Bst of Raymnd Z Gallun

by Raymond Z. Gallun

Book Overview

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains five works by Raymond Z. Gallun. Gallun (1911-1994) was an important early sci-fi pulp writer whose works helped to popularize the genre. He published dozens of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034525273X
• ISBN13: 9780345252739
• Release Date: August 1978
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Surprise

I stumbled upon this book in a used bookstore on the way to a train station. I had just finished the book I'd been reading and I couldn't face a long commute on the DC metro system without something to read. So I ducked in and quickly scanned the clearance shelf. And here was this beat-up old paperback with goofy cover art. It was obviously a science fiction collection. But it was by an author I'd never heard of and I consider myself a veteran SF fan. But beggars can't be choosers and it was less than a buck so I grabbed it. And what a surprising pleasure I had reading it! One story after another of golden age of SF style writing from the 1930s (and a couple late stories from the 1950s). Fun stories of sweeping imagination. Gallun wasn't afraid to imagine big with stories where the Earth is destroyed, or from the perspective of alien beings where the the humans are the mysterious ones (or the bad guys). I was amazed that I'd never heard of Raymond Z. Gallun. He's an under appreciated figure of early science fiction. This little collection gets my highest recommendation.