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Hidden Realms: The Eater of Souls, Dragon Moon, and Secret of the Earth Star
Three gateways. Three worlds. One of the greatest imaginations of science fiction and fantasy.
Henry Kuttner (1915-1958) was one of the great architects of the Golden Age of pulp magazines, a writer whose stories blended the weird, the wondrous, and the cosmic. In Hidden Realms, three of his most striking early works are brought together in a single collection:
The Eater of Souls (1937): Far beyond the stars, in the city of Bel Yarnak, a godlike entity waits in the Gray Gulf, feeding on the souls of the living.
Dragon Moon (1941): In Atlantis's last age, a reluctant heir is called back to a throne-and a war against an inhuman power.
Secret of the Earth Star (1942): A rare jewel. A masked thief. A trail that leads to a hidden city beneath the Sahara.
These tales span science fiction, sword-and-sorcery, and cosmic horror-three different worlds, united by Kuttner's unmatched ability to conjure danger, mystery, and wonder.
For readers who crave the atmosphere of Weird Tales, the adventure of early science fiction, and the imagination that inspired writers from Bradbury to Gaiman, Hidden Realms is a journey through the strange, the forgotten, and the extraordinary.
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner (1915 -1958)
Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, in 1915. As a young man he worked for the literary agency of his uncle, Laurence D'Orsay, before selling his first story, 'The Graveyard Rats', to Weird Tales in early 1936. In 1940 Kuttner married fellow writer C. L. Moore, whom he met through the 'Lovecraft Circle'", a group of writers and fans who corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft. During the Second World War, they were regular contributors to John W. Campbell's Astounding Science-Fiction, and collaborated for most of the 40's and 50's, publishing primarily under the pseudonyms Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell. In 1950 he began studying at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1954. He was working towards his masters degree but died of a heart attack in 1958, before it was completed.
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