From santra!tut!draken!kth!mcvax!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!xerox.com!JWenn.ESAE Fri May 19 21:26:13 EET DST 1989
Stanley Weinbaum had his first SF story published in the July 1934 issue
of _Wonder Stories_. He died in December of 1935. But in those few short
months, he helped transform SF from gimicky inventions with cardboard
characters to fiction with realistic people, alien aliens and decent prose.
His first story was "A Martian Odyssey" a good adventure staring Tweel,
probably the first major alien character who didn't act like a man in a
funny suit. All of his stories are quite readable today (even if some have
dated). "The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum" is an excellent place to get
acquainted with this pioneering author.
[C] == Short Story Collection.
/John
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Weinbaum, Stanley G[rauman] [,B.S.] [U.S.A., 1900-1935]
The Dawn of Flame [1936] [C] [VERY rare, only 500 copies issued]
The New Adam [1939]
The Black Flame [1948]
A Martian Odyssey, and Others [1949] [C]
The Dark Other [1950]
The Red Peri [1952] [C]
A Martian Odyssey, and Other Classics of Science Fiction [1962] [C]
A Martian Odyssey, and Other Science Fiction Tales [1974] [C]
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum [1974] [C]
