The Star Hunter & The Alien

By Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton

2012

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3.00

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216

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6H33M

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Star Kings

Series · 4 books

By Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, "The Star Hunter" is another grand space thriller by legendary sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton. One weapon to rule the whole galaxy-that's what was at stake. A colossal weapon never-before dreamed of. A weapon so powerful it could send planets crashing into their suns. If it fell into the wrong hands it could mean disaster on a galactic scale. And it was now up to Hugh Mason to insure its destruction. The scientist who had created this monstrous weapon had fled to the space-rubble infected Marches of Outer Space. But Mason faced certain death if he ventured into these outlaw-controlled outer regions of space. Yet, if he didn't go, the galaxy itself would find itself at the mercy of interplanetary outlaws-or worse! Edmond Hamilton has spun an outer space adventure tale that you won't be able to put down. The second novel, "The Alien" is about an ages-old alien terror. The galaxy shuddered at a terror from the dim past. Speculate for a moment about the enormous challenge to archeology if relics were found of an alien race, extinct for half a million years! A race that was so scientifically far in ad-vance of our own that they held undreamed-of scientific secrets-including the secret of the restoration of life! But the world would soon tremble at the restoration of just one member of this ancient race-brought back after 500,000 years of death... Expect a muscle-tightening, sweat-producing, mind-prodding adventure in the far-off future when you read this taut science fiction classic by Raymond F. Jones

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Authors

Raymond F. Jones

Author · 18 books

Raymond Fisher Jones (November 15, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah - January 24, 1994, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah) was an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1952 novel, This Island Earth, which was adapted into the 1955 film This Island Earth and for the short story "The Children's Room", which was adapted for television as Episode Two of the ABC network show Tales of Tomorrow, first aired on February 29, 1952. Jones' career was at its peak during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. His stories were published mainly in magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding Stories, and Galaxy. His short story Noise Level is known as one of his best works. His short story "The Alien Machine", first published in the June, 1949 Thrilling Wonder Stories, was later expanded into the novel This Island Earth, along with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy", and "The Greater Conflict", known as The Peace Engineers Trilogy, featuring the character Cal Meacham. Jones also wrote the story upon which the episode "The Children's Room" was based for the television program Tales of Tomorrow in 1952.

Edmond Hamilton

Author · 54 books

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14—but washed out at 17. He was the Golden Age writer who worked on Batman, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and many sci-fi books.