SF Supernova

The Archive · Author dossier

Ray Cummings

Lifespan
1887 – 1957
Nationality
American
Active
1920 – 1954
Works held
33

Ray Cummings (1887–1957) was among the first generation of American pulp science-fiction writers, prolific across the 1920s and 30s. His 'The Girl in the Golden Atom' (1919) popularised the idea of worlds within the atom, and he worked for a time as a technical assistant to Thomas Edison. A charter contributor to the field's earliest magazines, he helped shape the pulp SF that followed.

The works

  1. 1954
    Cover of He who served He who served
  2. 1948
    Cover of The Little Monsters Come The Little Monsters Come
  3. 1945
    Cover of Juggernaut of Space Juggernaut of Space
  4. 1943
    Cover of The Flame Breathers The Flame Breathers Cover of The man who saved New York The man who saved New York
  5. 1942
    Cover of Gods of Space Gods of Space Cover of Miracle Miracle Cover of The Star-Master The Star-Master Cover of The World Beyond The World Beyond
  6. 1941
    Cover of Into the fourth dimension Into the fourth dimension Cover of Monster of the Asteroid Monster of the Asteroid Cover of Space-Wolf Space-Wolf Cover of The War-Nymphs of Venus The War-Nymphs of Venus Cover of The man on the meteor The man on the meteor
  7. 1940
    Cover of Phantom of the Seven Stars Phantom of the Seven Stars Cover of Revolt in the Ice Empire Revolt in the Ice Empire Cover of Space-Liner X-87 Space-Liner X-87 Cover of The Girl from Infinite Smallness The Girl from Infinite Smallness Cover of The Man Who Killed the World The Man Who Killed the World
  8. 1932
    Cover of Wandl the Invader Wandl the Invader
  9. 1931
    Cover of Beyond the Vanishing Point Beyond the Vanishing Point Cover of Brigands of the Moon Brigands of the Moon Cover of The White Invaders The White Invaders
  10. 1930
    Cover of Tarrano the Conqueror Tarrano the Conqueror
  11. 1929
    Cover of The man who mastered time The man who mastered time Cover of The princess of the atom The princess of the atom Cover of The sea girl The sea girl Cover of The shadow girl The shadow girl
  12. 1928
    Cover of Beyond the stars Beyond the stars
  13. 1922
    Cover of The Fire People The Fire People Cover of The Girl in the Golden Atom The Girl in the Golden Atom
  14. 1920
    Cover of An Art Shop in Greenwich Village An Art Shop in Greenwich Village Cover of The Light Machine The Light Machine

Wrote across

1920s1930s1940s1950s

Recurring themes

Space OperaAdventureHard SFFirst ContactHorrorTime TravelPost-ApocalypticPsychic Powers

Kindred authors shared themes

Robert SilverbergStephen MarloweBryce WaltonFrederik PohlNelson S. BondPhilip K. DickRandall GarrettAlan Edward Nourse

Contemporaries writing in the same era

George O. SmithStephen MarloweVariousNelson S. BondRandall GarrettBryce WaltonMurray LeinsterRobert SilverbergEdmond HamiltonH. Beam Piper

Comments 0

No comments yet. Sign in to be the first.