The author of this volume sold his first science fiction story in 1934. A year and a half later, he died. Within that brief period he compressed a writing career which has made the name ot Stanley G. Weinbaum known to science fiction readers everywhere. Even after the lapse of seventeen years his work is being anthologized; and with the release of THE RED PERI, six Weinbaum books will have been published. This will be the last volume of his work, since no other science fiction of his remains to be issued in book form.
There are eight short stories and novelettes in this book, most of them among the very best work of this talented young author.
► The Red Peri—A thrilling adventure tale of the spaceways, of a triangular pirate ship called The Red Peri and its beautiful redhaired commander.
► Proteus Island—The story of a South Pacific island where mutation has gone mad—where no plant or animal bears even remote resemblance to its parents!
► Flight on Titan—A search for the beautiful gems called "flame orchids" on Titan, an icy little moon of Saturn, is the basis of this fascinating story.
► Smothered Seas—The year 2000. America at war with the Asiatic Union. And moss, algae and similar spore-breeders grow and grow and grow.
► Redemption Cairn—Jack Sands had been tagged as "yellow"—but when he was hired to pilot a rocket ship to Europa he had a chance to prove his courage.
► The Brink of Infinity—One of the few interesting science fiction stories based on pure mathematics. The answer to a math problem means life—or death.
► Shifting Seas—In the future, the Gulf Stream changes its course—and England and half of Europe freezes! Dramatic developments in a not-impossible idea.
► Revolution in 1960—America does not like a dictatorship—and revolution follows a U.S. President's setting himself up as dictator.
This in brief is the contents of The Red Peri, a varied and highly entertaining science fiction collection which is sure to entertain and please you.
CONTENTS
1. The Red Peri (Astounding Stories, November 1935)
2. Proteus Island (Astounding Stories, August 1936)
3. Flight on Titan (Astounding Stories, January 1935)
4. Smothered Seas (Astounding Stories, January 1936, w/Ralph Milne Farley)
5. Redemption Cairn (Astounding Stories, March 1936)
6. The Brink of Infinity (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1936)
7. Shifting Seas (Amazing Stories, April 1937)
8. Revolution in 1960 (Amazing Stories, sr2, October-November 1938, w/Ralph Milne Farley)
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Jacket design by John T. Brooks