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Edmond Hamilton
Birth Date :
1904
Death Date :
1977
Known As :
Castle, Robert,Davidson, Hugh,Wentworth, Robert,Sterling, Brett (American novelist, 1904-1977)
Place of Birth:
United States,Ohio,Youngstown
Place of Death:
United States,Pennsylvania,Lancaster
Nationality :
American
Occupation :
Novelist
Personal Information:

Family: Born October 21, 1904, in Youngstown, OH; died February 1, 1977, in Lancaster, PA; son of Scott B. and Maude (Whinery) Hamilton; married Leigh Brackett (a science-fiction writer), December 31, 1946 (died March 18, 1978). Education: Attended Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, 1919-21. Memberships: Authors Guild of America.

Writings:

  • The Metal Giants, Swanson, 1932.
  • The Horror on the Asteroid, Ian Allan, 1936.
  • Murder in the Clinic, Utopian, 1945.
  • Tiger Girl, Utopian, 1945.
  • The Monsters of Juntonheim, Pemberton, 1950.
  • Tharkol, Lord of the Unknown, Pemberton, 1950.
  • City at World's End, Fell, 1951.
  • The Star of Life, Torquil Press, 1959.
  • The Sun Smasher (bound with Starhaven, by Ivar Jorgenson), Ace Books, 1959.
  • The Haunted Stars, Torquil Press, 1960.
  • Battle for the Stars, Torquil Press, 1961.
  • (Contributor) Larry Shaw, editor, Great Science-Fiction Adventures, Lancer Books, 1963.
  • The Valley of Creation, Lancer Books, 1964.
  • Fugitive of the Stars (bound with Land beyond the Map, by Kenneth Bulmer), Ace Books, 1965.
  • Doomstar, Belmont-Tower, 1966.
  • The Harpers of Titan (bound with Dr. Cyclops, by Henry Kuttner and Too Late for Eternity, by Bruce Walton), Popular Library, 1967.
  • A Yank at Valhalla, Ace Books, 1973.
  • What's It Like out There? (short story collection), Ace Books, 1974.
  • (Editor) The Best of Leigh Brackett, Doubleday, 1977.
  • The Best of Edmond Hamilton, edited and introduced by wife, Leigh Brackett, Ballantine, 1977.
  • The Lake of Life, R. Weinberg (Chicago), 1978.
"JOHN GORDON" SERIES
  • The Star Kings, Fell, 1949.
  • Beyond the Moon, Signet, 1950.
  • Return to the Stars, Lancer, 1970.
"INTERSTELLAR PATROL" SERIES; PUBLISHED BY ACE BOOKS
  • Outside the Universe, 1964.
  • Crashing Suns, 1965.
"STARWOLF" SERIES; PUBLISHED BY ACE BOOKS
  • The Weapon from Beyond, 1967.
  • The Closed Worlds, 1968.
  • World of the Starwolves, 1968.
"CAPTAIN FUTURE" SERIES; PUBLISHED BY POPULAR LIBRARY
  • (Under pseudonym Brett Sterling) Danger Planet, 1967.
  • Calling Captain Future, 1967.
  • Galaxy Mission, 1967.
  • Captain Future and the Space Emperor, 1967.
  • Outlaw World, 1968.
  • The Magician of Mars, 1968.
  • Quest beyond the Stars, 1968.
  • Outlaws of the Moon, 1969.
  • The Comet Kings, 1969.
  • Planets in Peril, 1969.
  • Captain Future's Challenge, 1969.

Also author of scripts, including Black Terror (comic strip), 1941-45. Contributor of more than 400 short stories to science-fiction publications.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, 2000
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors Online
Source Citation: " Edmond Hamilton." 2000. Books & Authors. Gale. Gale Internal User 16 Mar 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>