Man with the Strange Head and Other Early Science Fiction Stories

Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945) was a prominent physician in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a pioneer writer of science fiction for magazines in the 1920s and 1930s. Michael R. Page received his PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He teaches courses in nineteenth-century British literature and in science fiction and his work has appeared in scholarly journals.

"I have a great admiration for the writing pioneers who opened the territory for the rest of us, and Miles J. Breuer was one of the most important. I'll always think of him along with Jack Williamson, who welcomed me into the group and collaborated with me, as Breuer collaborated with him. As Heinlein urged, 'Pay it forward.' But we also have to pay it back."—James Gunn, author of The Listeners "I'm happy to see Breuer rediscovered. He was a pioneer of American science fiction."—the late Jack Williamson, author of  The Humanoids "If, like a Breuer character, Breuer could journey forward to see this collection, he would have been pleased."—Ed Park, Los Angeles Times Book Review

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Man with the Strange HeadAmazing Stories, January 1927 The Appendix and the SpectaclesAmazing Stories, December 1928 The Gostak and the DoshesAmazing Stories, March 1930 Paradise and IronAmazing Stories Quarterly, Summer 1930 A Problem in CommunicationAstounding Stories, September 1930 On Board the Martian LinerAmazing Stories, March 1931 MechanocracyAmazing Stories, April 1932 The Finger of the PastAmazing Stories, November 1932 Millions for DefenseAmazing Stories, March 1935 Mars ColonizesMarvel Tales, Summer 1935 The OversightComet Stories, December 1940 Appendix 1: The Future of ScientifictionAmazing Stories Quarterly, Summer 1929 Appendix 2: Selected Letters Source Acknowledgments Breuer's Science Fiction