PLANET NOVELETS OF OTHER WORLDS WAR-GODS OF THE VOID (by Henry Kuttner) Ever Northward on Venus, Vanning strode—the mindless slave of the War-Gods’ deadly virus. A WEIRD OUTSTANDING PLANET NOVEL CITY OF THE LIVING FLAME (by Henry Hasse) It was flame from onter space, and it was alive. Unshackled, it would bring doom to all mankind—and Jim Landor had just slain its keeper. PLANET SHORT STORIES THE THOUGHT-MEN OF MERCURY (by R. R. Winterbotham) To plan escape, the prisoners had to think—and their captors could read minds. PRISON PLANET (by Bob Tucker) ‘Rat’ was a criminal—yet he lived by a code that the Ancient Gods might honor.
Russell Robert Winterbotham (1904-1971)—who wrote as both R.R. Winterbotham and Russ Winterbotham (as well as the pseudonyms “J. Harvey Bond” for mysteries and “Franklin Hadley”)—began publishing in the late 1920s, though his didn’t make his science fiction debut until 1935, when “The Star that Would not Behave” appeared in Astounding. He published prolifically in most of the top magazines of the day, before settling into an action-adventure niche. From the fiction magazines, he moved into comics (writing for Red Ryder), comic strips (he penned “Chris Welkin, Planeteer” from its start in 1951 into the 1960s), and Big Little books for the Whitman Publishing Company (he wrote at least 60, including the Maximo the Amazing Superman series). All the while, he maintained his full-time job as fiction editor for Scripps-Howard NEA news service. In those days, newspapers published fiction, and many had a weekly insert that included full-length novels. Although well regarded, his novels—which appeared under pseudonyms—failed to attract much fan attention, and he is largely forgotten today. Nevertheless, modern readers will enjoy his better-than-average writing and fun, action-adventure plots—often with clever twists. Included in this volume are: ORIDIN’S FORMULA THE MINUS WOMAN DEAD MAN’S PLANET THE THOUGHT-MEN OF MERCURY THE MONSTER THAT THREATENED THE UNIVERSE LONESOME HEARTS A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE THE WHISPERING SPHERES GENESIS! If you enjoy this volume, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press MEGAPACK" to see the 400+ other entries in the series, covering science fiction, modern authors, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
