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Edmond Hamilton

Lifespan
1904 – 1977
Nationality
American
Active
1927 – 1962
Works held
29

Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977) was one of the architects of space opera, earning the nickname 'World-Wrecker Hamilton' for the planet-shattering scale of his 1920s and 30s pulp adventures. He created the Interstellar Patrol and Captain Future, and later, in stories like 'The Star Kings' and 'What's It Like Out There?', showed a more reflective, humane side. With his wife Leigh Brackett he formed one of the genre's notable writing partnerships.

The works

  1. 1962
    Cover of Requiem Requiem Cover of Sunfire! Sunfire! Cover of The Stars, My Brothers The Stars, My Brothers
  2. 1957
    Cover of The Sinister Invasion The Sinister Invasion
  3. 1956
    Cover of Battle for the Stars Battle for the Stars Cover of Citadel of the Star Lords Citadel of the Star Lords Cover of Last Call for Doomsday! Last Call for Doomsday! Cover of The Legion of Lazarus The Legion of Lazarus Cover of The Man With the Golden Eyes The Man With the Golden Eyes
  4. 1947
    Cover of Proxy Planeteers Proxy Planeteers
  5. 1942
    Cover of The World with a Thousand Moons The World with a Thousand Moons
  6. 1936
    Cover of The Door into Infinity The Door into Infinity
  7. 1934
    Cover of Corsairs of the cosmos Corsairs of the cosmos
  8. 1931
    Cover of The Sargasso of Space The Sargasso of Space
  9. 1930
    Cover of Evans of the Earth-Guard Evans of the Earth-Guard Cover of The Man Who Saw the Future The Man Who Saw the Future Cover of The comet-drivers The comet-drivers Cover of The invisible master The invisible master Cover of The life-masters The life-masters Cover of The space visitors The space visitors Cover of The universe wreckers The universe wreckers Cover of World atavism World atavism
  10. 1929
    Cover of Outside the universe Outside the universe Cover of The abysmal invaders The abysmal invaders Cover of The sea horror The sea horror Cover of The star-stealers The star-stealers Cover of Within the nebula Within the nebula
  11. 1928
    Cover of Crashing suns Crashing suns
  12. 1927
    Cover of The time-raider The time-raider

Wrote across

1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Space OperaHard SFFirst ContactHorrorAdventurePost-ApocalypticMilitary SFSocial SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Nelson S. BondPhilip K. DickRandall GarrettRobert Moore WilliamsRobert SilverbergStephen MarloweAlan Edward NourseAlfred Coppel

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettGeorge O. SmithStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterVariousNelson S. BondBryce WaltonH. Beam PiperRay CummingsMack Reynolds

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