C. L. Moore – författare

C. L. Moore created the fiercely brave heroine Jirel of Joiry for Weird Tales, a magazine that introduced readers to the writings of some of the most legendary authors in speculative fiction. With fiery red hair, lion-yellow eyes and a mighty two-handed sword, Jirel’s quick wit and defiant demeanour immediately entranced readers and cemented her as one of the first and most iconic characters in the sword-and-sorcery genre.Featuring seven classic Jirel tales and three of Moore’s finest short stories — 'Shambleau', 'No Woman Born', and 'Vintage Season' — this collection celebrates one of the most influential speculative fiction authors who changed the rules of the game for early twentieth-century fantastic literature.

''Space Science Fiction'' was launched in may of 1952. During it''s impressive run it published many of Science Fiction''s top writers. Collected here in this massive six hundred-plus page anthology are all of the most important stories that were published during its distinguished run. Included here are: ''Second Variety'' by Philip K. Dick; ''Youth'' by Isaac Asimov; ''To Each His Star'' by Bryce Walton; ''Security'' by Poul Anderson; ''Divinity'' by William Morrison; ''The Hour of Battle'' by Robert Sheckley; ''Instant of Decision'' by Randall Garrett; ''Let ''em Breathe Space!'' By Lester Del Rey; ''The Ultroom Error'' by Jerry Sohl; ''Infinite Intruder'' by Alan E. Nourse; ''Collectivum'' by Mike Lewis; ''The Adventurer'' by C. M. Kornbluth; ''Decision'' by Frank M. Robinson; ''Pursuit'' by Lester del Rey; ''Exile'' by H. B. Fyfe; ''Stop Look and Dig'' by George O. Smith; ''The Worshippers'' by Damon Knight; ''The Hunters'' by William Morrison; ''The Ego Machine'' by Henry Kuttner; ''The Variable Man'' by Philip K. Dick; and ''Ullr Uprising'' by H. Beam Piper.

‘Weird Tales’ launched in March of 1923 and the world was never the same again. While pulp magazines had been around for some time, ‘Weird Tales’ was the first pulp magazine to specialize in supernatural fiction. ‘Weird Tales’ single-handedly created the field of genre fiction as we know it. No longer did readers of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror have to seek out single stories in otherwise mundane magazines; now they had a magazine all of their own that published only the stories they wanted to read. Collected in this anthology are over two hundred thousand words and more than five hundred pages of some of the greatest stories ever published in the pages of ‘Weird Tales.’ Included are: ‘Beyond the Black River’ by Robert E. Howard; ‘The Secret of Kralitz’ by Henry Kuttner; ‘The Shunned House’ by H. P. Lovecraft; ‘Way Station’ by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; ‘Never Stop to Pat a Kitten’ by Miriam Allen deFord; ‘The Diary of Philip Westerly’ by Paul Compton; ‘The Door Into Infinity’ by Edmond Hamilton; ‘Isle of the Undead’ by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach; ‘The Perfect Host’ by Theodore Sturgeon; ‘Gainful Employment’ by Jamie Wild; ‘The Tree of Life’ by C. L. Moore; ‘Mop-Head’ by Leah Bodine Drake; ‘The Golgotha Dancers’ by Manly Wade Wellman; ‘The Medici Boots’ by Pearl Norton Swet; ‘The House in the Valley’ by August Derleth; ‘More than Shadow’ by Dorothy Quick; ‘In the Dark’ by Ronal Kayser; ‘Dearest’ by H. Beam Piper; ‘Doom of the House of Duryea’ by Earl Peirce, Jr.; ‘The Mississippi Saucer’ by Frank Belknap Long; ‘Mask of Death’ by Paul Ernst; ‘The Ring of Bastet’ by Seabury Quinn; ‘Tiger Cat’ by David H. Keller; ‘Old Mr. Wiley’ by Greye La Spina; ‘The Long Arm’ by Franz Habl; and ‘The People of the Black Circle’ by Robert E. Howard.

A gripping tale of the planet Mars and the terrible monstrosity that called its victims to it from afar—a tale of Northwest Smith.

Weird Tales'' launched in March of 1923 and the world was never the same again. While pulp magazines had been around for some time, ''Weird Tales'' was the first pulp magazine to specialize in supernatural fiction. ''Weird Tales'' single-handedly created the field of genre fiction as we know it. No longer did readers of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror have to seek out single stories in otherwise mundane magazines; now they had a magazine all of their own that published only the stories they wanted to read. Collected in this anthology are over two hundred thousand words of some of the greatest stories ever published in the pages of ''Weird Tales''. Included are: ''Red Nails'' by Robert E. Howard ''The Tree of Life'' by C. L. Moore ''Birthmark'' by Seabury Quinn ''Spider Mansion'' by Fritz Leiber ''Evolution Island'' by Edmond Hamilton ''The Monkey Spoons'' by Mary Elizabeth Counselman ''The Diamond Lens'' by Fitz-James O’Brien ''The Dunwich Horror'' by H. P. Lovecraft ''The Salem Horror'' by Henry Kuttner ''The Haunted Burglar'' by W. C. Morrow ''The Lost Gods'' by Dorothy Quick ''The Terror Of The Water-Tank'' by William Hope Hodgson ''The White Feather Hex'' by Don Peterson ''The Death of Ilalotha'' by Clark Ashton Smith ''Each Man Kills'' by Victoria Glad ''The Disc Recorder'' by August Derleth ''The Doors of Death'' by Arthur B. Waltermire ''Where Are You Mr. Biggs?'' by Nelson S. Bond ''The Invaders'' by Benjamin Ferris ''The Three Pools and the Painted Moon'' by Frank Owen ''Werewolf of the Sahara'' by G.G. Pendarves ''The People of the Black Circle'' by Robert E. Howard

For in the clearing’s center stood the Tree of Life. He had met the symbol too often in patterns and designs not to recognize it, but here that fabulous thing was living, growing, actually springing up from a rooted firmness in the spangled grass as any tree might spring. Yet it could not be real.