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1Brigands of the Moon

By Ray Cummings

Gregg Haljan was aware that there was a certain danger in having the giant spaceship Planetara stop off at the moon to pick up Grantline's special cargo of moon ore. For that rare metal--invaluable in keeping Earth's technology running--was the target of many greedy eyes. But nevertheless he hadn't figured on the special twist the clever Martian brigands would use. So when he found both the ship and himself suddenly in their hands, he knew that there was only one way in which he could hope to save that cargo and his own secret--that would be by turning space-pirate himself and paying the <strong>Brigands of the Moon</strong> back in their own interplanetary coin. (From the Gutenberg e-text)

2Astounding Stories 09, September 1930

By Miles J. Breuer, Arthur J. Burks, Hugh B. Cave, Ray Cummings, Paul Ernst, Captain S. P. Meek and Sewell Peaslee Wright

This is a collection of short science fiction stories by various writers, circa 1930. Writers include Paul Ernst, Miles Breuer, Ray Cummings, Sewell Wright, and others. Harry Bates, Editor (Summary by BellonaTimes)

3Girl in the Golden Atom

By Ray Cummings

While examining a golden ring under a microscope, a chemist discovers a sub-atomic world. During his examination of this world he sees a beautiful young girl. After developing chemicals that will allow him to either shrink or grow larger in size, he and three friends journey to this small world. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

4World Beyond

By Ray Cummings

Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

5Phantoms of Reality

By Ray Cummings

Red Sensua's knife came up dripping—and the two adventurers knew that chaos and bloody revolution had been unleashed in that shadowy kingdom of the fourth dimension. (Summary by Ray Cummings)

Fantastic and Sinister Are the Lowlands into Which Philip Grant Descends on His Dangerous Assignment. (Summary by Ray Cummings)

7Astounding Stories 01, January 1930

By Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, Captain S. P. Meek, Anthony Pelcher, Victor Rousseau, M. L. Staley and C.V. Tench

In January of 1930 a new magazine with a flashy color cover appeared on newsstands, Astounding Stories of Super-Science. Filled with stories of adventure, sometimes with only a tinge of science, this magazine was to host and nurture many science fiction giants like Murray Leinster and Ray Cummings and would help inspire many of the writers of the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". This inaugural issue includes stories by Murray Leinster, Ray Cummings, S. P. Meek, Victor Rousseau and others. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

8Astounding Stories 03, March 1930

By Ray Cummings, A. T. Locke, Captain S. P. Meek, R. J. Robbins, Will Smith and Sewell Peaslee Wright

This is the third issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the opening chapters of a 4 part serialized novel by Ray Cummings, and stories by the prolific Capt. S. P. Meek, Will Smith and R. J. Robbins, Sewell Peaslee Wright and A. T. Locke. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

9Astounding Stories 04, April 1930

By Arthur J. Burks, Ray Cummings, Tom Curry, Thomas H. Knight, Captain S. P. Meek and Anthony Pelcher

The fourth issue of <i>Astounding Stories</i> continues Ray Cummings serial "Brigands of the Moon", along with pulp sci-fi stories by Capt. S. P. Meek, Anthony Pelcher and other authors. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

10Eight Harvard Poets

By E. E. Cummings, S. Foster Damon, Robert Hillyer, R. S. Mitchell, William A. Norris, John Dos Passos, Dudley Poore and Cuthbert Wright

<I>"I will wade out<BR> till my thighs are steeped in burn-<BR> ing flowers<BR> I will take the sun in my mouth<BR> and leap into the ripe air<BR> Alive<BR> with closed eyes<BR> to dash against darkness<BR> in the sleeping curves of my<BR> body<BR> Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery<BR> with chasteness of sea-girls<BR> Will I complete the mystery<BR> of my flesh<BR> I will rise<BR> After a thousand years<BR> lipping<BR> flowers<BR> And set my teeth in the silver of the moon."<BR></I> -- E. Estlin Cummings in Crepuscule<BR><BR> Eight Harvard Poets is a anthology of poetry by E. Estlin Cummings, S. Foster Damon, J. R. Dos Passos, Robert Hillyer, R. S. Mitchell, William A. Norris, Dudley Poole, and Cuthbert Wright. These older poems remain inspiring and timeless. (Summary by Woolly Bee and Wikipedia)

11Astounding Stories 05, May 1930

By Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, Lilith Lorraine, Victor Rousseau and Sewell Peaslee Wright

The fifth issue of Astounding Stories continues the Ray Cummings serial "Brigands of the Moon", begins a 4 part novel by Murray Leinster, and presents a sequel by Sewell Peaslee Wright to his story in the March issue. Also included are stories by Lilith Lorraine and Victor Rousseau. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

12Astounding Stories 06, June 1930

By Ray Cummings, Tom Curry, Charles Willard Diffin, Murray Leinster and James P. Olsen

Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray Leinster's "Murder Madness". In addition there are three short stories, by various authors, and a short novel by Charles W. Diffin - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

13Wandl the Invader (version 2)

By Ray Cummings

There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet—a maverick! <br> This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds. <br> But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident! - Summary from the Original book jacket blurb. Sequel to Brigands of the Moon

14Astounding Stories 10, October 1930

By Ray Cummings, Robert H. Leitfred, Captain S. P. Meek, Victor Rousseau and Harl Vincent

Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:-<br> Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. Meek<br>The Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau <br> Prisoners on the Electron by Robert H. Leitfred<br> Part 2 of Jetta of the Lowlands by Ray Cummings <br> An Extra Man by Jackson Gee along with the Readers' Corner and interesting scientific facts (Summary by Annise)

15Astounding Stories 11, November 1930

By Ray Cummings, Charles Willard Diffin, Lloyd Eshbach, William Merriam Rouse, Victor Rousseau and Harl Vincent

This science-fiction mag includes "The Wall of Death" by Victor Rousseau, "The Pirate Planet" by Charles W. Diffin, "The Destroyer" by William Merriam Rouse, "The Gray Plague" by L. A. Eshbach, "Jetta of the Lowlands" by Ray Cummings, and "Vagabonds of Space" by Harl Vincent. Summary by Bill Boerst

16Astounding Stories 17, May 1931

By Ray Cummings, Charles Willard Diffin, Captain S. P. Meek, Nat Schachner, Hal K. Wells and Arthur L. Zagat

This issue of the science-fiction magazine includes a novella by Charles W. Diffin titled "Dark Moon" and several short stories, including "When Caverns Yawned", by Captain S.P. Meek "When the Moon Turned Green", by Hal K. Wells and "The Death-Cloud." by Nat Schachner & Arthur L. Zagat There is also a second part of "The Exile of Time" by Ray Cummings. - Summary by Bill Boerst

17Fire People

By Ray Cummings

In effect Professor Newland declared that the curious astronomical phenomena of the previous November--the new "stars" observed, the two meteors that had fallen with their red and green light-fire--were all evidence of the existence of intelligent life on the planet Mercury. (An excerpt from chapter 1.)

18Wandl the Invader

By Ray Cummings

There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet--a maverick! This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds. But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident! - Summary by Original Gutenberg text

19Tarrano the Conqueror

By Ray Cummings

In "Tarrano the Conqueror" is presented a tale of the year 2430 A.D.--a time somewhat farther beyond our present-day era than we are beyond Columbus' discovery of America. My desire has been to create for you the impression that you have suddenly been plunged forward into that time--to give you the feeling Columbus might have had could he have read a novel of our present-day life.<br /><br /> To this end I have conceived myself a writer of that future time, addressing his contemporary public. You are to imagine yourself reading a present day translation of my original text--a translation so free that a thousand little colloquialisms will have crept into it that could not possibly have their counterparts in the year 2430.<br /> - Summary by From the author's preface

20Astounding Stories 15, March 1931

By Ray Cummings, Charles Willard Diffin, F. V. W. Mason, Harl Vincent and Jack Williamson

This issue includes "When the Mountain Came to Miramar" by Charles W. Diffin, "Beyond the Vanishing Point" by Ray Cummings, "Terrors Unseen" by Harl Vincent, the conclusion of "Phalanxes of Atlans" by F. V. W. Mason, and "The Meteor Girl" by Jack Williamson. - Summary by Bill Boerst

21Astounding Stories 16, April 1931

By Ray Cummings, Tom Curry, Paul Ernst, Anthony Gilmore, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson and Sewell Peaslee Wright

<b>Contents of this issue :-</b><br>MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON - Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long Had Barred the Greedy Hordes of the Red Planet. (A Complete Novelette.) <br> THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS - From Somewhere Out of Time Come a Swarm of Robots Who Inflict on New York the Awful Vengeance of the Diabolical Cripple Tugh. (Beginning a Four-Part Novel.) <br> HELL'S DIMENSION TOM CURRY - Professor Lambert Deliberately Ventures into a Vibrational Dimension to Join His Fiancée in Its Magnetic Torture-Fields. <br> THE WORLD BEHIND THE MOON PAUL ERNST - Two Intrepid Earth-Men Fight It Out with the Horrific Monsters of Zeud's Frightful Jungles. <br> FOUR MILES WITHIN ANTHONY GILMORE - Far Down into the Earth Goes a Gleaming Metal Sphere Whose Passengers Are Deadly Enemies. (A Complete Novelette.) <br> THE LAKE OF LIGHT JACK WILLIAMSON - In the Frozen Wastes at the Bottom of the World Two Explorers Find a Strange Pool of White Fire—and Have a Strange Adventure. <br> THE GHOST WORLD SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT - Commander John Hanson Records Another of His Thrilling Interplanetary Adventures with the Special Patrol Service. <br> THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US - A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.

22Astounding Stories 18, June 1931

By Arthur J. Burks, Ray Cummings, Charles Willard Diffin, R. F. Starzl and Sewell Peaslee Wright

This issue contains<br> The Man from 2072 by Sewell Peaslee Wright ~ Out of the Flow of Time there appears to Commander John Hanson a Man of Mystery from a Forgotten Past<br> Manape the Mighty by Arthur J. Burks~ High in theJungle Swings young Bentley - his human brain imprisoned in a mighty Ape<br> Holocaust by Charles Willard Diffin ~ The Extraordinasy Story of "Paul", Who for Forty Days was Dictator of the World<br> The Earthman's Burden by R.F. Starzl ~ There is Foul Play on Mercury - until Danny Olear of the Interplanetary Fying Police Gets After his Man<br> The Exile of Time by Ray Cummins ~ Larry and George from 1935, Mary from 1777 - All are caught up inthe Treacherous Tugh's Revolt of the Robots in the time World of 2930 (Part 3 of a 4 Part Novel )<br> Listening to Ants - a science fact<br> The Reader's Corner

23Astounding Stories 19, July 1931

By Harry Bates, Ray Cummings, A. R. Holmes, H. Thompson Rich, Nat Schachner, Jack Williamson and Arthur L. Zagat

THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an Island of Unearthly Peril.<br> THE HANDS OF ATEN H. G. WINTER Out of the Solid Ice Craig Hews Three Long-Frozen Egyptians and Is at Once Caught Up into Amazing Adventure. (A Complete Novelette.)<br> THE DIAMOND THUNDERBOLT H. THOMPSON RICH Locked in a Rocket and Fired into Space! Such Was the Fate which Awaited Young Stoddard at the End of the Diamond Trail!<br> THE SLAVE SHIP FROM SPACE A. R. HOLMES Three Kidnapped Earthlings Show Xantra of the Tillas How "Docile" Earth Slaves Can Be.<br> THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES NAT SCHACHNER AND ARTHUR L. ZAGAT Something in the Many-Faceted Mind of the Master Machine Spurs It to Diabolical Revolt Against the Authority of Its Human Masters.<br> THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS Only Near the End of the World Does Fate Catch Up with Tugh, the Cripple Who Ran Amuck Through Time. (Conclusion.)<br> THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.

24Enormous Room

By E. E. Cummings

"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found."<br> He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.<br> He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation.<br> He was entombed by the French Government.<br> It took the better part of three months to find him and bring him back to life—with the help of powerful and willing friends on both sides of the Atlantic.<br> This is his story. (Summary from the introduction.)<br><br>Note: This account contains a lot of French. A listener might become frustrated if they do not understand that language.

A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as <br> Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], <br> Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], <br> Portraits I-IX [poems 15-23], <br> La Guerre I-II [poems 24-25], <br> Sonnets I-XVI [poems 26-41] - Summary by Scotty Smith

26Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology

By Mabel H. Cummings and Mary H. Foster

Asgard Stories - Tales from Norse Mythology. To all our Children who have loved the hearing of these Asgard Stories. This little volume is the outcome of several years experience in telling to classes of children the classic myths, both southern and northern. <br><br> "A broad simplicity, so very different from the light gracefulness of the old Greek paganism, distinguishes this Norse system. It is thought, the genuine thought of deep, rude, earnest minds, fairly opened to the things about them, - a face-to-face and heart-to-heart inspection of things, - the first characteristic of all good thought in all times." wrote Carlyle. <br><br> Anderson, the author of “Norse Mythology,” wrote: “In the Norse mythology the centralizing idea is its peculiar feature; in it lies its strength and beauty. The one myth and the one divinity is inextricably in communion with the other; and thus also the idea of unity, centralization, is a prominent feature and one of the chief characteristics of the Teutonic nations."

27Beyond the Vanishing Point

By Ray Cummings

When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals. And, more astonishing than that, it was a world of miniature perfection—an infinitely tiny universe within a golden atom!<br><br> But for Randolph it was also a world aglow with danger. Somewhere in its tiny vastness were the friends he had to rescue. Captives of a madman, they had been reduced to native Orena size; to return to Earth they needed the growth capsules Randolph was bringing them. It was up to Randolph to find them—and quickly—for the longer they stayed tiny, the closer they came to passing BEYOND THE VANISHING POINT! - Summary by Raymond King Cummings

Nemo's first memory is of waking up on a self-contained world on a meteor in the rings of Saturn. Soon he meets Nona, and together they explore their world. New discoveries, hidden wonders, and an entire civilization are tucked away on the little meteor. Originally published as a serial in Science and Invention magazine, from January to September 1924. (Summary by Krista Zaleski)

29Flame Breathers

By Ray Cummings

Did the planet Vulcan exist? It supposedly orbited our sun on the opposite side from the Earth but it was only theoretical speculation. One expedition had mysteriously disappeared, and now another was following in its path—searching for the truth about this planet's existence. Was there really an unknown menace that stalked Vulcan's shadowed gorges." This was first published in Planet Stories March 1943. (Summary by blurb)

Marion Cummings was an American poet and academic. Born in San Jose, she graduated from the University of California and taught at the University of Arizona. These poems reflect on love and loss and delight in the landscape of the American Southwest. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

31Little Monsters Come

By Ray Cummings

Desperately seeking escape from their own tortured chunk of hell, they needed a specimen from this great and gracious world they planned to steal. But swamp-roving, 'gator-fighting Allen Nixon wasn't the type to be cut up alive! - Summary by Original Gutenberg text

32Juggernaut of Space

By Ray Cummings

Never had the mind of man conceived so horrible a doom as was reaching for Earth. Never had a greater need for Earth's valiant champions been needed. And yet the only ones who could fight the menace—were five futile humans, prisoners on another world. - Summary by Original Gutenberg text

33Space-Liner X-87

By Ray Cummings

The X-87 was a red shambles. It roared the starways, a renegade Venusian at the controls, a swaggering Martian plotting the space-course. And in an alumite cage, deep below-decks, lay Penelle, crack Shadow Squadman—holding the fate of three worlds in his manacled hands. - Summary by Original Gutenberg text