THUNDER IN THE VOID by Henry Kuttner is a massive collection of 16 vintage Space Opera stories selected from classic pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, Marvel Science Stories, Astonishing Stories, Super Science Stories, Super-Detective, and of course, Planet Stories. Most of the these are appearing in book form for the first time. An added bonus, Haffner Press is pleased to include an unpublished story by Kuttner, “The Interplanetary Limited.”
Prior to his marriage to fellow science-fantasy writer Catherine L. Moore in 1940, Henry Kuttner wrote stories of Lovecraftian horror, weird-menace “shudder” tales, and thrilling adventure stories. But he also wrote blood-n-thunder Space Opera stories in the vein of Edmond Hamilton (one of young Kuttner’s favorite authors) told with a rough-edge style similar to Kuttner’s protege Leigh Brackett.
Award-winning author (and the only writer to stage a live performance of a Kuttner Space Opera story) Mike Resnick contributes an introduction reflecting on his admiration for stories by Kuttner (and Moore).
THUNDER IN THE VOID is scheduled for a mid-November 2011 release.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Mike Resnick
*Raider of the Spaceways (Weird Tales, Jul ’37)
Avengers of Space (Marvel Science Stories, Aug ’38)
The Time-Trap (Marvel Science Stories, Nov ’38)
*The Lifestone (Astonishing Stories, Feb ’40)
*Monsters of the Atom (Super-Detective, Apr ’41)
*Red Gem of Mercury (Super Science Stories, Nov ’41)
*The Crystal Circe (Astonishing Stories, Jun ’42)
*War-Gods of the Void (Planet Stories, Fll ’42)
*Thunder in the Void (Astonishing Stories, Oct ’42)
We Guard the Black Planet (Super Science Stories, Nov ’42)
*Soldiers of Space (Astonishing Stories, Feb ’43)
*Crypt-City of the Deathless One (Planet Stories, Win ’43)
The Eyes of Thar (Planet Stories, Fll ”43)
What Hath Me (Planet Stories, Spr ’46)
*Carry Me Home (Planet Stories, ’50)
The Interplanetary Limited (first time in print)
*First reprint appearance
1) Single-copy preorders for THUNDER IN THE VOID may be placed on this page:
http://haffnerpress.com/Thunder.html
2) or a copy may be preordered as part of a limited-time combo offer:
Visit www.haffnerpress.com to order THUNDER IN THE VOID by Kuttner with AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME EIGHT and TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION and receive an exclusive bonus chapbook featuring rare texts and associated ephemera from several contributors to the these three titles. Shipping is FREE to the Continental USA and we will ship the books as they are published with the chapbook accompanying the release of TALES OF SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION.
AT THE HUMAN LIMIT is already available and selling fast. We will withdraw this offer when either AT THE HUMAN LIMIT is out of print or we take possession from the bindery of THUNDER IN THE VOID (which is due in November). Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get this exclusive chapbook.
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Stephen Haffner
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HAFFNER PRESS
