Ray Cummings

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Raymond King Cummings (born August 30, 1887 in New York City ; died January 23, 1957 in Mount Vernon , New York ) was an American science fiction and detective story writer in the era of pulp magazines .

Life

Cummings was the son of a wealthy New York family. He began studying at Princeton University , but after only two months he took his family to Puerto Rico , where his father owned an orange plantation. In his youth he worked in oil fields in Wyoming and mines in British Columbia and Alaska . From 1914 to 1919 he was editor of various magazines at Thomas A. Edison and during this time wrote his first SF story, The Girl in the Golden Atom , which was published in March 1919 by All-Story Weekly . This was followed by six sequels under the title The People of the Golden Atom and in 1922 he summarized all parts for a fix-up .

The story is about a journey into the world of atoms. According to a popular understanding of Bohr's atomic model, the atom resembles a small solar system in which the atomic nucleus corresponds to the sun and the electrons orbiting the nucleus correspond to the planets. The hero of Cummings' tale can visit such a planet, actually inhabited by intelligent beings, and experience his adventures there by using a diminutive drug. The story was a great success at the time and the author was enthusiastically described as an "American HG Wells ". It has been found that such a comparison is entirely correct on an ironic level, in that there are very substantial structural parallels between Wells ' journey through time and Cummings' journey into the atomic world. The Girl in the Golden Atom ( Matter ), together with two novels that have not been reprinted ( Space ) and a group of three novels ( Time ), which deal with time travel, form the loosely connected cycle Matter, Space and Time .

As a result, Cummings became one of the most prolific writers of the Pulp era, although the number of stories he published is not clear. According to John Clute , he is said to have published over 750 stories under various pseudonyms and in various genres. RD Mullen, on the other hand, counts 134 SF short stories, 22 of which are novels or short stories in length. In any case, it is clear that the number is large and that Cummings was present as an author over a long period of time, namely from 1919 to the end of the 1950s, i.e. a good four decades.

Critics of his work, however, missed the development in this long time, both in terms of writing technique and the reception of scientific and technical progress. This deficiency is also attributed to the fact that Cummings barely succeeded in making the leap from magazine to book publication. There were hardly any anthologies of his stories and his longer stories appeared as a magazine series and then not for a long time. It was only during the pulp nostalgia that began in the 1960s that his novels were published as books, often more than 40 years after they were first printed.

Despite these shortcomings, as John Clute states, his numerous contributions can today be recognized as entirely honorable and fruitful in their context, and the contribution of their author to the history of the SF can be considered certain. In addition, some of the Cummings' concepts and equipment, which have become standard equipment in the SF, were used for the first time, such as artificial gravity.

At a time already diminishing success in the 1940s, Cummings worked with his daughter Betty and wrote the script for a series of early Captain America - Comics , where he also material from Princess of the atomic recycled.

In 2010, Cummings was posthumously awarded the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award .

bibliography

Series

Matter, Space and Time
  • The Girl in the Golden Atom (in: All-Story Weekly, March 15, 1919 ; novel version as: The People of the Golden Atom , 6 parts in: All-Story Weekly, January 24, 1920  ff .; book version: The Girl in the Golden Atom , 1922, also as: The People of the Golden Atom , 1940)
  • The Fire People (5 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, October 21, 1922  ff.)
    • German: Mercury in flames. Translated by Herbert Maurin. Semrau (The Spaceman # 8), 1958.
  • The Shadow Girl (1922)
    • German: shadow of the future. Translated by Helmut Bittner and Edith Bittner. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 203), 1959.
  • The Man Who Mastered Time (5 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 12, 1924  ff.)
  • Princess of the Atom (6 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 14, 1929  ff.)
  • The Exile of Time (4 parts in: Astounding Stories, April 1931  ff.)
    • German: Visitors from the year X. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 3174, 1970, DNB 456305661 .
Tubby Maguire (short stories)
  • The Light Machine (in: All-Story Weekly, June 19, 1920 )
  • The Man Who Discovered Nothing (in: All-Story Weekly, January 10, 1920 )
  • Moon Madness (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 23, 1921 )
  • The Gravity Professor (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 7, 1921 )
  • The Time Professor (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, January 8, 1921 )
  • Around the Universe (6 parts in: Science and Invention, July 1923  ff.)
  • The Thought Machine (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 26, 1923 )
  • The Three Eyed Man (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 7, 1923 )
  • The Space-Time-Size Machine (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1937 )
  • The Man Who Saw too Much (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1938 )
  • World Upside Down (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1940 )
  • Tubby — Time Traveler (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1942 )
  • Tubby - Atom Smasher (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1943 )
  • Battle of the Solar System (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spring 1944 )
  • The Gadget Girl (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1944 ; also: Gadget Girl , 2013)
  • Tubby - Master of the Atom (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1946 )
  • Up and Atom (in: Startling Stories, September 1947 )
Tama (novels)
  • 1 Tama of the Light Country (3 parts in: Argosy, December 13, 1930  ff.)
  • 2 Tama, Princess of Mercury (4 parts in: Argosy, June 27, 1931  ff.)
Gregg Haljan (novels)
  • 1 Brigands of the Moon (4 parts in: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930  ff.)
    • German: Robbery on Star Roads. Translated by Heinz Zwack. Widukind-Verlag, Balve iW 1958, DNB 770217931 . Also called: bandits from the moon. Translated by Gerhard Ledig. Pabel (Utopia large volume # 114), 1959.
  • 2 Wandl, the Invader (4 parts in: Astounding Stories, February 1932  ff.)
Crimes of the Year 2000 (short stories)
  • 1 Crimes of the Year 2000 (in: Detective Fiction Weekly, July 6, 1935 )
  • 2 Studio Crime (in: Detective Fiction Weekly, July 20, 1935 ; also: Crimes of the Year 2000: No. 2, The Television Alibi , 1942)
  • 3 Death in the Fog Tower (1935, in: Detective Fiction Weekly, August 03, 1953 ; also: Crimes of the Year 2000 - Fog Tower , 1945)
Robot Saga (short stories)
  • 1 Decadence (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1941 )
  • 2 Fugitive (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1942 )
  • 3 Regeneration (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1942 )

Novels

  • The Man on the Meteor (14 parts in: Science and Invention, January 1924  ff.)
    • German: Under the spell of the meteor. Translated by Burkhardt W. Jülkenbeck. Semrau (The Spaceman # 7), 1958.
  • Tarrano the Conqueror (14 parts in: Science and Invention, July 1925  ff.)
  • Explorers Into Infinity (3 parts in: Weird Tales, April 1927  ff .; also: The Giant World , 1928)
  • Beyond the Stars (3 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 11, 1928  ff.)
  • A Brand New World (6 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 22, 1928  ff.)
    • German: The red madness. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 433), 1965.
  • The Sea Girl (6 parts in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, March 2, 1929  ff.)
  • The Snow Girl (4 parts in: Argosy, November 2, 1929  ff.)
  • The Jungle Rebellion (6 parts in: Argosy, October 31, 1931  ff.)
  • The Insect Invasion (5 parts in: Argosy, April 16, 1932  ff.)
  • The Fire Planet (3 parts in: Argosy, September 23, 1933  ff.)
  • Flood (3 parts in: Argosy, July 28, 1934  ff.)
  • Beyond the Vanishing Point (1958)
  • The Phantom Detective: Murder Trail ( Phantom Detective # 85, 1965)
  • Into the 4th Dimension (1981)
  • The White Invaders (2007)

Collections

  • Tales from the Scientific Crime Club (1925)
  • Fire People and Around the Universe (1992)
  • Wings of Horror and Other Stories (2011)
  • The Ray Cummings Megapack (2013)
  • Thrilling Mystery Stories (2014)
  • War-Nymphs of Venus: The Complete Planet Stories Tales (2016)
  • The Girl and the People of the Golden Atom (2019)

Short stories

1919:

  • The Other Man's Blood (in: All-Story Weekly, October 18, 1919 )

1920:

  • The Thought Girl (2 parts in: Live Stories, May 1920  ff.)
  • The Big Idea (in: Argosy, July 10, 1920 )
  • The Soul of Henry Jones (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 21, 1920 )

1921:

  • The Other Road (in: Live Stories, January 1921 )
  • The Spirit Photograph (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 12, 1921 )
  • The Curious Case of Norton Hoorne (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 2, 1921 )
  • The Magic Pencil (in: Munsey's Magazine, September 1921 )

1922:

  • The Peppermint Test (in: Argosy All-Story Weekly, June 24, 1922 )
  • T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond (in: Black Mask, December 1922 )

1926:

  • Into the Fourth Dimension (9 parts in: Science and Invention, September 1926  ff.)

1927:

  • They Hanged a Phantom for Murder (in: Ghost Stories, January 1927 )

1930:

  • Phantoms of Reality (in: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, January 1930 )
  • The Man Who Was Two Men (2 parts in: Argosy, February 8, 1930  ff.)
  • Jetta of the Lowlands (3 parts in: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, September 1930  ff.)
  • The Mark of the Meteor (1930, in: Wonder Stories Quarterly, Winter 1931 )

1931:

  • The Great Transformation (in: Wonder Stories, February 1931 )
  • Beyond the Vanishing Point (in: Astounding Stories, March 1931 )
  • Bandits of the Cylinder (in: Argosy, August 29, 1931 )
  • The Derelict of Space (in: Wonder Stories Quarterly, Fall 1931 ; with William T. Thurmond)
  • The Dead Who Walk (in: Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, September 1931 )
    • German: corpses. Translated by Ernst Heyda . In: Werner Star (Ed.): Luther's Grusel + Horror Cabinet 10. Luther, 1972.
  • Flyer of Eternal Midnight (in: Argosy, October 3, 1931 )
  • The White Invaders (in: Astounding Stories, December 1931 )

1932:

  • The Disappearance of William Roger (in: Argosy, January 9, 1932 )
  • Death by the Clock (in: Argosy, August 6, 1932 )
  • Rats of the Harbor (2 parts in: Argosy, December 24, 1932  ff.)

1933:

  • Terror of the Unseen (in: Argosy, November 4, 1933 )

1934:

  • Brigands of the Unseen (in: Argosy, January 27, 1934 )
  • Earth-Mars Voyage 20 (in: Argosy, October 20, 1934 )

1935:

  • The Moon Plot (in: Argosy, February 16, 1935 )
  • The House of Doomed Brides (in: Terror Tales, February 1935 )
  • When Ghouls Come Seeking! (in: Horror Stories, February 1935 )
  • The Polar Light (in: Argosy, April 13, 1935 )
  • Death's Frozen Brides (in: Terror Tales, April 1935 )
  • The Man Who Taught Terror (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1935 )
  • Moonlight and Jungle (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, June 1935 )
  • Woman-Monster (in: Horror Stories, July 1935 )
  • Madman's Ghost (in: Terror Tales, August 1935 )
  • Horror Ship (in: Thrilling Mystery, October 1935 )

1936:

  • The Fiend of Sleepy Hollow (in: Thrilling Mystery, February 1936 )
  • Laugh and Die (in: Terror Tales, April 1936 )
  • Love Me and Die! (in: Horror Stories, April-May 1936 )
  • Guests of the Torturer (in: Terror Tales, May 1936 )
  • I Sleep with Terror (in: Terror Tales, June 1936 )
  • Mistress of the Black Pool (in: Horror Stories, June-July 1936 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabrielle Wilson)
  • Cargo of Horror (in: Thrilling Mystery, July 1936 )
  • Blood of the Moon (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936 )
  • Death's Veterinary (in: Horror Stories, August-September 1936 )
  • Bridegroom from Hell (in: Terror Tales, September-October 1936 )
  • Island of the Dead (in: Thrilling Mystery, September 1936 )
  • Shadow Gold (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1936 )
  • Earth-Venus 12 (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1936 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Murder Haven (1936, in: Horror Stories, December 1936-January 1937 )
  • Trapped in Eternity (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1936 )

1937:

  • Death's Dreadful Lover (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, January 1937 )
  • Water Madness (in: Horror Stories, February-March 1937 )
  • Elixir of Doom (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1937 )
  • Roaming Terror (in: Thrilling Mystery, April 1937 )
  • House of Horrible Laughter (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, May 1937 )
  • Tomorrow's Terror (in: Terror Tales, May-June 1937 )
  • The Fiend of Franklin Corners (in: Horror Stories, June-July 1937 )
  • The Thing Without a Name (in: Terror Tales, July-August 1937 )
  • Portrait of Dread Desire (in: Terror Tales, September-October 1937 )
  • The Horror at Black Glen (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, October 1937 )
  • Wings of Horror (in: Thrilling Mystery, November 1937 )

1938:

  • Home of the Winged Monster (in: Horror Stories, February-March 1938 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • To the Victor I Belong (in: Horror Stories, February-March 1938 )
  • Cat-Woman (in: Terror Tales, May-June 1938 )
  • Corpse Magic (in: Thrilling Mystery, May 1938 )
  • The Blind Spot (in: The Phantom Detective, July 1938 )
  • Pendulum of Pain (in: Terror Tales, July-August 1938 )
  • Voyage 13 (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938 )
  • I Paint Only Death (in: Horror Stories, August-September 1938 )
  • The Thing from Mars (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1938 )
  • Children of Hell (in: Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1938 )
  • Corpses Ride the Waves (in: Terror Tales, September-October 1938 )
  • X1–2-200 (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1938 )
  • Case of the Exploding Men (in: Strange Detective Mysteries, November-December 1938 )
  • The Sculptor from Hell (in: Terror Tales, November-December 1938 )
  • The Great Adventure (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1938 )

1939:

  • The Case of the Faceless Corpses (in: Strange Detective Mysteries, January-February 1939 )
  • Girls for the Devil's Abattoir (in: Horror Stories, February-March 1939 )
  • Death Lives in My Lips (in: Terror Tales, March-April 1939 )
  • Murder Puppet (in: Terror Tales, March-April 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • The Nine Fingers of Doom (in: Strange Detective Mysteries, March-April 1939 )
  • Dance of Pain (in: Horror Stories, April-May 1939 )
  • Monster in the Nursery (in: Horror Stories, April-May 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Zeoh-X (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1939 )
  • Brides for the Flame (in: Terror Tales, July-August 1939 )
  • Master of Werewolves (in: Terror Tales, July-August 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Secret of the Sun (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1939 )
  • Soul of the Death Machine (in: Horror Stories, August-September 1939 )
  • An ultimatum from Mars (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1939 )
  • The Hags from Hell (in: Terror Tales, September-October 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Portrait (in: Unknown, September 1939 )
  • Beware of Purple Flesh! (in: Horror Stories, October-November 1939 )
  • The Cult of the Dead (in: Strange Stories, October 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • The Damned May Dance with Satan (in: Terror Tales, November-December 1939 )
  • The Dead White Thing (in: Uncanny Tales, November 1939 ; as Ray King)
  • Pawn of Hideous Desire (in: Uncanny Tales, November 1939 )
  • When Terror Beckons (in: Uncanny Tales, November 1939 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • The Atom Prince (in: Science Fiction, December 1939 )
  • Lust Rides the Roller Coaster (in: Marvel Tales, December 1939 ; as Ray King)
  • Shadow World (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1939 )
  • Death Cove (1939; as Ray King)

1940:

  • The Girl From Infinite Smallness (in: Planet Stories, Spring 1940 )
  • The Man Who Killed the World (in: Planet Stories, Spring 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • The Man Who Knew Everything (in: Strange Stories, February 1940 )
  • The Wind Monster Wants Me! (in: Sinister Stories, February 1940 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Ashes of Murder (in: Thrilling Mystery, March 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • Blood-Brides of the Lusting Corpse (in: Uncanny Tales, March 1940 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • I am the Tiger Girl! (in: Horror Stories, March 1940 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Satan's Virgin (in: Terror Tales, March 1940 )
  • Marriage of the Red Monster (in: Real Mystery Magazine, April 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • Space-Liner X-87 (in: Planet Stories, Summer 1940 )
  • Arton's Metal (in: Super Science Stories, May 1940 )
  • Corpses from Canvas (in: Horror Stories, May 1940 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Fresh Blood for My Bride (in: Uncanny Tales, May 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • Monster of the Marsh (in: Uncanny Tales, May 1940 ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)
  • Perfume of Dark Desire (in: Horror Stories, May 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • When the Werewolf Howls (in: Horror Stories, May 1940 )
  • The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (in: Thrilling Mystery, July 1940 )
  • The Thought-Woman (in: Super Science Stories, July 1940 )
  • Tryst with Terror (in: Real Mystery Magazine, July 1940 ; as Ray King)
  • Ice Over America (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1940 )
  • Revolt in the Ice Empire (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1940 )
  • The Machine That Had No Flaws (in: Startling Stories, September 1940 )
  • The Vanishing Men (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, September 1940 )
  • Dr. Targo's Last Experiment (in: Horror Stories, October 1940 )
  • Personality Plus (in: Astonishing Stories, October 1940 )
  • Forked Horror (in: Terror Tales, November 1940 )
  • Phantom of the Seven Stars (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1940 )
  • The Door at the Opera (in: Astonishing Stories, December 1940 )
  • Madman's Murder Melody (in: Horror Stories, December 1940 )
  • Priestess of the Moon (in: Amazing Stories, December 1940 )

1941:

  • I'll have your eyes! (in: Terror Tales, January 1941 ; as Ray King)
  • Space-Flight of Terror (in: Science Fiction, January 1941 )
  • I married a dead man! (in: Horror Stories, February 1941 )
  • Magnus' Disintegrator (in: Astonishing Stories, February 1941 )
  • The War-Nymphs of Venus (in: Planet Stories, Spring 1941 )
  • Almost Human (in: Super Science Novels Magazine, March 1941 )
  • Coming of the Giant Germs (in: Uncanny Stories, April 1941 )
  • Imp of the Theremin (in: Astonishing Stories, April 1941 )
  • New Flesh for Old (in: Horror Stories, April 1941 )
  • Space Wolf (in: Planet Stories, Summer 1941 )
  • Onslaught of the Druid Girls (in: Fantastic Adventures, June 1941 ; also: Druid Moon , 2017)
  • Out of Smallness (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1941 )
  • The Robot God (in: Weird Tales, July 1941 )
  • Souvenir of Doom (in: Thrilling Mystery, July 1941 )
  • Aerita of the Light Country (in: Super Science Novels Magazine, August 1941 )
  • Machines of Destiny (in: Astonishing Stories, November 1941 )
  • Monster of the Asteroid (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1941 )
  • Monster of the Moon (in: Super Science Stories, November 1941 )
  • Bandits of Time (in: Amazing Stories, December 1941 )
  • The End of His Service (1941, in: Captain Future, Winter 1942 )

1942:

  • The Violin of Carito (in: Thrilling Mystery, January 1942 )
  • Gods of Space (in: Planet Stories, Spring 1942 )
  • The Shadow People (in: Astonishing Stories, March 1942 )
  • The Star-Master (in: Planet Stories, Summer 1942 )
  • Miracle (in: Astonishing Stories, June 1942 )
  • The World Beyond (in: Amazing Stories, July 1942 )
  • Rain of Fire (in: Future Combined with Science Fiction, August 1942 )
  • Beyond the End of Time (in: Super Science Stories, November 1942 )

1943:

  • Patriotism Plus (in: Future Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1943 )
  • Star Arrow (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1943 )
  • The Flame Breathers (in: Planet Stories, March 1943 )
  • The Man from 2890 (in: Astonishing Stories, April 1943 )
  • The Golden Temple (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1943 )
  • Wings of Icarus (in: Startling Stories, June 1943 )
  • The Man Who Saved New York (in: Science Fiction Stories, July 1943 )

1944:

  • A Fragment of Diamond Quartz (in: Super Science Stories (Canadian), August 1944 ; as Ray P. Shotwell)

1945:

  • Juggernaut of Space (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1945 )

1947:

  • The Lifted Veil (in: Weird Tales, May 1947 )

1948:

  • The Simple Life (in: Startling Stories, May 1948 )
  • Ahead of His Time (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1948 )
  • The Little Monsters Come (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1948 )

1950:

  • The Planet-Smashers (in: Out of this World Adventures, July 1950 )

1952:

  • Science Can Wait (in: Fantastic Story Magazine, Fall 1952 )

1954:

  • He Who Served (in: Fantastic Universe, September 1954 )

1955:

  • The Man Who Could Go Away (in: Fantastic Universe, July 1955 )

1958:

  • Requiem for a Small Planet (in: Saturn, March 1958 )

1976:

  • Betrothal of the Thing (1976, in: Robert Weinberg (Ed.): Death Orchids & Other Bizarre Tales ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabriel Wilson)

1977:

  • Mistress of the Black God (1977, in: Robert Weinberg (Ed.): Satan's Roadhouse ; with Gabrielle Cummings as Gabrielle Wilson, with Gabrielle Cummings)

1993:

  • The Case of the Frozen Corpse (1993, in: Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Tough Guys & Dangerous Dames )

2006:

  • The Death Song (in: Lost Sanctum, # 2 2006 ; as Ray King)

2010:

  • Halfway to Horror (2010, in: Leo Margulies (Ed.): Thrilling Mystery, May 1936 )

2011:

  • The Case of the Mummified Corpses (2011, in: Ray Cummings: Wings of Horror and Other Stories )
  • Flames of Horror (2011, in: Ray Cummings: Wings of Horror and Other Stories )
  • The Gruesome Thing (2011, in: Ray Cummings: Wings of Horror and Other Stories ; as Ray King)
  • The Purple Head (2011, in: Ray Cummings: Wings of Horror and Other Stories )
  • The Secret Grave (2011, in: Ray Cummings: Wings of Horror and Other Stories )

2013:

  • The Scalpel of Doom (2013, in: The Pulp Fiction Megapack )
  • Atom Boy (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Dr. Feather in "A Shot in the Dark" (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Dr. Feather in "Clue in Crimson" (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Dr. Feather in "Murder in the Fog" (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Dr. Feather in "The Dead Man Laughs" (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • The Fire People (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Photograph of Death (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Precipice (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • The Silver Veil (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Stamp of Doom (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )
  • Two Proposals (2013, in: Ray Cummings: The Ray Cummings Megapack )

2014:

  • The Case of the Mummified Corpse (2014, in: Ray Cummings: Thrilling Mystery Stories )
  • Castle of Horror (2014, in: Ray Cummings: Thrilling Mystery Stories )
  • Fear Rides the Stars (2014, in: Ray Cummings: Thrilling Mystery Stories )
  • The Thing in the Bottle (2014, in: Ray Cummings: Thrilling Mystery Stories )

2019:

  • Ship of Doom (in: Black Infinity, Fall 2019 )

Anthologies

Comics (script)

  • The Princess of the Atom (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 25, April 1943, Marvel)
  • The Princess of the Atom: Part II (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 26, May 1943, Marvel)
  • North of the Border (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 27, June 1943, Marvel)
  • The King of the Dinosaurs (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 29, August 1943, Marvel)
  • The Case of the “Phantom Engineer” (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 29, August 1943, Marvel)
  • The Case of the Headless Monster (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 29, August 1943, Marvel)
  • The Cylinder of Death (USA Comics, 1941 series, # 10, September 1943, Marvel)
  • The House of the Laughing Death (Captain America Comics, 1941 series, # 30, September 1943, Marvel)
  • The Case of the Yellow Fire Monster (All-Winners Comics, 1941 series, # 11, Winter 1943–1944, Marvel)

literature

  • Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 109 f.
  • Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 353.
  • Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Jörg M. Munsonius, Hermann Urbanek: Lexicon of Fantasy Literature. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 2005, ISBN 3-89064-566-6 , p. 115.
  • John Clute : Cummings, Ray. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition).
  • Don D'Ammassa : Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Facts On File, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8160-5924-1 , p. 99.
  • Thyrill L. Ladd: Ray Cummings: A Meeting. In: The Girl in the Golden Atom. Hyperion, Westport, CT 1974, pp. Vii-xiv.
  • RD Mullen: Two Early Works by Ray Cummings: "The Fire People" and "Around the Universe". In: Science Fiction Studies. Vol. 26, No. 2, (July 1999), pp. 295-302, online .
  • Eric S. Rupprecht: Ray Cummings. In: Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 8: Twentieth-Century American Science Fiction Writers, Part 1: AL . Gale, Detroit 1981, pp. 105-108.
  • Graham Stone: Cummings, Ray (Moon King) . In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3 , pp. 179-182.
  • Donald H. Tuck : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Advent, Chicago 1974, ISBN 0-911682-20-1 , pp. 123 f.
  • Robert H. Wilcox: Cummings, Ray (Moon King) . In: James Gunn : The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Viking, New York et al. a. 1988, ISBN 0-670-81041-X , p. 115 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Mullen, the series is actually an afterthought, originally a "trilogy" consisting of the novels The Girl in the Golden Atom , The Fire People and The Man Who Mastered Time , to which the thematically more or less appropriate three other novels The Princess of the Atom ( Space # 2), The Shadow Girl ( Time # 2) and The Exile of Time ( Time # 3).
  2. ↑ See Ray Cummings: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas on technovelgy.com, accessed December 23, 2017.
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SURNAME Cummings, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cummings, Raymond King (full name); Campbell, John (pseudonym); Graves, Emerson (pseudonym); King, Ray (pseudonym); Shotwell, Ray P. (pseudonym); Wallace, Robert (pen name); Wilson, Gabriel (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1957
Place of death Mount Vernon , New York