Gods of Space and five more stories

by Ray Cummings

Overview

Six Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Ray Cummings. Featured here: "Gods of Space", "Monster of the Asteroid", "Phantom of the Seven Stars", "The War-Nymphs of Venus", "Space-Wolf", and "The Star-Master".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783968652689
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	07/24/2020
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	203
File size:	896 KB

About the Author

Ray Cummings (1887–1957) was a pioneering American science fiction writer, often referred to as one of the "founding fathers" of the genre. With a background in science, having worked as a technical writer for Thomas Edison, Cummings blended scientific knowledge with imaginative storytelling, becoming a key figure in early 20th-century pulp fiction. He is best known for his works exploring the possibilities of time and space, such as *The Girl in the Golden Atom* and *The Time Professor*, which helped lay the groundwork for modern science fiction.Though primarily associated with science fiction, Cummings was a versatile writer who also explored different genres, including adventure and romance. *An Artshop in Greenwich Village* reflects his fascination with bohemian culture and the vibrant artistic communities of New York in the early 1900s. Set in the iconic Greenwich Village, the novella captures the spirit of artistic rebellion and creative freedom that characterized the neighborhood at the time. This work showcased Cummings' ability to move beyond futuristic themes and engage with the contemporary social and cultural currents of his era.Cummings' prolific output and imaginative narratives left an indelible mark on American popular literature, and his contributions to science fiction remain influential today.
Ray Cummings (born Raymond King Cummings) (August 30, 1887 – January 23, 1957) was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books. Cummings is identified as one of the "founding fathers" of the science fiction genre. His most highly regarded fictional work was the novel The Girl in the Golden Atom published in 1922, which was a consolidation of a short story by the same name published in 1919 (where Cummings combined the idea of Fitz James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens with H. G. Wells's The Time Machine) and a sequel, The People of the Golden Atom, published in 1920. Before taking book form, several of Cummings's stories appeared serialized in pulp magazines. The first eight chapters of his The Girl in the Golden Atom appeared in All-Story Magazine on March 15, 1919. Ray Cummings wrote in "The Girl in the Golden Atom": "Time . . . is what keeps everything from happening at once", a sentence repeated by scientists such as C. J. Overbeck, and John Archibald Wheeler, and often misattributed to the likes of Einstein or Feynman. Cummings repeated this sentence in several of his novellas. Sources focus on his earlier work, The Time Professor, published in 1921, as its earliest documented usage.