Captain Future 4: Der Triumph

Captain Future #4

by Edmond Hamilton

Auch in der Zukunft sind die Bewohner des Sonnensystems nicht vor den Unbilden des Alterns gefeit. In diese Marktlücke stößt der »Herr des Lebens« mit seinem unheilvollen Lebenswassersyndikat, das die Reichen mit der Verlockung auf ewige Jugend schröpft. Doch diese Jugend ist nur von kurzer Dauer und nimmt ein grausiges Ende. Ein Fall für Captain Future und seine Futuremen ...

Der Roman "The Triumph of Captain Future" ist im Herbst 1940 in dem Pulpmagazin Captain Future − Wizard of Science erschienen. Er wird hier, erstmals auf Deutsch, mit sämtlichen Illustrationen und allen zur Serie gehörigen Materialien der Originalausgabe vorgelegt.

Die vorliegende Neuausgabe hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Edmond Hamilton als Klassiker der Science-Fiction ernst zu nehmen. Alle Texte werden vollständig und mit größtmöglicher Werktreue ins Deutsche übertragen.

Genres: Science Fiction

280 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1940

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

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Originally published in the fourth issue of Captain Future Magazine in 1940 with the better title of The Triumph of Captain Future. Captain Future was a pulp hero, sort of a far-future Doc Savage, who travelled about the solar system with his associates in The Comet, his super space ship, fighting crime and evil in order to make the spaceways safe for the good guys. It all sounds dreadfully silly on the surface, but they were full of good-hearted, enthusiastic fun and adventure. Kind of like Luke Skywalker without all of the angst. In this story the fountain of youth has been discovered and turns out to be much more of a curse than a blessing to those who become addicted. Good old-fashioned space opera.

[Ronald · Rating 4 out of 5]

A literal Fountain of Youth provides water to make one young again, but it must be taken occasionally to sustain its effects, wherein the providers hold up the partakers at no small price. Future must find its source. Predictable but fun.

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Juan Ponce de León becomes El Chapo, but in space.

[Alfred Lorenzo Stine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was pretty epic. I felt like scenes went too fast at times but overall great short story!

[Candyce Sweet · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a cool book! Addiction, the fountain of youth, science, action, robots, a living brain in a jar—this books has it all!

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pulp era SiFi hero, Captain Future is a more scientific version of Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon. He and his band of Futuremen are special criminal investigators for the Earth government and are similar to Doc Savage and his band of helpers. Great reads, recommended

[Jonathan Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good one, though not one of the greatest.

[André Milewski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another classic ScFi Adventure, pure Fun to read.