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The cybernetic brains
Raymond F Jones
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Son of the Stars
Raymond F. Jones
Manufacturer: John C. Winston Company
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This Island Earth (Forrest J Ackerman Presents)

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An imaginitive SF Classic! Dated, but has aged well.
Pulp Classic: This Island Earth by Ramond F. Jones
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This Island Earth (Forrest J Ackerman Presents)
Raymond F. Jones , and Forrest J. Ackerman
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In 1949 and 1950 a science fiction serial by Raymond F. Jones appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories. Within half a decade that serial would make history as the basis of the first science fiction movie about interstellar travel and interstellar war. The next Hollywood movie to venture to another solar system was Forbidden Planet, a wholly original construct of the prestige studio MGM. But solid, reliable Universal Studios was there first...long before Star Trek.

This Island Earth was really the first Star Wars. Colorful, spectacular, wildly imaginative, it lived up to everything its agent could possibly want, a man who was known as Mr. Science Fiction and who now brings back this classic novel: Forrest J Ackerman. A phrase he coined in another galaxy a long time ago say's it all: Gosh Wow! This story has it all.

The cover of this special edition features Jeff Morrow in the role of one of the most sympathetic aliens in 1950's science fiction film (the other is Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still, also adapted from a literary source). In the novel he is Jorgasnovara, in the movie the less jaw Breaking Exeter. In both print and celluloid he comes to respect the Earth scientists essayed by Rex Reason and Faith Domergue.

This Island Earth is a book of heroes. The first half of the film closely follows the novel but then diverges from the intellectual challenges faced by Dr. Cal Meachem to more cinematic fare. Reading the novel now, one cannot help but marvel at how Jones' views everything from labor disputes to the predictability of computers influenced later movies and television, making This Island Earth, the novel, even more influential than-one would guess from ThisIsland Earth the movie.

Pulpless.Com is proud to bring back the printed word in hope that all who see the movie will want to read the book, and vice versa! Turn on your interocitors and prepare to receive transmission!

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This Island Earth's thrills and romance begin when engineer Cal Meacham places a routine order for parts; he never dreams he is making himself a pawn in a struggle for galactic supremacy.

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An imaginitive SF Classic! Dated, but has aged well........2004-05-06

This is a true Science Fiction classic. I first read it when I was in Middle School, and it made quite an impression on me as a fantastic story with a wild premise, well-told. Picking it up thirty-five years later, the novel has lost none of its punch or impact. This is a true science fiction classic.

The premise of the novel is simple enough: Earth is being visited by warring factions of a monstrously large inter-galactic conflict. Each side views Earth as an obscure planet of limited importance, much as the US Navy might have viewed certain obscure islands in the Pacific during the Second World War. The protagonists become caught up in this conflict in a very interesting way. More would be telling, but suffice to say, this is a really interesting story, and its premise has not been done better (to my knowledge) in any science fiction novels that have come later.

This one is highly recommended to anyone who enjoys good science fiction.

Pulp Classic: This Island Earth by Ramond F. Jones.......2004-01-30

What moral obligation does a scientist have? If his or her efforts are used by the military to inflict death and destruction on an enemy to spare others from dying, is he or she morally wrong? This question, among others, is a central theme of this re-released work that inspired the classic 1950's movie.

Joe Wilson is the purchasing agent for Ryberg Instrument. One day, instead of getting what he ordered, he gets a shipment of rather strange looking parts. He turns them over to Cal Meacham to play with while he tries to get Cal's order straightened out. Cal starts playing with the parts back in the lab and discovers they are simply amazing and like nothing he has ever seen of or heard of before.

Joe sends in a replacement order and instead gets more of the same parts, plus an intriguing catalog. He turns everything he gets over to Cal and Cal is also fascinated by the catalog. It seems to suggest that a device can be built from the parts listed in the catalogue. A device that no one seems to have heard of before.

Cal builds the device and it allows him to communicate at vast distances. The ability to create the device from nothing more than a parts list was a test and he has passed. He accepts the resultant job offer and becomes involved in a vast conspiracy of mind-boggling proportions. The fate of the world may hang in the balance as well as Cal's own moral code.

Regardless of whether or not you have seen the movie, this is a great book. The writing is crisp and sharp with strong characters and a fantastic premise. Not too many people write Science Fiction like this anymore and this story well withstands the test of time.

Pulp Science Fiction.......2003-08-12

This is a fun book to read if you are into 50's science fiction. The movie is equally entertaining and if you have seen it yet it's worth a try. Order a pizza, pop some popcorn, and curl up with your woman and enjoy a fun movie.

This Island Earth is one of the best of the old pulp SFtales.......2001-11-29

On the bookshelves today, you will find Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and, if you are lucky, E.E. Doc. Smith. They are all that remain of the myriad of pulp science fiction writers of years ago. The early part of the twentieth century was filled with a number of very good pulp writers in all genres but this style of writing has nearly disappeared. Some of their stories have disappeared for good reasons but many others were lost in the passage of time. This Island Earth is one of those lost. Reading it, you can tell that it was written before political correctness. There is a naivete about the writing with a harshness of someone who has experienced the atrocities of a world at war. It follows the single idea based science fiction writing of the era. The idea is intriguing, 'what would happen if you found a manual of a super high tech machine that seems to be based on scientific ideas no one has seen or heard before.'

This Island Earth starts with an engineer, Cal Meacham, receiving an order of parts that look impossible. When Cal asks for a catalogue from the company, he receives a listing of parts that shouldn't exist and instructions on making a device called an interocitor. Forgetting the adage about curiousity killing the cat, Cal orders the parts to make the interocitor. Single mindedly Cal forges ahead more interested in the engineering and science than what it could mean. Cal doesn't see the danger to himself and the earth until it is too late to stop.

This Island Earth isn't the best written novel. A common practice in the pulp magazine period is to string a series of short stories together into a novel. This Island Earth is a composite of three short stories written over a period of years and it is possible to tell the change of focus between the novelletes. Although pulp writing sometimes lacks a finished polish, it can be great storytelling. Science fiction readers will appreciate glimpsing the roots of today's genre. Historical readers will enjoy the insight into the social mind set of the post World War II and early Cold War period. But anyone who likes good storytelling will enjoy This Island Earth.

This Island Earth can be your's if .................2001-10-13

This book is great if anyone saw the movie and wants to read the book you won't be dissapointed. Although it gets diffrent halfway you can still see parts that the movie did put in. If you are a fan of the movie you can tell that in the book they realy picked out the right actors for the movie. It is an interesting way how Russel Johnsons' character (the professer) blew up in the book than he did in the movie. The interociters also can pick up brain waves. There are typos however that make it anoying. But just the fact that Raymond F. Jones' fun story is available you can surpass that. Prepare to find out what is going on out there over are heads above THIS ISLAND EARTH!

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Planet of Light
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Manufacturer: Winston
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ASIN: B000BBGRBO

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The Year When Stardust Fell
Raymond F. Jones
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Syn
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Animals of long ago, (A Whitman learn about book, "25.")

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Animals of long ago, (A Whitman learn about book, "25.")
Raymond F Jones
Manufacturer: Whitman Pub. Co
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Astounding Stories, June 1946
Theodore; Simak, Clifford D.; Boucher, Anthony; Rocklynne, Ross; Jones, Raymond F. Sturgeon
Manufacturer: Street & Smith Publications
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ASIN: B000M8G06I

Analog Science Fact - Fiction February, 1962: The Great Gray Plague; Hail to the Chief; Pandemic; Master of None

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Analog Science Fact - Fiction February, 1962: The Great Gray Plague; Hail to the Chief; Pandemic; Master of None
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The American Pulpit Series (Book 2)
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