Edmond Hamilton was one of space opera ’s great former writer , along with E.E. “ Doc ” Smith and Hamilton ’s wife , Leigh Brackett . And his corking opus was the Star Kings saga , which never had an end . Until now .
A small wardrobe , Futures Past Editions , hasfound the makings of a final Star Kings account book , The Last of the Star Kings , which was published in a series of digest magazines from the fifties . These are two “ complete novel ” which tell taradiddle prepare long before and long after the Star Kings saga , and aid to flesh out the creation which Hamilton created .
According to the imperativeness release from Futures Past :
Edmond Hamilton ’s The Star business leader ( first publish in Amazing tale in 1949 ) is one of the jewels in the crown of early space opera , rivaled only by E. E. Smith ’s Lensmen Series and Jack Williamson ’s Legion of Space Saga . In 1966 , in response to continuing reader demand , Hamiltonpenned a sequel title income tax return of the Stars . These two novels , along with a short story called Stark and the Star Kings — written in collaboration with his married woman , Leigh Brackett — were think to comprise the entire Star Kings saga .
… That is , until originally this year when the editor in chief of Futures Past Editions discovered , in a series of 1950s digest magazines , two further “ complete novels ” by Hamilton set in the Star mogul universe . One , The Star Hunter , take up place a few thousand eld before the events of the Star Billie Jean King . The 2nd , The Tattooed Man , is the capstone of the saga , take on position ten of chiliad of class after the era of the Star Kings , when they are a half - forgotten fable believe only by children . It is potential that this story ’s connection withThe Star Kingswas look across because it was egress under a nom de guerre bestowed by the magazine ’s publishing company . It was identifiable as part of the Star Kings saga only because the climactic scene claim place at one ofThe Star Kings’key locations .
The Last of the Star Kingsis a Futures Past pulp reprint “ Ultimate Edition ” . In gain to the original cartridge holder text of the story , Ultimate Editions typically sport a new introduction , stuff by the author about her or his own life or the story itself , the original unaltered magazine covering fire ( or cover ) , and other particular cloth .
The Last of the Star Kingsincludes these and a very special extended interlingual rendition of Edmond Hamilton ’s future history ( as given inThe Star world-beater ) , which covers the two thousand century between our own prison term and that of the Star Kings . ( According to an earlier statement by the writer , more than one-half of his science fiction stories are put in this succeeding chronicle , which also let in his noted Captain Future novels ) . This iteration of his future history charts the events of the millennia which followThe Star Kings , from a long Golden Age through the spill of the maven kingdom and onward to an era when they are almost forgotten and look at only a myth .
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