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Shasta Publishers
Shasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947 by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg, who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area. The name of the press was suggested by Reinsberg in remembrance of a summer job that he and Korshak had held at Mount Shasta. History As science fiction fans and book collectors, Mel Korshak, Mark Reinsberg, Ted Dikty, and Fred Shroyer recognized the need for a comprehensive list of science fiction and fantasy published up to that time. In 1940 they made plans to compile such a list and began writing letters to the readers' letter columns in the science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines, asking for help with the project; a card file was started, as was a manuscript. Unfortunately, these materials were put into storage when Dikty was drafted for service in World War II. After the war, the file and manuscript were unable to be located, and the work would have to b ... [...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] |
Stanley Mullen
Stanley Mullen ( – 1974) was an American artist, short story writer, novelist and publisher. He studied writing at the University of Colorado at Boulder and drawing, painting and lithography at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center where he was accepted as a professional member in 1937. A series of his paintings of Indian ceremonial dances is part of the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum. Mullen worked as assistant curator of the Colorado State Historical Museum during the 1940s. Writing career Mullen wrote over 200 stories and articles in a variety of fields. He became involved with the small press publisher New Collector's Group (co-founded by Paul Dennis O'Connor and Martin Greenberg) before starting his own small press publisher, Gorgon Press, in 1948. Gorgon Press published only one book - Mullen's short story collection ''Moonfoam and Sorceries'' and was also the imprint under which 11 issues of Mullen's fanzine, ''The Gorgon'', were issued His nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond F
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Island Earth (novel)
''This Island Earth'' is a 1952 science fiction novel by American writer Raymond F. Jones. It was first published in ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'' magazine as a serialized set of three novelettes by Jones: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 issue, "The Shroud of Secrecy" in the December 1949 issue, and "The Greater Conflict" in the February 1950 issue. These three stories were later combined into the 1952 novel ''This Island Earth''. It became the basis for the 1955 Universal-International science fiction film also titled ''This Island Earth''. The story revolves around a race of aliens who, in recruiting humans for a group called "Peace Engineers", are actually using Earth as a pawn in an intergalactic war. Both the novel and the film contain some intriguing concepts that had not previously been considered by most science fiction of the era. While the film starts out in a very similar manner to the novel, the film's storyline quickly goes its own way. Plot At Ryberg Instrumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloak Of Aesir
''Cloak of Aesir'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer John W. Campbell, Jr. It was published in 1952 by Shasta Publishers Shasta Publishers was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947 by Erle Melvin Korshak, T. E. Dikty, and Mark Reinsberg, who were all science fiction fans from the Chicago area. The name of the press was ... in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the magazine ''Astounding SF'' under Campbell's pseudonym Don A. Stuart. Contents * Introduction * "Forgetfulness" * "The Escape" * "The Machine" * "The Invaders" * "Rebellion" * "Out of Night" * "Cloak of Aesir" Six of the seven stories were later included in the 1976 collection ''The Best of John W. Campbell'' (Ballantine/Del Rey). Reception Writing in ''The New York Times'', J. Francis McComas "warmly recommended" ''Cloak of Aesir'', noting that "none of these stories follows its chosen path to an expected destin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Hills Of Earth (short Story Collection)
''The Green Hills of Earth'' is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1951, including short stories published as early as 1941. The stories are part of Heinlein's Future History. The title story is the tale of an old space mariner reflecting upon his planet of birth. According to an acknowledgement at the beginning of the book, the phrase "the green hills of Earth" is derived from a story by C. L. Moore. Contents The short stories are as follows, in the order they appear in the book: *" Delilah and the Space Rigger" (1949; originally published in ''Blue Book'') *"Space Jockey" (1947; originally published in ''The Saturday Evening Post'') *"The Long Watch" (1949; originally published in '' The American Legion Magazine'') *" Gentlemen, Be Seated!" (1948; originally published in ''Argosy Magazine'') *"The Black Pits of Luna" (1948; originally published in ''The Saturday Evening Post'') *"It's Great to Be Back!" (1947; orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906 – March 11, 1972) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer.D. J. McReynolds, "The Short Fiction of Fredric Brown" in Frank N. Magill, (ed.) ''Survey of Science Fiction Literature'', Vol. 4. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1979. (pp. 1954–1957). He is known for his use of humor and for his mastery of the " short short" form—stories of 1 to 3 pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. Humor and a postmodern outlook carried over into his novels as well. One of his stories, "Arena", was adapted to a 1967 episode of the American television series ''Star Trek''. According to his wife, Fredric Brown hated to write. So he did everything he could to avoid it. He'd play his flute, challenge a friend to a game of chess, or tease Ming Tah, his Siamese cat. If Brown had trouble working out a certain story, he would hop on a long bus trip and just sit and think and plot for days on end. When Brown fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space On My Hands
''Space on My Hands'' is a 1951 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was first published by Shasta Publishers in 1951 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The story "Something Green" is original to this collection. The other stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', ''Thrilling Wonder Stories'', ''Captain Future'', ''Planet Stories'' and ''Weird Tales''. Contents * Introduction * "Something Green" * "Crisis" * "Pi in the Sky" * "Knock" * "All Good Bems" * "Daymare" * "Nothing Sirius" * "The Star Mouse" * "Come and Go Mad" Reception P. Schuyler Miller reported the collection to be "a selection of nine top-notch stories.""The Reference Library", ''Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. Writing career Leinster was born in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of George B. Jenkins and Mary L. Jenkins. His father was an accountant. Although both parents were born in Virginia, the family lived in Manhattan in 1910, according to the 1910 Federal Census. A high school dropout, he nevertheless began a career as a freelance writer before World War I. He was two months short of his 20th birthday when his first story, "The Foreigner", appeared in the May 1916 issue of H. L. Mencken's literary magazine ''The Smart Set''. Over the next three years, Leinster published ten more stories in the magazine; in a September 2022 interview, Leinster's daughter stated that Mencken recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidewise In Time (collection)
''Sidewise in Time'' is a 1950 collection of science fiction short stories by Murray Leinster. It was first published by Shasta Publishers in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories all originally appeared in the magazines ''Astounding'' and ''Thrilling Wonder Stories''. Contents * "Sidewise in Time" * "Proxima Centauri" * "A Logic Named Joe" * "De Profundis" * "The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator" *The Power Reception L. Sprague de Camp declared ''Sidewise'' "a fine entertaining collection," although he dismissed "Proxima Centauri" as a "bottom of the trunk" piece."Book Reviews", ''Astounding Science Fiction ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...'', February 1951, p.151 References * *{{cite web , last = Contento , first = William G. , authorlink = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Sold The Moon (short Story Collection)
''The Man Who Sold the Moon'' is the title of a 1950 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. The stories, part of Heinlein's Future History series, appear in the first edition as follows: * Introduction by John W. Campbell, Jr., editor of '' Astounding Science Fiction'' * Foreword by Robert A. Heinlein * "Let There Be Light" (1940; originally published in ''Super Science Stories'') * "The Roads Must Roll" (1940; originally published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'') * "The Man Who Sold the Moon" (1950; first appearance is in this collection) * " Requiem" (1940; originally published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'') * "Life-Line" (1939; originally published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'') * " Blowups Happen" (1940; originally published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'') Early paperback printings omitted "Life-Line" and "Blowups Happen", as well as Campbell's introduction. Reception Boucher and McComas praised the 1950 edition as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Below
''The World Below'' is a science fiction novel by British writer S. Fowler Wright. It was first published in 1929 by Collins. The novel was originally intended as a trilogy, but the third part was never written. The first part was originally published separately as ''The Amphibians'' by Merton Press in 1924. The second part was published separately by'' Galaxy Science Fiction Novels'' in 1951 and was also titled ''The Worlds Below''. Plot introduction The novel concerns a man who travels 500,000 years into the future with the aid of a time machine. There he encounters a race of intelligent furry beings, the Amphibians. With their help he explores the planet and is eventually captured by the Dwellers, super-intelligent beings who direct the destinies of the planet. Critical reception Boucher and McComas praised the 1949 edition, citing its "sociological criticism, spiritual stimulation and satire of high order." In 1950 L. Sprague de Camp characterized it as "one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
