Captain Future: Man of Tomorrow

Captain Future #4-10

by Edmond Hamilton

A Pulpville Press book. "Folks, you've all heard about Captain Future, the scientific wizard who lives up there on the Moon with his three queer Futuremen. You know he's crushed dozens of super-criminals and scientific dangers that threatened us people of the nine worlds. You've never seen Future or his pals. Few people ever have. But you know that when danger threatens, they're on the job. Well, you're now going to learn all about Captain Future and the Futuremen."

Genres: Science Fiction

300 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 2009

About the author

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14--but washed out at 17. He was the Golden Age writer who worked on Batman, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and many sci-fi books.

Reviews

[Ira Nayman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I expected the sexism in the book, so I wasn't surprised by it. I wasn't expecting the odd stodgy bit of prose, so that was a bit of an unpleasant surprise.

Having gotten those out of the way...

I was happily surprised by the depth of characterization in the seven stories in this volume - a good psychological understanding of human behaviour was not always a strength of science fiction written in this period. Moreover, the inventive stories often played with ideas about humanity's origins and ultimate purpose in the universe, something you don't see that often any more.

And they were just great adventure stories. A lot of fun to read.

So, with caveats, I would happily recommend this book.