num_pages: 382
description: Here is a collection of some of the finest short fiction penned by one of  "fathers" of modern science fiction. *** These stories were selected (and edited) by his wife Leigh Brackett, an author and a screenwriter. Her screen-writing credits include works on such films as The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I*** This collection spans nearly half a century of Edmond Hamilton's work and was selected from a repository of hundreds of stories that he had written over that period.Contents:The Monster-God of Mamurth (1926)The Man Who Evolved (1931)A Conquest of Two Worlds (1932)The Island of Unreason (1933)Thundering Worlds (1934)The Man Who Returned (1934)The Accursed Galaxy (1935)In the World's Dusk (1936)Child of the Winds (1936)The Seeds from Outside (1937)Fessenden's Worlds (1937)Easy Money (1938)He That Hath Wings (1938)Exile (1943)Day of Judgment (1946)Alien Earth (1949)What's It Like Out There? (1952)Requiem (1962)After a Judgement Day (1963)The Pro (1964)Castaway (1969)
language: English
title: The Best of Edmond Hamilton
titlecomplete: The Best of Edmond Hamilton
genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Collections, Anthologies, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 126
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Short Story for "Exile"
publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.