Raymond Gallun – författare

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Raymond Gallun:Big PillThe Eternal WallThe Planet StrappersStamped Caution

''Wonder Stories'' was founded by legendary publisher Hugo Gernsback after he left ''Amazing Stories.'' ''Wonder Stories'' thrived in one form or another for more than thirty years, briefly rivaling even ''Astounding.'' This four-hundred-plus page anthology collects ten important stories from the magazine''s zenith. Included herein are: ''Onslaught from Rigel'' by Fletcher Pratt; ''Valley of Dreams'' by Stanley G. Weinbaum; ''The Revolt of the Star Men'' by Raymond Gallun; ''The Point of View'' by Stanley G. Weinbaum; ''The Metal Moon'' by Everett C. Smith and R.F. Starzl; ''The Martian'' by Allen Glasser and A. Rowley Hilliard; ''Pygmalion''s Spectacles'' by Stanley G. Weinbaum; ''Spacewrecked on Venus'' by Neil R. Jones; ''The Moon Destroyers'' by Monroe K. Ruch; and ''The Worlds of If'' by Stanley G. Weinbaum.

The creatures that people this exciting story of Mr. Gallun, may seem at first blush to be impossible monstrosities. Yet, on consideration, we must realize that they are not so far-fetched. Even in our picayune little corner of the universe, we find in the insect kingdom a form of life that has survived through every possible earth catastrophe in the last 40,000,000 years. With their skeletons on the outside of their bodies instead of on the inside, insects are able to protect their bodies from heat, cold, and from accidents that would kill us. If the insect''s shell were harder and thicker and made of heat-resisting material, it might conceivably be able to live in space without other protection. The point is that Mr. Gallun makes his Space Men so convincing that we can do nothing but believe in them. And he has woven about them such a thrilling story of adventure on two worlds that one will have to read and reread it, to get from it the fullest enjoyment.

All space was electrified as that harsh challenge rang out ... but John Endlich hesitated. For he saw beyond his own murder - saw the horror and destruction his death would unleash - and knew he dared not fight back!

SERAPIS CLASSICS EDITION INCLUDES BONUS STORIES BY ROGER DEE, JIM WANNAMAKER & RAYMOND GALLUN! _________ Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he''d slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he''d bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian!

Ed Dukas was writing letters. Someone or something was also writing—unseen but at his elbow. It was perhaps fifteen minutes before he noticed. Conspicuous at the center of the next blank sheet of paper he reached for, part of a word was already inscribed: "Nippe ..." The writing was faint and wavering but in the same shade of blue ink as that in his own pen. Ed Dukas said "Hey?" to himself, mildly. The frown creases between his hazel eyes deepened. They were evidence of strain that was not new. The stubby forefinger and thumb of his right hand rubbed their calloused whorls together. Surprise on his square face gave way to a cool watchfulness that, in the last ten years of guarded living, had been grimed into his nature. Ed Dukas was now twenty-two. This era was hurtling and troubled. Since his childhood, Ed had become acquainted with wonder, beauty, hate, opportunity and disaster on a cosmic level, luxury, adventure, love. Sometimes he had even found peace of mind. He put down his pen, leaving the letter he had been writing suspended in mid-sentence: ... Pardon the preaching, Les. Human nature and everything else seems booby-trapped. They drummed the idea of courage and careful thinking into us at school. Because so much that is new and changing is a big thing to handle. Still, we''ll have to stick to a course of action.