Edmond Hamilton

Overview:

• Legal Name: Hamilton, Edmond Moore
• Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio, USA
• Date of Birth: October 21, 1904
• Date of Death: February 01, 1977
• Pseudonyms:
  • Alexander Blade
  • Brett Sterling
  • S. M. Tenneshaw
  • Will Garth

Notes:

Hamilton majored in physics in Pennsylvania, but never graduated. He instead made his first appearance in Weird Tales in 1926. His 1928 "Crashing Suns" (in, yes - Weird Tales) helped to define the newly-developing space opera genre. He quickly made a name for himself with his "Interstellar Patrol" series of science fiction stories, which all appeared in Weird Tales 1929-1930, and which A. Merritt tried to publish in book form in the early 30's. In the late 1930's, Standard Magazines created the magazine Captain Future, for which Hamilton wrote a novel for each issue. These were continued in Startling Stories in 1945-1946 and later 1950-1951. He was married to noted SF author Leigh Brackett.

Genres/Themes:

• Space Opera (1 book)

Resources:

• Internet Movie Database (IMDb) article on Edmond Hamilton
• Wikipedia article on Edmond Hamilton