Edmond Hamilton: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Edmond Hamilton:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977) began writing science fiction in 1924. Along with E.E. "Doc" Smith, he created the space opera genre. He started writing for DC Comics, in their Superman series, in the 1940's. He continued in this activity through the 1960's.

"Entered Westminster College at the ripe age of 14. Three years later the dean summoned me and gently informed me that regular attendance was necessary to an education and that mine had become so irregular he had decided to suspend it altogether. Education over, I did some newspaper work, for a while getting out a most unhumorous humor column. Then because I hated, and still hate, indoor work, graduated to railroading and an assistant-yardmaster’s job.

I sold my first story to a weird magazine in 1925. Thus I started on the downward path. Right now I am tackling fiction as a whole-time proposition.

Height, five feet ten, weight, one hundred and fifty, white and unmarried. Swimming is my favorite amusement, though I like hiking, too. I consider golf and bridge games for dimwits, but like poker."

(Edmond Hamilton)

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Neutronium Slippers Special footgear to keep ones footing in lower gravities.	Revolt on the Tenth World (1940)
New Suns From Old Creating new stars by crashing together the cinders of dead stars.	The Cosmic Pantograph (1935)
One-Man Rocket A small rocket ship with only a pilot.	Evans of the Earth-Guard (1930)
Pain Ray - pain by nerve induction. Creates pain by nerve induction.	Crashing Suns (1928)
Paralyzing Cone A device that paralyzes the muscles.	The Atomic Conquerors (1927)
Planetary ID Card Identification for every person on every planet in the solar system.	Doom Over Venus (1940)
Planetary Propulsion-Blasts - moving a planet Devices capable of moving and steering planets to new orbits or new stars.	Thundering Worlds (1934)
Preserved Brains Preserving a brain, and then communicating with it.	Murder in the Void (1938)
Private Space Cruiser A fully space-worthy ship under private ownership.	Crashing Suns (1928)
Radium Salt - assassin's choice Radioactive materials used as an assassination weapon.	Murder in the Void (1938)
Repulsor Ray Fires an invisible beam of electrons for propulsion.	The Time-Raider (1927)
Rigid Metallic Clothing - almost an exoskeleton An early exoskeleton.	A Conquest of Two Worlds (1932)
Ring-Table A device that creates a 'group mind', a single mind, from the many gathered around it.	The Universe Wreckers (1930)
Robot Wheel An enormous vehicular robot in the shape of a gigantic wheel.	The Metal Giants (1926)
Rocket Side Tubes An early description of attitude jets, course correction by small emissions of gas.	Evans of the Earth-Guard (1930)
Sargasso of Space A "dead area" in which the gravitational fields of the planets are cancelled out.	The Sargasso of Space (1931)
Ships Propelled By Light Pressure Space ships that use light pressure from a distant source for propulsion	The Comet Doom (1929)
Shock-Absorbing Seats Perfect for the many gravities of acceleration upon take-off.	Evans of the Earth-Guard (1930)
Solar Station Switch Room A power station for the entire solar system.	Doom Over Venus (1940)
Solid Power - it's super-valuable! A concentrated form of easily accessed energy to supply any need.	Revolt on the Tenth World (1940)

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