L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

A well-regarded author of alternate history science-fiction novels, S.M. Stirling has written more than twenty-five books, including acclaimed collaborations with Anne McCaffrey, Jerry Pournelle, and David Drake. His most recent novels are T2: Infiltrator, The Peshawar Lancers, and the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.

Gregory Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and was Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University. and in 1995 received the Lord Prize for contributions to sciences. His research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics. His fiction has won many awards, including the Nebula Award for his novel Timescape. Dr. Benford makes his home in Laguna Beach, California.

Bob Eggleton is an internationally acclaimed science fiction and fantasy artist best known for his sweeping cosmic landscapes, dynamic creature portrayals, and masterful depictions of the natural world. A multiple Hugo Award-winning illustrator, Eggleton has created hundreds of book covers for leading publishers and has contributed artwork to major franchises including Godzilla, DC Comics, and numerous science fiction properties.His paintings are distinguished by their dramatic lighting, meticulous detail, and sense of scale-often blending realism with the grand imaginative tradition of classic pulp and Golden Age science fiction illustration. Eggleton's work has appeared in magazines, novels, trading cards, and museum exhibitions, and his art has been collected by enthusiasts around the world.For this edition of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, Eggleton brings his signature sense of awe and atmosphere to Herman Melville's epic, capturing the immensity of the ocean and the haunting presence of the great white whale with striking power and intensity.

James Davies graduated from the University of Oxford in 2006, with a DPhil in social and medical anthropology. He is a reader in social anthropology and mental health at the University of Roehampton and a qualified psychotherapist. His books include The Making of Psychotherapists: An Anthropological Analysis and Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good. He edited Emotions in the Field: The Psychology and Anthropology of Fieldwork Experience and The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of Our Psychiatric Drug Epidemic. He cofounded the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry, which is now secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence.