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COPYRIGHT INFO
The Eighth Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack: Milton Lesser is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
Cover art copyright © Innovari / Fotolia.
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“Black Eyes and the Daily Grind” originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, March 1952.
“The Dictator” originally appeared in Imagination, January 1955.
“Prison of a Billion Years” originally appeared in Imagination, April 1956.
“The Graveyard of Space” originally appeared in Imagination, April 1956.
“Summer Snow Storm”originally appeared in Amazing Stories, October 1956.
“My Shipmate—Columbus” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, October 1956.
“Earthsmith” originally appeared in Imagination, January 1953.
“Voyage To Eternity” originally appeared in Imagination, July 1953.
“Home Is Where You Left It” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, February 1957.
“The One and the Many” originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, July 1952.
Quest of the Golden Ape, published under the pseudonyms “Ivar Jorgensen” and “Adam Chase” (Ivar Jorgensen is either Paul W. Fairman or Randall Garrett), originally appeared in Amazing Stories as a 3-part serial, January, February, March 1957.
“A Place in the Sun” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, October 1956.
“Think Yourself to Death” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, March 1957.
“World Beyond Pluto” originally appeared in Amazing Stories, November 1958.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Milton Lesser (1928-2008) was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel The Second Longest Night. Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway and Ellery Queen.
Lesser attended William and Mary College, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang shortly after graduating. The couple divorced in 1962. He was drafted into the U. S. Army during the Korean War.
He was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988 for The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus, and in 1997 he was awarded the “Life Achievement Award” by the Private Eye Writers of America. He also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. He lived with his second wife Ann in Williamsburg, Virginia.
He legally changed his name to Stephen Marlowe, the pseudonym he had used on myseries.
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
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