Six Books by Stuart J. Byrne
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Overview: Stuart James Byrne (1913 – 2011) was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy. He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare, John Bloodstone, Howard Dare, and Marx Kaye (a house pseudonym)
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Children of the Chronotron (1952) (ed. Jerry eBooks 2016)
"Children of the Chronotron" tells the gripping story of the reactions of a cross-section of humanity snatched from their familiar environment and hurled a million years into the future. The story was a huge hit with readers.
Land Beyond the Lens (1952) (ed. Jerry eBooks 2020)
Many things can lead a man toward destruction. For Michael Flannigan it was song he had never heard – and a woman he can never forget!
Martian Honeymoon & Beyond the Darkness (Double issue)
"… In the first story, Martian Honeymoon (published under the editor’s title, “Potential Zero,” in Science Stories, December 1954), one single extension of an old concept breaks through to a new reader experience. The familiar idea of benevolent ETs visiting Earth is easily enhanced by the usual crunch between star wisdom and human ignorance where angels bearing gifts are suspected of ulterior motives… "
"… In the second story, Beyond the Darkness (Other Worlds, July 1951), the idea of an ark for human survival, of course, has been around since Noah, but the challenge was to really extend the idea to its maximum potential. Consider hundreds of mighty arks carrying human civilization across the true immensities of the Cosmos, over centuries of time, during which the passengers, born within the arks, would know no other world—until? Ah, but take it from there! The extrapolations could be endless. And that’s the way these things develop…"
Power Metal (1953) (ed. Jerry eBooks 2016)
Like a voice from the Past, the old cry of ”Taxation without repesentation" rang out. Terran resented the oppression of Mother Earth, and Cosmium – The Metal of Power,- was the spark which flared their resentment into open rebellion. Across this background two men fought a duel that used planets, people, and rebellion itself as weapons in their bitter struggle.
Star Quest (2006)
Written in response to a request from Gene Roddenberry and dedicated to him, Star Quest is master science fictioneer Stuart J. Byrne’s Stu’s magnum opus. Written at the height of Byrne’s powers, Star Quest was intended to serve as the basis of a multimillion dollar science fiction movie. Sadly, this brilliantly-crafted and carefully-thought out novel took so long in the making, that Roddenberry’s final illness precluded his involvement as producer. Byrne, a former space industry executive and metaphysician, poured an entire lifetime’s learning and thought into this extraordinary novel. Star Quest is an enthralling story, based on cutting edge physics and Tibetan Buddhism, that asks why the speed of light is the limiting factor in our universe.
The Music of the Spheres & Other SF Classics (2006) SSC
It is hoped that the short stories contained in this collection may provide a pleasant challenge – a challenge to discover in them the "itch" that had to be scratched. A breakthrough idea, a concept, or a thought-variant theme, even if in some cases there is a laugh or two. These are the essences…"
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
THE CLASSICS
The Music of the Spheres
A Matter of Perspective
A Spaceship Named Desire
The Bridge
Beware the Star Gods
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TOO HOT TO HANDLE: Rejected as too Controversial by SF Editors
The Man who Challenged God
A Star Fell on Okajuma
The Ghost of Future-Past
POETRY AND VERSE
Song of the Hamarian Slaves
Song (from the Flannigan trilogy)
The Upturned Glass
See also Complete Short Fiction by Stuart J. Byrne here: https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1293&t=3820143
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