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RIDERS TO THE STARS ...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Small octavo, cover painting by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 58. Novelization of Siodmak's screenplay by Robert Smith, published before the release of the 1954 film. The rear cover of the book has stills from the film.The Science Fiction Encyclopedia online offers some interesting commentary on this film which predates the coming space race: "...this is one of the few films, and perhaps the only film, that accurately predicted the course of the American space programme. Space Flight would be achieved by a government programme – not brilliant individuals or patriotic businessmen; space pilots would be carefully selected and rigorously trained before flight, in contrast to films in which people build a Rocket and then look around to see what random individuals might be available to join its crew on short notice; the first steps into space would involve suborbital flights, not a pioneering flight to the Moon or Mars; and astronauts in space would be carefully monitored by, and in constant communication with, technicians on the ground who would continually advise them as they carried out their missions, unlike cinematic astronauts who, once in space, are all on their own. All of these characteristics of actual space flight were meticulously predicted in this film; as a result, while other early space films can now be dismissed as irrelevant to current concerns, Riders to the Stars is a film that remains in dialogue with the ongoing conquest of space, addressing any number of still-significant issues: do the rewards of space flight justify the risks to human lives? What sorts of individuals are best qualified to travel into space? Should space missions be controlled by knowledgeable observers on the ground, or by the astronauts who are actually in the midst of events?" In retrospect this has to be considered an important contribution to 1950s science fiction film making.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Octavo, original light brown cloth, stamped in blue to front and spine. First edition. Filmed twice, first in 1944 under the title The Lady and the Monster, the second and better known as originally titled, directed by Felix Feist and starring Lew Ayres. See Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-179.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [1944]. Small octavo (oblong), pictorial wrappers. Armed Services Edition and first paperback edition. ASE 0-9. The Armed Services Editions was a significant historical project between U.S. government and major U.S. publishing to mass produce portable entertainment for the men at war. The books, introduced in 1943, were produced in ever increasing numbers as WW II progressed, eventually reaching over 150,000 copies per title. Managing production was Philip Van Doren Stern the former executive editor of Pocket Books. Manning, When Books Went to War.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 819.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Octavo, cloth. First edition. This novel was first serialized in BLACK MASK magazine, September -- November 1942. It has been adapted for film several times. First filmed as "The Lady and the Monster" from Republic Pictures (1944) directed by George Sherman from a screenplay by Dane Lussier and Frederick Kohner with a cast featuring Vera Hruba Ralston, Richard Arlen, Erich von Stoheim and others. The second and best known adaptation was filmed as "Donovan's Brain" released by United Artists (1953) directed by Felix Feist from a screenplay by Felix Feist and Hugh Brooke with a cast featuring Lew Ayres, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie and others. Filmed again in 1962 as a German/English production it was released in the U.S. in 1964 as "The Brain," directed by Freddie Francis. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-351. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-179. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 579-82. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 180. Reginald 13243.
HAUSER'S MEMORY.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Siodmak. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Loose sequel to DONOVAN'S BRAIN. Basis for a made for television movie (1970) which was nominated for a Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-351.
HAUSER'S MEMORY.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. Later printing. Signed on the title page by Siodmak. Loose sequel to DONOVAN'S BRAIN. Basis for a made for television movie (1970) which was nominated for a Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-351.
SKYPORT.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's third novel. A novel concerning a space station being constructed as a luxury hotel.
THE THIRD EAR.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Siodmak. Review copy with publisher's review slip and promotional sheet laid in. Techno-thriller in which a scientist discover a way to chemically induce ESP.