The Black Flame

• Arthur C. Clarke The Black Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum   During the single year of 1935, Astounding published seven stories by Weinbaum; and in March 1936... his obituary. His entire career had spanned little more than eighteen months, and is the saddest 'what might have been' in the whole history of science fiction.

  Submitted Jan 4th 10 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Poul Anderson The Black Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum   In his short career, Stanley G. Weinbaum revolutionized science fiction. We are still exploring the themes he gave us. How good to have this early work again, and now with the author's complete text. It is not only of great historical interest, it is a colorful, inventive, and exciting story.

  Submitted Dec 13th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments

• Frederik Pohl The Black Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum   Stanley G. Weinbaum's name deserves to rank with those of Wells and Heinlein - and no more than a handful of others - as among the great shapers of modern science fiction. Sadly, most of the marvelous works he produced in his all too brief career were in the form of short stories and novelettes, and so are overlooked by many of today's readers. Which is all the more reason to rejoice that Tachyon Publications has brought his novel, The Black Flame, back into print for us to read - and moreover, for the first time, it is published just as Weinbaum wrote it.

  Submitted Nov 6th 09 by Writersrecommendations, 0 comments