography Mary Corre was born in 1772. Her father was Joseph Corré, who emigrated from France in 1776. He served as a cook to Major Richard Crewe of the British 17th Light Dragoons. Within a few months in October 1776, Joseph established his own confectionery and catering business in New York City, which expanded to include a hotel, tavern, ice cream shop and two theaters. He was self-promoted and innovative, which allowed him to excel in the social scene. This allowed for his daughter Mary to marry a socialite, John Griffith (1768–1815), a wealthy New York City merchant. John's family had c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Hundred Years Hence
''Three Hundred Years Hence'' is a utopian science fiction novel by author Mary Griffith, published in 1836. It is the first known utopian novel written by an American woman. The novel was originally published in 1836 as part of Griffith's collection, ''Camperdown, or News from Our Neighborhood'', and later published by Prime Press in 1950 in an edition of 300 copies. Plot introduction The novel concerns a hero who falls into a deep sleep and awakens in the Utopian states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Influences and successors Writers of utopian fiction generally need to set their imagined societies either in a remote place (as in Sir Thomas More's original ''Utopia'' and many imitators), or in a different time. Griffith's story was likely inspired by '' Memoirs of the Year 2500'' by French writer Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Griffith was however the earliest American writer to project her protagonist into the future to encounter a vastly improved social order. Many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eternal Conflict
''The Eternal Conflict'' is a fantasy novel by author David H. Keller, M.D. It was first published in 1949 by Prime Press Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It published a number of interesting science fiction books in its brief four-year lifespan. It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Will ... in an edition of 400 copies, all of which were signed, numbered and slipcased. The novel was originally serialized in French in ''Le Primaires'' under the title ''Le Duel Sans Fin'', in 1939. Plot introduction The novel concerns two conflicts. One is between the sexes, the other in a woman's mind. References * * 1949 American novels American fantasy novels Novels first published in serial form {{1940s-fantasy-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson S
Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a libretto by Alan Pryce-Jones * Nelson (band), an American rock band * ''Nelson'', a 2010 album by Paolo Conte People * Nelson (surname), including a list of people with the name * Nelson (given name), including a list of people with the name * Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral * Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president Fictional characters * Alice Nelson, the housekeeper on the TV series ''The Brady Bunch'' * Dave Nelson, a main character on the TV series ''NewsRadio'' * Emma Nelson, on the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Foggy Nelson, law partner of Matt Murdock in the Marvel Comic Universe * Greg Nelson, on the American soap opera ''All My Children'' * Harriman Nelson, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exiles Of Time
''Exiles of Time'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Nelson S. Bond. It was first published in book form in 1949 by Prime Press in an edition of 2,112 copies, of which 112 were signed, numbered and slipcased. The novel first appeared in the magazine '' Blue Book'' in May 1940. Plot introduction After a strange bloodstone amulet is found in an ancient Arabian tomb by archaeologists, the native employees of the expedition attack the others when they refuse to leave. One of the archaeologists, Lance Vidor, seeks refuge in the tomb, where he is transported to a different point in the time circle of Earth. Vidor finds others who have been summoned to the time period for the purpose of saving the Earth from an oncoming comet. Reception P. Schuyler Miller, calling Bond a "born storyteller," declared the novel "may be corn to the elect, but it will probably be more like corn squeezins to the neophytes." Fanzine A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eando Binder
Eando Binder is a pen name used by two mid-20th-century science fiction authors, Earl Andrew Binder (1904–1965) and his brother Otto Binder (1911–1974). The name is derived from their first initials ''(E and O Binder).'' Under the Eando name, the Binders wrote some published science fiction, including stories featuring a heroic robot named Adam Link. The first Adam Link story, published in 1939, is titled ''I, Robot''. By 1939, Otto had taken over all of the writing, leaving Earl to act as his literary agent. Under his own name, Otto wrote for the Captain Marvel line of comic books published by Fawcett Comics (1941–1953) and the Superman line for Detective Comics (1948–1969), as well as numerous other publishers, with credited stories numbering over 4400. The pen-name Eando Binder is also credited with over 160 comic book stories. Otto Binder was born in Chicago and moved to New York in 1936. He worked as a literary agent for Otis Adelbert Kline for a year, then becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lords Of Creation
''Lords of Creation'' is a science fiction novel by American author Eando Binder (combined pseudonym for American brothers Earl and Otto Binder). It was first published in book form in 1949 by Prime Press Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It published a number of interesting science fiction books in its brief four-year lifespan. It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Will ... in an edition of 2,112 copies, of which 112 were signed, numbered and slipcased. The novel was originally serialized in six parts in the magazine '' Argosy'' beginning September 23, 1939. Plot summary Homer Ellory awakes in the year 5000 AD after sleeping for 3,000 years and discovers the Earth in a state of barbarism. He befriends the people of North America who have been conquered by the Antarkans. Ellory leads a revolt, but is captured by the Antarkans, imprisoned in the Antarkan city of Lillamra and sentenced to death. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
