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"The Adventure of the Martian Client" (Sherlock Holmes series) © F&SF, Dec 1969 "The Disc-Men of Jupiter" (Jack Stillwell series) © Wonder Stories, Sep 1931 Startling Stories, May 1947 --/ cool space sf story --/ wonder award --/ rare find "The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign" © F&SF, Mar 1975 "Glimpse" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Apr 1938 "Goodman�s Place" (Mountain Folk series) © F&SF, Sep 1974 The Valley So Low, 1987 --/ fourth place dark f story --/ wonder award: pentagram --/ style award --/ shock value --/ rare find "Men Against The Stars" © Astounding Stories, 1937 --/ fourth place space sf story --/ wonder award --/ emotion award --/ rare find "O Ugly Bird" (John The Balladeer) © F&SF, Dec 1951 Who Fears The Devil, 1963 --/ fourth place f story --/ wonder award --/ style award "Pithecanthropus Rejectus" © Astounding, Jan 1938 "Rouse Him Not" (John Thunstone series) © Kadath, Jul 1982 "The Seeker In The Fortress" © Heroic Fantasy, ed. Gerald W. Page, 1979 "Sojarr of Titan" (nv) © Startling Stories, Mar 1941 --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award --/ rare find ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   "The Solar Invasion" (nv) (Captain Future series) © Startling Stories, Autumn 1946 book: Paperback Library, 1966 --/ cool space sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale This Captain Future entry does not live up to the standards of Edmond Hamilton, who wrote most of Captain Future books. The hero fights a fiend from the fifth dimension who threatens to destroy the Universe (but, of course!). Sounds kinda nice, but the writing is uninspired, and the action is pretty flat. review: 01-Jul-06 (read in 2004) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Trill Coster's Burden" (John The Balladeer) © Whispers # 2, 1979 The Valley So Low, 1987 --/ fourth place f story --/ romance award --/ style award "The Valley Was Still" © Weird Tales, Feb 1939 "Vandy, Vandy" (John The Balladeer) © F&SF, Mar 1953 Who Fears the Devil, 1963 "When It Was Moonlight" © Unknown, Feb 1940 Worse Things Waiting, 1973 --/ cool f story --/ wonder award --/ style award ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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