The Best of Edmond Hamilton

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The Best of Edmond Hamilton
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Cover of first edition
Author Edmond Hamilton
Cover artist Don Maitz
LanguageEnglish
Series Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxvii, 334
Preceded by The Best of Fredric Brown  
Followed by The Best of Leigh Brackett  

The Best of Edmond Hamilton is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Edmond Hamilton, edited by his wife and fellow science fiction writer Leigh Brackett. It was first published in hardback by Nelson Doubleday in April 1977 and in paperback by Ballantine Books in August of the same year [1] as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. The book was reissued in trade paperback and ebook editions by Phoenix Pick in November 2010. [1] It has also been translated into German. [1]

Contents

Summary

The book contains twenty-one short works of fiction by the author, together with an introduction by the editor and an afterword by the author.

Contents

Reception

Lester del Rey in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact calls the author "one of science fiction's favorite old masters," writing that "Hamilton is at his best in his shorter fiction, and these selections bear little relation to what the readers some of his pulp novels might expect. They are quieter stories, done with far more care in most cases than he could expend on most of his longer work. Here the writing is sharp and economical, and the ideas shape the form of the story, rather than being shaped to fit commercial needs." He singles out "In the World's Dusk," "Child of the Winds," "He That Hath Wings," and "Castaway" for particular comment. [2]

The book was also reviewed by Algis Budrys in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1977, Darrell Schweitzer in Science Fiction Review, November 1977, Philip Stephensen-Payne in Paperback Parlour, April 1978, Brian Stableford in Vector 90, 1978, Michael Adrian in Stadt in der Wüste, 1980, Reclams Science Fiction Führer, 1982, Maik in Perry Rhodan no. 898, 1983, and Everett F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Best of Edmond Hamilton title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. Del Rey, Lester. Review in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact v. 97, no. 8, August 1977, pp. 171-172.