Author: Malcolm Jameson
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Six thrilling stories from the Golden Age of pulp science fiction magazines; by Malcolm Jameson, author of "Bullard of the Space Patrol". Plus an article about how a volcanic eruption could impact a war.
The Giant Atom - Only Steve Bennion, Inventive Genius, and His Lovely Assistant, Kitty Pennell, Stand Between the Earth and Destruction When a Flaming Monster Threatens to Devour and Destroy Civilization!
Prospectors of Space - "Join Spaceways and See the Universe" Was the Slogan for All Pilots -- But Not if You Wanted a Place in the Sun!
Eviction by Isotherm - A new author shows that the weatherman isn't always wrong -- and that he can be a bad man to argue with!
Vulcan: Ice King (science fact article) - Vulcan, God of Fire and volcanoes, isn't the sort of being you'd ordinarily associate with the world's worst -- and coldest -- weather. But he's responsible -- as Jameson shows!
Wreckers of the Star Patrol - "As for the crew, Hartwell ignored them--they were the scum of the sky ports of a score of planetoids."
Mill of the Gods - A small job of grinding -- about a hundred miles of solid steel to be removed -- for a grindstone of appropriate size and power!
If You're Smart - Seems a pretty obvious crack for a business sharper to make to an inventor. "If you're so smart, why don't you make some money yourself?" Maybe so. But this scientist had an even better answer --
Malcolm Jameson (1891-1945) began writing only seven years before his death. Yet in that short span he wrote and sold more than 70 novelettes and short stories. Critic Groff Conklin calls Jameson's work "lively, ingenious and readable."
This edition includes a linked "Table of Contents" and original illustrations from the stories' magazine publications.
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