The Best of Edmond Hamilton

I almost put this down in the beginning, but, it's short stories arranged chronologically, so the next one will surely be better, I kept thinking. Well, I was right. Something happened in 1936. The March story was the same as the earlier, with bad science and workmanlike exposition etc. But in May he got "Child of the Winds" published and it's *far* better written, and much more interesting, than any of the previous stories.

Is that when he started getting help from his wife, the editor of this collection?

I have the companion book, her stories as edited by him, and plan to read it soon. So maybe a comparison will be enlightening.

I do plan to keep these collections for awhile and reread the best stories from them.

You can check out Child show more of the Winds and others in the scanned & free-to-borrow edition on openlibrary.org. If you have any interest in a good story and in the 'evolutionary history of SF' I recommend that you do so. show less

A fascinating if rather bleak collection of vintage sci-fi stories, ranging from the twenties all the way into the sixties, from an author who is...shall we say skeptical about the overall value which humanity adds to the universe.

http://www.fireandsword.com/Reviews/edmondhamilton.html

Edmond Hamilton is one of the forgotten pioneers of science fiction. His career began in the pulps back in the 1920s and carried on for over fifty years. This 1977 anthology, edited by Hamilton's wife, the multi-talented Leigh Brackett, brought his best short stories between one set of covers.

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