All-purpose | Everything Else
The Shadow Girl
by Ray Cummings 2021-01-14 03:55:52
image1
COMPARE PRICE
"He is a Verne returned and a Wells going forward," remarked "Bob" Davis, dean of American magazine editors. "He is the American H.G. Wells," say other critics. Cummings has an unusual flair for things scientific as evidenced by the fact that while a... Read more
"He is a Verne returned and a Wells going forward," remarked "Bob" Davis, dean of American magazine editors. "He is the American H.G. Wells," say other critics. Cummings has an unusual flair for things scientific as evidenced by the fact that while at Princeton University he accomplished the remarkable feat of absorbing three years of physics in that many months. His five years' association with Thomas Edison as the latter's personal assistant also added to Cummings's scientific knowledge. His bizarre early life, living on orange plantations in Puerto Rico, striking oil in Wyoming, gold seeking in British Columbia, timber cruising in the North, before he was twenty, also left its imprint.

"Leaving Mr. Edison's employ, Cummings began writing scientific fiction for many magazines. His stories gripped the popular imagination and they "clicked." Mr. Cummings's success as a writer has been meteoric, for in a few years he has become one of the world's most popular authors of scientific fiction.... --Argosy-Allstory Weekly, Feb. 8, 1930 Less

  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 9 X 6 X 0.31 in
  • 132
  • Wildside Press
  • May 7, 2007
  • English
  • 9781434481771
autor-image
Ray Cummings
Author
Ray Cummings (born Raymond King Cummings) (August 30, 1887 – January 23, 1957) was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books. His career resulted in some 750 novels and short ...
Compare Prices
image
Paperback
Buy CAD 18.50
Available Discount
No Discount available
Related Books
view all
image1
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race:
image1
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?:
image1
The Secret Wife: A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery:
image1
We Are Not Friends (You Are Not Small):
image1
Clean & Lean: 30 Days, 30 Foods, a New You!:
image1
Secrets Between Us: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller:
image1
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal:
image1
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump:
image1
Can't Make This Stuff Up!: Finding the Upside to Life's Downs:
image1
You Be You: Detox Your Life, Crush Your Limitations, and Own Your Awesome:
image1
The Pout-Pout Fish:
image1
Made for Me:
image1
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Indestructibles Series):
image1
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Indestructibles Series):
image1
Hurricane Season:
image1
Feed Your Best Friend Better: Easy, Nutritious Meals and Treats for Dogs:
image1
Life Will Be the Death of Me: ...And You Too!:
image1
House of Shadows: An Enthralling Historical Mystery:
image1
Good Night, Little Blue Truck:
image1
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!:
image1
The Wonderful Things You Will Be:
image1
Going to School:
image1
The Book Club:
image1
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell:
image1
The Silent Woman (Cat Carlisle, Book 1):

Stay in touch.

© 2025 AMPLE READS