INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEYS - Classic Tales of Interplanetary Adventure Including: A Martian Odyssey, its Sequel Valley of Dreams, the Complete 'Ham' Hammond Stories and Others (v. 1) [Hardcover]

Stanley G Weinbaum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2006

INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEYS ".....One of the novas of the SF cosmos." The New Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Interplanetary Odysseys collects together all of Stanley G. Weinbaum's tales set on the planets and moons of our own solar system. With their colony cities and fast, easy space travel, these stories from the great romantic tradition of SF remain entertaining, readable and relevant. Weinbaum was noted as the first SF writer to create believable aliens that were a product of their own planetary environments and eco-systems. The lead story, the classic "A Martian Odyssey", demonstrates this talent perfectly and with the nine other tales included here it gives readers new and old a chance to relive the sense of wonder that sprang from the glory days of science fiction.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: LEONAUR (April 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184677070X
• ISBN-13: 978-1846770708
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,775,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Pulp SF, May 1, 2007

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This review is from: Interplanetary Odysseys - Classic Tales of Interplanetary Adventure Including: A Martian Odyssey, its Sequel Valley of Dreams, the Complete 'Ham' Hammond Stories and Others (v. 1) (Paperback)

I was delighted to see these new editions of Weinbaum's fiction. My paperback copy of "The Best of Stanley Weinbaum" is now over 30 years old, and my other paperbacks are older.

There's no introduction with biography or criticism of Weinbaum, just the stories. You've probably come across "A Martian Odyssey" in some anthology. It's the first of a connected series of short stories spanning the solar system as it was known in the 1930s. Weinbaum was trying to do planetary adventure in hard SF as he understood biology, evolution, and planetology. His stories stand up well, especially because his women are usually talented and smart, and his aliens are usually strange but not stupid. It's definitely a good addition to your library.