The Action & Adventure Collection

by L. Ron Hubbard

Overview

Breathtaking, pulse-pounding adventures that would put Indiana Jones on edge. Buckle up for adventure in these action-packed tales that appeared in the pages of the most popular pulp fiction magazines of the 1930's and 1940's.
The Collection includes: International Book Awards Winner: The Trail of the Red Diamonds, AudioFile Earphone Award Winners: The Iron Duke and Sea Fangs as well as Golden Hell, The Headhunters, Destiny's Drum, The Black Sultan and The Devil—With Wings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619861886
Publisher:	Galaxy Press, LLC
Publication date:	06/15/2012
Series:	Action Adventure Short Stories Collection
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	816
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Editorial Reviews

“Two novellas, first published in the magazine Five-Novels (in 1940 and 1947 respectively), reiterate the case for Hubbard as one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots. In Iron Duke, Blacky Lee, fleeing the Nazis with his less adventurous sidekick, impersonates the archduke of a Balkan country coveted by  the Communists, while in Chee-Chalker (the term denotes a newcomer to Alaska), FBI agent Bill Norton is in Ketchikan to look for his vanished boss and thwart a heroin ring. Both find romance along with derring-do. As with other Hubbard volumes from this publisher, the packaging (including bright cover art, interior illustrations, glossary, and added information on the author) is excellent.” —Ellery Queen

"A ‘must’ for his legions of fans and an impressive tribute to his storytelling skills in the heyday of pulp magazine fiction!" —The Midwest Book Review

"Pure fun and you can’t beat the price—grab ’em!" —Library Journal

"Definitely one of Hubbard’s more successful adventures; strongly recommended.” —Library Journal starred review

"This story pulls people in…. with a sense of adventure and excitement.” —Publishers Weekly

"The story itself is thrilling." —Publishers Weekly

"Hubbard wrote adventure, westerns, thrillers, and crime-espionage as well as sci-fi and they reveal both the range and quality of the author’s work. Even a sampling of Galaxy’s catalog makes it clear that pulp-fiction devotees need to put Hubbard’s works on their must-read lists.” —Booklist

"A master author in all of the diverse and varied action-adventure genres." —The Midwest Book Review

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