So as a starry-eyed country bumpkin I came to sudden new horizons, vision-blinded by the soaring Sierra Nevadas, miles of gleaming orange trees, and early access into the silent film studios (remembering especially Mary Pickford patting me on the head! 1926). In my earliest teens, thanks to science-fiction, I was so deep into astronomy that a buddy and I had access to the old Clark observatory on West Adams, and many a summer night (after visiting hours) were spent in awe out there in the Pleiades and the great Orion Nebula, or surfing the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. In fact at fifteen I ground a 4-inch parabolic mirror for my amateur telescope.
The depression years brought me certain blessings, such as a lifetime wife (Joey), two beautiful children, and an M.A. and teaching credentials from UCLA. Then came WWII and I went into aerospace and tech training (computerology and some programming – in the days of radio-tube bistable multivibrators, punched cards, wire-boarding, and octal/hexadecimal inputs), all culminating in 7 years abroad – 5 years in South America, 2 1/2 years on Guam, trips to Belgium and Germany (NATO bases), mostly in international management (airlines, procurement) due to my German, Spanish, and fractured French. I gave 18 years of my life to Litton Data Systems, partly as administrative assistant in Operations, but mostly as Principal Engineering Writer on major weapons systems for the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force.
All the while, Tarzan was my role model, and I was fairly athletic, finally winning an intercollegiate West Coast Senior AAU gymnastic championship, and there were also those years on Guam, scuba diving and getting some experience in shark psychology (not recommended as a community hobby!) Strangely, I ended up residing 14 years in Tarzana, almost within walking distance of the famous ERB landmark on Ventura Boulevard.
But that's only one side of the story. I was always drawn to the mysterious and mystical elements in fantasy fiction (Abraham Merritt, Rider Haggard, etc.) – and indubitably the unresolved mystery of La of Opar and Issus of Barsoom had to be tied together. (How I came to write Tarzan on Mars – a 40-year "collector's item" in the ERB underground – is related in the intro to my John Bloodstone book, Thundar – Man of Two Worlds.) I lived the fantasies and probably became a part of them, as events developed. I fellowshipped in Lima (Peru) with Thor Hyerdahl when he was building his Kon-tiki raft in Callao. I had explored Inca country in the Andes, covered a lot of Daenikin territory, and had interested Hyerdahl because I was the only one around who had read all the volumes of Inca Garcilasso de la Vega's Comentarios Reales (Royal Commentaries) in the archaic Spanish, before the Catholic Church allowed a modern version. (Too much to tell!)
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A near death experience got me into scientific astrology and I became a hosted-in member of the AFA. But this led onward into metaphysics, culminating 30 years later in a Doctorate in Metaphysical Science. I had gone through everything that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had to teach about TM, went through the training of Paramahansa Yogananda's Fellowship, absorbed everything the authentic Rosicrucians of Mt. Ecclesia had to offer, became a 2nd Degree Lama Yoga in the 5000-year-old Astarian Brotherhood, spent 8 years with the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) in Western Hebraic kabalism and alchemy, then discovered the whole Esoteric Tradition (Secret Doctrine) of the theosophists – ending in a 3-volume world concordance of the main streams of esoteric knowledge (my A.N.S.W.E.R. Series – Alliance of New Seekers of Wisdom, Ethics, and Reason).
It went on and on. Allegorically, I have disguised the buildup of my Star Man series stellar empire expansions using what I learned to be actual (but unmentionable) structures and hierarchies of the universe so Masters, Adepts and demigods were masked as World Watchers, Star Wardens, Overlords of the Nebula, etc.
Well, somebody opened my chatter box, and I'd better quit before this really gets started, because the whole subject takes off into Infinity (and we might get lost – which is where I probably am today!)
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY FROM PAGETURNER EDITIONS
THE CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION OF STUART J. BYRNE
Music of the Spheres Other Classic SF Stories
Star Quest
Power Metal
Hoaxbreaker
The Alpha Trap (1976)
The Land Beyond the Lens: The Michael Flannigan Trilogy (writing as John Bloodstone)
The Metamorphs The Naked Goddess: Two Classic Pulp Novels
Children of the Chronotron The Ultimate Death: Two Classic Pulp Novels
Beyond the Darkness Potential Zero: Two Classic Pulp Novels
The Agartha Series #1. Prometheus II
The Agartha Series #2. Colossus
The Agartha Series #3: The Golden Gardsmen
Godman (writing as John Bloodstone)
Thundar, Man of Two Worlds The Land Beyond the Lens: The Michael Flannigan Trilogy (writing as John Bloodstone)
Last Days of Thronas (writing as John Bloodstone)
The First Star Man Omnibus: #1 Supermen of Alpha Star Man #2 Time Window
The Second Star Man Omnibus: #3 Interstellar Mutineers #4 The Cosmium Raiders
The Third Star Man Omnibus: #5 The World Changer #6 The Slaves of Venus
The Fourth Star Man Omnibus: #7 Lost in the Milky Way #8. Time Trap
The Fifth Star Man Omnibus: #9 The Centaurians #10 The Emperor
The Sixth Star Man Omnibus: #11 The Return of Star Man #12 Death Screen
STEFAN VUCAK'S EPPIE NOMINEE SPACE SAGA "THE SHADOW GODS"
In the Shadow of Death
Against the Gods of Shadow
A Whisper From Shadow
Immortal in Shadow
With Shadow and Thunder
Through the Valley of Shadow
JANRAE FRANK'S #1 BESTSELLING FANTASY SAGAS
Dark Brothers of the Light Book I. Blood Rites
Dark Brothers of the Light Book II. Blood Heresy
Dark Brothers of the Light Book III. Blood Dawn
Dark Brothers of the Light Book IV: Blood Wraiths
Dark Brothers of the Light Book V: Blood Paladin
In the Darkness, Hunting: Tales of Chimquar the Lionhawk
Journey of the Sacred King I: My Sister's Keeper
Journey of the Sacred King II: Sins of the Mothers
Journey of the Sacred King III: My Father's House
THE COSMIC KALEVALA
The Saga of Lost Earths –Emil Petaja (Nebula nominee author)
The Star Mill – Emil Petaja
The Stolen Sun – Emil Petaja
Tramontane – Emil Petaja
JACK JARDINE'S HUMOROUS SF AND MYSTERY
The Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #1 The Flying Saucer Gambit
The Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #2 The Emerald Elephant Gambit
The Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #3 The Golden Goddess Gambit
The Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #4 The Time Trap Gambit
The Mind Monsters
Unaccustomed As I Am To Public Dying Other Humorous and Ironic Mystery Stories
The Nymph and the Satyr
T. J. LAZIER'S SWORDMAGE CYCLE
I. Dragon Stone
II. Guardian's Path
III. Forbidden City
ARDATH MAYHAR'S AWARD-WINNING SF F
The Crystal Skull Other Tales of the Terrifying and Twisted
The World Ends in Hickory Hollow, or After Armageddon
The Tupla: A Nover of Horror
The Twilight Dancer Other Tales of Magic, Mystery and the Supernatural
The Black Tower: A Novel of Dark Fantasy
Forbidden Geometries: A Novel Alien Worlds
HAL ANNAS' COSMIC RECKONING TRILOGY
I. The Woman from Eternity
II. Daughter of Doom
III. Witch of the Dark Star
THE HILARIOUS ADVENTURES OF TOFFEE
1. The Dream Girl – Charles F. Myers
2. Toffee Haunts a Ghost – Charles F. Myers
3. Toffee Turns the Trick – Charles F. Myers
OTHER AWARD WINNING NOMINEE STORIES AND AUTHORS
Moonworm'
s Dance Other SF Classics – Stanley Mullen (includes The Day the Earth Stood Still Other SF Classics – Harry Bates (Balrog Award winning story)
Hugo nominee story Space to Swing a Cat)
People of the Darkness–Ross Rocklynne (Nebulas nominee author)
When They Come From Space–Mark Clifton (Hugo winning author)
What Thin Partitions–Mark Clifton (Hugo winning author)
Star Bright Other SF Classics – Mark Clifton
Eight Keys to Eden–Mark Clifton (Hugo winning author)
Rat in the Skull Other Off-Trail Science Fiction–Rog Phillips (Hugo nominee author)
The Involuntary Immortals–Rog Phillips (Hugo nominee author)
Inside Man Other Science Fictions–H. L. Gold (Hugo winner, Nebula nominee)
Women of the Wood and Other Stories–A. Merritt (Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame award)
A Martian Odyssey Other SF Classics –Stanley G. Weinbaum (SFWA Hall of Fame author)
Dawn of Flame Other Stories –Stanley G. Weinbaum (SFWA Hall of Fame author)
The Black Flame – Stanley G. Weinbaum
Scout–Octavio Ramos, Jr. (Best Original Fiction)
Smoke Signals–Octavio Ramos, Jr. (Best Original Fiction winning author)
The City at World's End–Edmond Hamilton
The Star Kings–Edmond Hamilton (Sense of Wonder Award winning author)
A Yank at Valhalla–Edmond Hamilton (Sense of Wonder Award winning author)
Dawn of the Demigods, or People Minus X – Raymond Z. Gallun (Nebula Nominee Author)
THE BESTSELLING SF/F/H OF J. D. CRAYNE
Tetragravitron (Captain Spycer #1)
Monster Lake
Invisible Encounter Other Stories
The Cosmic Circle
PLANETS OF ADVENTURE
Colorful Space Opera from the Legendary Pulp Planet Stories
#1. "The Sword of Fire" – A Novel of an Enslaved World "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears" – A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds
#2. "The Seven Jewels of Chamar" – A Novel of Future Centuries "Flame Jewel of the Ancients" – A Novel of Outlaw Worlds
#3. "Captives of the Weir-Wind" – A Novel of the Void by Nebula Nominee Ross Rocklynne. "Black Priestess of Varda" – A Novel of a Magic World.
NEMESIS: THE NEW MAGAZINE OF PULP THRILLS
#1. Featuring Gun Moll, the 1920s Undercover Nemesis of Crime in "Tentacles of Evil," an all-new, complete book-length novel; plus a Nick Bancroft mystery by Bob Liter, "The Greensox Murders" by Jean Marie Stine, and a classic mystery short reprinted from the heyday of the pulps.
#2 Featuring Rachel Rocket, the 1930s Winged Nemesis of Foreign Terror in "Hell Wings Over Manhattan," an all-new, complete book-length novel, plus spine-tingling science fiction stories, including EPPIE nominee Stefan Vucak's "Hunger," author J. D. Crayne's disturbing "Point of View," Hugo Award winner Larry Niven's "No Exit," written with Jean Marie Stine, and a classic novelette of space ship mystery by the king of space opera, Edmond Hamilton. Illustrated. (Illustrations not available in Palm).
#3 Featuring Victory Rose, the 1940s Nemesis of Axis Tyranny, in Hitler's Final Trumpet," an all-new, complete book-length novel, plus classic jungle pulp tales, including a complete Ki-Gor novel.
# 4 Featuring Femme Noir, the 1950s Nemesis of Hell's Restless Spirits, in an all new, book length novel, plus all new and classic pulp shudder tales, including "The Summons from Beyond" the legendary round-robin novelette of cosmic horror by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, and Frank Belknap Long.
OTHER FINE CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC SF/F/H
A Million Years to Conquer–Henry Kuttner
After the Polothas – Stephen Brown
Arcadia – Tabitha Bradley
Backdoor to Heaven – Vicki McElfresh
Buck Rogers #1: Armageddon 2419 A.D.–Philip Francis Nowlan
Buck Rogers #2. The Airlords of Han – Philip Francis Nowlan
Chaka: Zulu King–Book I. The Curse of Baleka–H. R. Haggard
Chaka: Zulu King–Book II. Umpslopogass' Revenge–H. R. Haggard
Claimed!–Francis Stevens
Darby O'Gill: The Classic Irish Fantasy–Hermine Templeton
Diranda: Tales of the Fifth Quadrant – Tabitha Bradley
Dracula's Daughters–Ed. Jean Marie Stine
Dwellers in the Mirage–A. Merritt
From Beyond 16 Other Macabre Masterpieces–H. P. Lovecraft
Future Eves: Classic Science Fiction about Women by Women–(ed) Jean Marie Stine
Ghost Hunters and Psychic Detectives: 8 Classic Tales of Sleuthing and the Supernatural–(ed.) J. M. Stine
Horrors!: Rarely Reprinted Classic Terror Tales–(ed.) J. M. Stine. J.L. Hill
House on the Borderland–William Hope Hodgson
House of Many Worlds [Elspeth Marriner #1]– Sam Merwin Jr.
Invisible Encounter and Other SF Stories – J. D. Crayne
Murcheson Inc., Space Salvage – Cleve Cartmill
Ki-Gor, Lord of the Jungle–John Peter Drummond
Lost Stars: Forgotten SF from the "Best of Anthologies"–(ed.) J. M. Stine
Metropolis–Thea von Harbou
Mission to Misenum [Elspeth Marriner #2] – Sam Merwin Jr.
Mistress of the Djinn–Geoff St. Reynard
Chronicles of the Sorceress Morgaine I-V – Joe Vadalma
Nightmare!–Francis Stevens
Pete Manx, Time Troubler – Arthur K. Barnes
Possessed!–Francis Stevens
Ralph 124C 41+ – Hugo Gernsback
Seven Out of Time – Arthur Leo Zagut
Star Tower – Joe Vadalma
The Cosmic Wheel–J. D. Crayne
The Forbidden Garden–John Taine
The City at World's End–Edmond Hamilton
The Ghost Pirates–W. H. Hodgson
The Girl in the Golden Atom – Ray Cummings
The Heads of Cerberus – Francis Stevens
The House on the Borderland–William Hope Hodgson
The Insidious Fu Manchu–Sax Rohmer
The Interplanetary Huntress–Arthur K. Barnes
The Interplanetary Huntress Returns–Arthur K. Barnes
The Interplanetary Huntress Last Case–Arthur K. Barnes
The Lightning Witch, or The Metal Monster–A. Merritt
The Price He Paid: A Novel of the Stellar Republic – Matt Kirkby
The Thief of Bagdad–Achmed Abdullah
Women of the Wood and Other Stories–A. Merritt
BARGAIN SF/F EBOOKS IN OMNIBUS EDITIONS
(Complete Unabridged)
The First Lord Dunsany Omnibus: 5 Complete Books – Lord Dunsany
The First William Morris Omnibus: 4 Complete Classic Fantasy Books
The Barsoom Omnibus: A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; The Warlord of Mars–Burroughs
The Second Barsoom Omnibus: Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars–Burroughs
The Third Barsoom Omnibus: The Mastermind of Mars; A Fighting Man of Mars–Burroughs
The First Tarzan Omnibus: Tarzan of the Apes; The Return of Tarzan; Jungle Tales of Tarzan–Burroughs
The Second Tarzan Omnibus: The Beasts of Tarzan; The Son of Tarzan; Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar–Burroughs
The Third Tarzan Omnibus: Tarzan the Untamed; Tarzan the Terrible; Tarzan and the Golden Lion–Burroughs
The Pellucidar Omnibus: At the Earth's Core; Pellucidar–Burroughs
The Caspak Omnibus: The Land that Time Forgot; The People that Time Forgot; Out of Time's Abyss–Burroughs
The First H. G. Wells Omnibus: The Invisible Man: War of the Worlds; The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Second H. G. Wells Omnibus: The Time Machine; The First Men in the Moon; When the Sleeper Wakes
The Third H. G. Wells Omnibus: The Food of the Gods; Shape of Things to Come; In the Days of the Comet
The First Jules Verne Omnibus: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea; The Mysterious Islan
d; From the Earth to the Moon
The Homer Eon Flint: All 4 of the Clasic "Dr. Kenney" Novels: The Lord of Death; The Queen of Life; The Devolutionist; The Emancipatrix
The Second Jules Verne Omnibus: Around the World in 80 Days; A Journey to the Center of the Earth; Off on a Comet
Three Great Horror Novels: Dracula; Frankenstein; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Darkness and Dawn Omnibus: The Classic Science Fiction Trilogy–George Allan England
The Garrett P. Serviss Omnibus: The Second Deluge; The Moon Metal; A Columbus of Space
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eBook Info
Identifier:
ISBN 1-58873-865-5
Title:
Star Quest
Creator:
Stuart J. Byrne
Date:
3/28/2006
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