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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


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"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)

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"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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