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Space Marine
The space marine is an archetype of military science fiction describing a kind of soldier who operates in outer space or on alien worlds. History The earliest known use of the term "space marine" was by Bob Olsen in his short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" (''Amazing Stories'', Volume 7, Number 8, November 1932), a light-hearted work whose title is a play on the song " Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", and in which the protagonists were marines of the "Earth Republic Space Navy" on mission to rescue celebrity twins from aliens on Titan. Olsen published a novella sequel four years later, "The Space Marines and the Slavers" (''Amazing Stories'', Volume 10, Number 13, December 1936), featuring the same characters using a spaceship with active camouflage to free hostages from Martian space pirates on Ganymede. A more widely known early example was E. E. Smith's ''Lensman'' series. While the first story, '' Triplanetary'' and most later sequels ('' Second Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Stories December 1936
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Ganymede (moon)
Ganymede is a natural satellite of Jupiter and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest and most massive in the Solar System. Like Saturn's largest moon Titan (moon), Titan, it is larger than the planet Mercury (planet), Mercury, but has somewhat less surface gravity than Mercury, Io (moon), Io, or the Moon due to its lower density compared to the three. Ganymede orbits Jupiter in roughly seven days and is in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance with the moons Europa (moon), Europa and Io (moon), Io, respectively. Ganymede is composed of silicate, silicate rock and water substance, water in approximately equal proportions. It is a fully Planetary differentiation, differentiated body with an iron-rich, Planetary core, liquid metallic core, giving it the lowest moment of inertia factor of any solid body in the Solar System. Its Planetary oceanography, internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined. Ganymede's magnetic field is probably created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Cadet (novel)
''Space Cadet'' is a 1948 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about Matt Dodson, who joins the Interplanetary Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System. The story translates the standard military academy story into outer space: a boy from Iowa goes to officer school, sees action and adventure, shoulders responsibilities far beyond his experience, and becomes a man. It was published as the second of the series of Heinlein juveniles and inspired the media franchise around the character Tom Corbett, including the 1950s television series '' Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'' and radio show which made "Space Cadet" a household phrase whose meaning later shifted in popular culture. Plot summary In 2075, teenager Matt Dodson applies to join the prestigious Interplanetary Patrol. After a number of physical, mental, and ethics tests, he is accepted as a cadet. He makes friends with fellow recruits William "Tex" Jarman, Venus-born Oscar Jensen, and Pierre Armand from Ganymede. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Watch
"The Long Watch" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It is about a military officer who faces a ''coup d'état'' by a would-be dictator. Originally titled "Rebellion on the Moon", the story originally appeared in an edited version in the December 1949 ''American Legion Magazine''. site: Robert A. Heinlein - Archives It also featured in April 1955 '' Nebula Science Fiction Number 12'', illustrated by John J. Greengrass. It appears in Heinlein's short story collections '' |
Misfit (short Story)
"Misfit" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. It was originally titled "Cosmic Construction Corps" before being renamed by the editor John W. Campbell and published in the November 1939 issue of ''Astounding (magazine), Astounding Science Fiction''. "Misfit" was Heinlein's second published story. One of the earliest of Heinlein's Future History (novel), Future History stories, it was later included in the collections ''Revolt in 2100'' and ''The Past Through Tomorrow''. Plot summary A coming-of-age story that follows Andrew Jackson Libby, a boy from Earth with extraordinary mathematical ability but meager education. Finding few opportunities on Earth, he joins the ''Cosmic Construction Corps'', a future military-led version of the US Great Depression, Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps employing out-of-work youth to construct the infrastructure needed to colonize the Solar System. With a group of other inexperienced young men he is assig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert A
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Lensman
''First Lensman'' is a space opera novel by American author E. E. Smith. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5995 copies. It is, in terms of internal chronology, the second novel in the ''Lensman'' series, but the sixth (or fifth) written by Smith. (Smith had originally written '' Triplanetary'' as an unrelated work, but then rewrote it to fit into the series.) Premise The novel chronicles the founding of the Galactic Patrol by Virgil Samms, the first sentient being in our cosmos to wear the "Lens", a unique badge of authority which is actually a form of "pseudo-life" that grants telepathic Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic ... powers to the defenders of Civilization. Plot synopsis ''First Lensman'' picks up more or less where '' Trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Lensman
''Grey Lensman'' (originally ''Gray Lensman'') is a science fiction novel by American writer E. E. Smith. It was first published in book form in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 5,096 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine ''Astounding'' in 1939. Grey Lensman is the fourth (originally the second) book in the ''Lensman'' series and the second to focus on the adventures of Lensman Kimball Kinnison. Plot synopsis The action in ''Grey Lensman'' picks up immediately where ''Galactic Patrol'' left off, in the middle of the battle to destroy Helmuth's Main Base and, it is hoped, fully end the threat of Boskone. After the base falls, Kinnison finds some clues that lead him to think that Helmuth was perhaps not the head of Boskone after all. The clues lead Kinnison to mount an expedition aboard the newly constructed super-dreadnought ''Dauntless'', into the Second Galaxy where he thinks the true head of Boskone might reside. The ''Dauntless'' locates a plane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astounding Stories
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made ''Astounding'' the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field, publishing well-regarded stories such as Jack Williamson's '' Legion of Space'' and John W. Campbell's "Twilight". At the end of 1937, Campbell took over editorial duties under Tremaine's supervision, and the following year Tremaine was let go, giving Campbell more independence. Over the next few years Campbell published many stories that became classics in the field, including Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series, A. E. van Vogt's '' Slan'', and several novels and stories by Robert A. Hein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galactic Patrol (novel)
''Galactic Patrol'' is a science fiction novel by American author E. E. Smith. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine ''Astounding'' in 1937. The stories in this volume were the first parts written of the original ''Lensman'' saga. It was later published in book form in 1950 by Fantasy Press. Although portions of '' Triplanetary'' were written earlier, they were not originally part of the ''Lensman'' story and were only later revised to connect them to the rest of the series. ''First Lensman'' was written later to bridge the events in ''Triplanetary'' to those in ''Galactic Patrol''. Plot synopsis ''Galactic Patrol'' introduces Kimball Kinnison, who will be the hero of the next three books - '' Gray Lensman'', '' Second Stage Lensmen'' and, to a lesser extent, '' Children of the Lens''. Kinnison and Clarissa MacDougall are the penultimates of the human breeding program the Arisians set up many eons earlier. The book deals with the earliest stages of Kinnison's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vortex Blaster
''The Vortex Blaster'' is a collection of three science fiction short stories by American writer Edward E. Smith. It was simultaneously published in 1960 by Gnome Press in an edition of 3,000 copies and by Fantasy Press in an edition of 341 copies. The book was originally intended to be published by Fantasy Press, but was handed over to Gnome Press when Fantasy Press folded. Lloyd Eshbach, of Fantasy Press, who was responsible for the printing of both editions, printed the extra copies for his longtime customers. The stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Comet'' and ''Astonishing Stories''. In 1968, Pyramid Books Jove Books, formerly known as Pyramid Books, is an American paperback and eBook publishing imprint, founded as an independent paperback house in 1949 by Almat Magazine Publishers (also known as Almat Publishing Corporation) (Alfred R. Plaine an ... issued a paperback edition under the title ''Masters of the Vortex'', promoting it as "the final adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Lens (novel)
A child () is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions such as, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are generally classed as unable to make serious decisions. ''Child'' may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
