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Winston Science Fiction
''Winston Science Fiction'' was a series of 37 American juvenile science fiction books published by the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1960 and by its successor Holt, Rinehart & Winston in 1960 and 1961. It included 35 novels by various writers, including many who became famous in the SF field, such as Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, and Lester del Rey. There was also one anthology, ''The Year After Tomorrow'', edited by del Rey and others. There was one non-fiction book ''Rockets Through Space: The Story of Man's Preparations to Explore the Universe'' by del Rey which details the factual science and technology of rocket flight. Many of the dust jackets became science fiction classics; the artists included Hugo Award winners Ed Emshwiller and Virgil Finlay along with Hugo nominees such as Mel Hunter and Alex Schomburg. Background Juvenile science fiction hard covers had been published for some time prior to the beginning of the Winston series, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Logo
Winston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Winston Glacier Australia * Winston, Queensland, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa United Kingdom * Winston, County Durham, England, a village * Winston, Suffolk, England, a village and civil parish United States * Winston, Florida, a former census-designated place * Winston, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Winston, Missouri, a village * Winston, Montana, a census-designated place * Winston, New Mexico * Winston, Oregon, a city * Winston County, Alabama * Winston County, Mississippi * Winston-Salem, North Carolina People * Winston (name) Other uses *Cyclone Winston (February 2016), category 5 tropical cyclone in the South Pacific *Republic of Winston, referring to resistance in Winston County, Alabama to the Confederacy during the American Civil War *USS Winston (AKA-94), USS ''Winston'' (AKA-94), an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship *Winston (cigarette) *Winston (band), a Canadian indie pop band *Winston (horse) a horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Starr Series
Lucky Starr is the hero of a series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov, using the pen name "Paul French" and intended for children. On 23 March 1951 Asimov met with his agent, Frederik Pohl, and Walter I. Bradbury, then the science fiction editor at Doubleday & Co., who had a proposal for him. Pohl and Bradbury wanted Asimov to write a juvenile science fiction novel that would serve as the basis for a television series. Fearing that the novel would be adapted into the "uniformly awful" programming he saw flooding the television channels, he decided to publish it under the pseudonym "Paul French". Asimov began work on the novel, ''David Starr: Space Ranger'', on 10 June. He completed it on 29 July, and it was published by Doubleday in January 1952. Although plans for the television series fell through, Asimov continued to write novels in the series, eventually producing six. A seventh, ''Lucky Starr and the Snows of Pluto'', was planned, but abandoned when Asimov elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert S
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Against Venus
''Five Against Venus'', written by Philip Latham, is a science-fiction novel first published in the United States in 1952 by the John C. Winston Company. Philip Latham was the nom de plume of Robert S. Richardson, a professional astronomer who also provided technical assistance on movies such as '' Destination Moon'' and wrote scripts for the ''Captain Video'' television series. This is one of the thirty-five juvenile novels that comprise the Winston Science Fiction set, which novels were published in the 1950s for a readership of teenage boys. The typical protagonist in these books was a boy in his late teens who was proficient in the art of electronics, a hobby that was easily available to the readers. In this novel, Bruce Robinson differs from that pattern in having no special skill, only a knowledge of astronomy. Under the article on Venus in the ''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', the writer says that "Philip Latham's ''Five Against Venus'' (1952) is a Venusian Robinso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sharp (artist)
Henry Sharp may refer to: * Henry E. Sharp (c.1850–c.1897), American stained glass maker * Henry Sharp (actor) (1889–1964), played the role of Abe Steiner in '' A Face in the Crowd'' * Henry Sharp (cinematographer) (1892–1966), American director of photography in motion pictures and television *Henry Graham Sharp (1917–1995), British figure skater See also * Harry Sharp (other) Harry Sharp may refer to: * Harry Sharp (cricketer), English cricketer, cricket coach and scorer * Harry Sharp (footballer), Australian rules footballer * Harry Clay Sharp (1870–1940), American surgeon and eugenicist * Harrison Sharp, Scottish ... * Henry Sharpe (other) {{hndis, Sharp, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Hunter
Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino,(October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film ''Blackboard Jungle'' was based. Hunter, who legally adopted that name in 1952, also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten, among others. His 87th Precinct novels have become staples of the police procedural genre. Life Early life Salvatore Lombino was born and raised in New York City. He lived in East Harlem until age 12, when his family moved to the Bronx. He attended Olinville Junior High School (later Richard R. Green Middle School #113), then Evander Childs High School (now Evander Childs Educational Campus), before winning an Art Students League scholarship. Later, he was admitted as an art student at Cooper Union. Lombino served in the United States Navy during World War II and wrote s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find The Feathered Serpent
Find, FIND or Finding may refer to: Computing * find (Unix), a command on UNIX platforms * find (Windows), a command on DOS/Windows platforms Books * ''The Find'' (2010), by Kathy Page * ''The Find'' (2014), by William Hope Hodgson Film and television * "The Find", an episode of '' Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction'' * "The Find", an episode of reality TV show ''The Curse of Oak Island'' Music * ''Find'' (Hidden in Plain View EP), 2001 * ''Find'' (SS501 EP) * '' The Find'', a 2005 hip hop album by Ohmega Watts People * Áed Find (died 778), king of Dál Riata (modern-day Scotland) * Caittil Find, Norse-Gaelic warrior contingent leader * Cumméne Find (died 669), seventh abbot of Iona, Scotland Other uses * Find, in archaeology * Finding (jewelcrafting), jewellery components * Meteorite find, a found meteorite not observed to have fallen * Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, a not-for-profit organisation * Facial Images National Database See also * Discovery (observation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Lesser
Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created for the 1955 novel ''The Second Longest Night''. Lesser also wrote using the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder and Ellery Queen. Biography Lesser attended the College of William & Mary, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang soon after graduating. He was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. He and his wife divorced during 1962. He was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre during 1988 for ''The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus'', and during 1997 he was awarded the "Life Achievement Award" by the Private Eye Writers of America. He also served on the board of directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthbound (book)
Earthbound may refer to: Video games * ''Mother'' (video game series), known as ''EarthBound'' outside Japan, series of role-playing video games ** ''Mother'' (video game), known as ''EarthBound Beginnings'' outside Japan, 1989 role-playing game for the Family Computer **''EarthBound'', 1994 role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Media * ''Earthbound'' (1920 film), from a story by Basil King * ''Earthbound'' (1940 film), starring Andrea Leeds * ''Earthbound'' (1981 film), a science fiction comedy starring Burl Ives * ''A Little Bit of Heaven'' (2011 film), formerly ''Earthbound'' * ''Earthbound'' (TV series), a Canadian current affairs television series * "Earthbound" (''Space: 1999''), an episode of the television series ''Space: 1999'' Books * ''Earthbound'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Richard Matheson *''Earthbound'', the third novel in the ''Marsbound'' trilogy by Joe Haldeman Music * The Earthbound, a Greek band * ''Earthbound'' (Bury Tomorrow albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages; it was wide by high, and thick, with ragged, untrimmed edges. The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction in reference to run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter, even though this was but a small part of what existed in the pulps. Successors of pulps include paperback books, digest magazines, and men's adventure magazines. Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploration
Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most of ''Human, Homo sapiens'' history, saw humans Recent African origin of modern humans, moving out of Africa, settling in new lands, and developing distinct cultures in relative isolation. Early explorers settled in Europe and Asia; 14,000 years ago, some crossed the Settlement of the Americas, Ice Age land bridge from Siberia to Alaska, and moved southbound to settle in the Americas. For the most part, these cultures were ignorant of each other's existence. The second period of exploration, occurring over the last 10,000 years, saw increased cross-cultural exchange through trade and exploration, and marked a new era of cultural intermingling, and more recently, convergence. Early writings about exploration date back to the 4th millennium B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaceflight
Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly spacecraft into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in orbit around Earth, but also includes space probes for flights beyond Earth orbit. Such spaceflight operates either by telerobotic or autonomous control. The more complex human spaceflight has been pursued soon after the first orbital satellites and has reached the Moon and permanent human presence in space around Earth, particularly with the use of space stations. Human spaceflight programs include the Soyuz, Shenzhou, the past Apollo Moon landing and the Space Shuttle programs, with currently the International Space Station as the main destination of human spaceflight missions while China's Tiangong Space Station is under construction. Spaceflight is used for placing in Earth's orbit communications satellites, reconnaissance satellites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
