Henry Hasse: Golden Age Space Opera Tales
Henry Hasse, S. H. Marpel
Publisher: Midwest Journal Press
Summary
Henry Louis Hasse (February 7, 1913 – May 20, 1977) was an American science fiction author and fan. He is probably known best for being the co-author of Ray Bradbury's first published story, "Pendulum", which appeared in November 1941 in Super Science Stories. With works published from 1936 - 1975, Hasse's novelette "He Who Shrank" is anthologized in both the classic 1946 collection Adventures in Time and Space, edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, and in Isaac Asimov's memoir of 1930s science fiction Before the Golden Age. Space Opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology. The term has no relation to music, as in a traditional opera, but is instead a play on the terms "soap opera", a melodramatic television series, and "horse opera", which was coined during the 1930s to indicate a formulaic Western movie. Space operas emerged in the 1930s and continue to be produced in literature, film, comics, television, and video games. The Golden Age of Pulp Magazine Fiction derives from pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") as they were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". (Wikipedia) The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were proving grounds for those authors like Robert Heinlein, Louis LaMour, "Max Brand", Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and many others. The best writers moved onto longer fiction required by paperback publishers. Many of these authors have never been out of print, even long after their passing. Anthology containing: Alcatraz of the Starways by Albert dePina & Henry Hasse Revenge of the Vera by Henry Hasse Out of This World by Henry Hasse City of the Living Flame by Henry Hasse Star of Panadur by Albert dePina & Henry Hasse Thief of Mars by Henry Hasse The Star of Satan by Henry Hasse Proktols of Neptune by Henry Hasse The Beginning by Henry Hasse Walls of Acid by Henry Hasse We're Friends, Now by Henry Hasse One Purple Hope! by Henry Hasse Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.
Available since: 01/03/2021.
