The Hand of Cain
by Martin Thomas
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In 1920, French novelist Maurice Renard published Les Main d'Orlac, or The Hands of Orlac, a novel about a pianist who loses his hands in an accident, only to have them replaced by the hands of a murderous knife thrower. As one might suspect, in situations such as these, murder and mayhem ensue.
The Marrow Eaters
by Harris Moore
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In the early Seventies, a few years before horror literature was turned on its ear by the appearance of a girl named Carrie and a guy named King, Popular Library loosed The Frankenstein Horror Series on an unsuspecting world. At the same time, Pinnacle released - how's this for a coincidence - seven volumes in The Dracula Horror Series.
The Radio Beasts
by Ralph Milne Farley
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There was a time when science fiction writers made fairly extensive use of the notion that the planet Mars might be inhabited. Today, of course, we now know with a pretty fair degree of certainty that this is not the case. Early pulp writers were also in the habit of making similar assumptions about the planets Mercury and Venus, although not quite to the same extent as they did regarding Mars.
The Three Suns of Amara
by William F. Temple
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William Frederick Temple (1914-1989) may be best known for his Martin Magnus series of young adult novels. Released in the Fifties, the series was comprised of Magnus on Venus, Magnus on Mars and Planet Rover. Temple also wrote eight other genre novels, including The Three Suns of Amara. This was released as an Ace Double, along with the author's Battle of Venus, in 1963, and then again in 1973. The story was also part of another Ace Double, this time backed with Temple's own The Automated Goliath. This version was released in 1962.
