A posthumous collaboration between John Russell Fearn and his biographer Philip Harbottle, and based on Fearn's last written notes, Chameleon Planet picks up the saga directly following the ending of Fearn's Earth Divided (Golden Amazon saga #20) when the Cosmic Crusaders prepare to pursue their enemy Karg into space.
Philip E. High's latest new story THE PRISONER is a mind-stretching story of cosmic transcendence, and leads off another hand-picked collection of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural, including: OTHER EYES WATCHING A full-length novel of human origins and the fourth dimension by JOHN RUSSELL FEARN JACKPOT A classic short story of interstellar irony by E. C. TUBB PLUS OTHER ENTIRELY NEW STORIES by SYDNEY J. BOUNDS JOHN GLASBY TONY GLYNN Another not-to-be-missed Cosmos Books paperback original collection! FANTASY ADVENTURES 8
In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip the book over to read the second volume), here's the tenth Wildside Mystery Double: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: A CLASSIC CRIME TALE, adapted from the play of Ernest Dudley by Philip Harbottle. Ernest Dudley (the creator of Dr. Morelle) was married to the actress who was a stepdaughter of Ellie Norwood, the famous silent film actor who played Sherlock Holmes on stage many times. Dudley's familiarity with Conan Doyle's famous characters is very evident in this exciting story of blackmail and murder, as Sherlock Holmes pits his wits against his deadly enemy, Colonel Sebastian Moran, second-in-command to Professor Moriarty. NEW CASES FOR DR. MORELLE: CLASSIC CRIME STORIES, by Ernest Dudley. Cynthia Mason, a young heiress, lives with her violent stepfather, Samuel Kimber, who only holds control of her fortune while she remains unmarried. On announcing her engagement to Peter Lorrimer, a local writer, who is calling to take her away that same evening, she fears his reaction. Lorrimer arrives and goes to talk with Kimber in his study. Cynthia, meanwhile, carrying a suitcase, tiptoes downstairs, opens the front door, and leaves. But she's not in Lorrimer's car when he goes down to the gates after his interview with Kimber. Instead, she vanishes without a trace! Her confidante and friend Miss Frayle, secretary to the criminologist Doctor Morelle, tries to find her--and herself becomes a target for murder! Four classic crime stories resurrected for a brand new audience.
Raiders who seem intent on destroying every ranch in the valley are terrorizing the district of Mountain Peak in Arizona. When rancher David Meredith becomes their latest victim, it opens a new chapter in the violent and bloody history of the town of Mountain Peak. Caught up in the maelstrom of events is David's troubled younger brother, Bart Meredith. He is aided - and sometimes led - by his heavyweight father, who shows an amazing talent for ingenious stratagems, and Jane Talbot, a courageous young woman who herself becomes a target for the terrorists. Can the unlikely team of father and son avenge David Meredith and unmask his killer, or will they join him in death?
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The peaceful existence of the sleepy Arizona town of Montain Peak is cruelly shattered by the arrival of a bunch of outlaws, led by the unspeakable killer John Bnnock. By murder and intimidation, Bannock quickly proceeds to take over the town...but for what purposes?
An amazing discovery in the mountains leads to some very odd events in the little Arizona town of Mountain Peak. When a man if found dead on the mountain trail, the dust around his body undisturbed by footprints, no signs of external injury or indication of how he died, it's left ot Major Ranle Meredith to privide some answers.
An earlier, very much shorter version of this book was published as VULTURES OF THE VOID in 1992 by Borgo Press, along with a companion bibliographic volume, BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION PAPERBACKS AND MAGAZINES 1949-1956. Now the compiler and editor of those books, Philip Harbottle, here presents the result of his further and ongoing researches into British science fiction publishing history. This greatly expanded version includes entirely new coverage of the generic hardcover titles that briefly and paradoxically flourished alongside the indigenous British paperbacks of the early 1950's, spearheaded by an influx of outstanding American science fiction by such authors as Isaac Asimov, Fredric Brown, Edmond Hamilton, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson and A. E. van Vogt. VULTURES OF THE VOID: THE LEGACY also deals in fascinating detail with related shaping events both before and after the notorious postwar 'mushroom' decade. In particular it describes how many of the original founders of the pre-war British Interplanetary Society - including fledgling young science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke and Eric Frank Russell - were to become giants and shapers of their field after the war. And how pioneer editors such as Walter Gillings and John Carnell struggled against overwhelming odds to establish British science fiction magazines both before and after the Second World War. In this new book Harbottle also reveals the astonishing latter-day legacy of the turbulent postwar decade for himself and some of the most prolific authors such as John Russell Fearn, E. C. Tubb and others, whose work he has been instrumental in returning to print.
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