#The Dumarest Saga

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"57 Seconds", film based on a story by SF and fantasy author EC Tubb, set for September release

57 Seconds is a new heart-racing action thriller in cinemas in September, based on a short story by award-winning SF author EC Tubb, starring Josh Hutcherson and Morgan Freeman

Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) star in 57 Seconds, a new heart-racing action thriller in cinemas in September. It’s based on a short story by EC Tubb, the award-winning British author of over 140 science fiction, fantasy and western novels, perhaps best known for his “Dumarest Saga” and Space:1999 stories. In the upcoming film,…

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The Jester at Scar by E. C. Tubb

Cover Art by Kelly Freas

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source bluemelodybooks Vintage E.C. TUBB THE WINDS OF GATH Dumarest Saga 1 1981 Vintage Sci Fi Book

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E. C. Tubb. Eloise. The Dumarest Saga 12. https://ift.tt/2pK2KW8

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Books read in 2021 #108 ”Web of Sand” by E.C. Tubb. One of the more engaging entries in the Dumarest of Terra saga. There are some interesting ideas at play here as our hero finds himself stranded on a planet run on hyper-capitalist lines in which a ruling clique hold power over others through a punitive system of life debt and escalating interest rates. The book really picks up when Dumarest leads a team out into the desert to find a cash of rare stones deposited by a species of aggressive sand worms. The action in the tunnels is very effective and claustrophobic which contrasts well with their subsequent escape across a barren landscape and harsh sand storms. The interaction with a wider cast of characters helps add some depth to Dumarest not seen in the previous stories I’ve read.

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[Free eBook] Mirror of the Night by E. C. Tubb [Vintage Fantasy & Supernatural Horror Collection]

Mirror of the Night by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga & edited by British editor Philip Harbottle, is a reprint collection of dark fantasy and supernatural horror shorts, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 2003 by Sarob Press.

The collection reprints 10 short stories and novelettes spanning Tubbs' decades-long career from the 1950s to the 1990s, with tales that originally appeared in genre magazines such as Science Fantasy and Supernatural Stories, with a retrospective introduction by editor Philip Harbottle.

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Description From master storyteller E. C. Tubb comes ten chilling tales of dark fantasy and supernatural horror.

Set against a wall of trees, the old mansion squatted like a decaying beast, scabbed with lichen, beneath the sagging eaves. Lightning flashed over the twisted chimneys and brought into bright prominence the flaking bricks and mouldering tiles. The relic of a bygone age, to all appearances empty and with no sign of life as Stephen Aldcock and his wife, Diane, take refuge from the storm. But as lightning flashes again against the windows, some fickle form flickers in the glass.

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source bluemelodybooks Vintage E.C. TUBB DERAI The Dumarest SAGA Book 1976 Vintage SCI FI Book

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[Free eBook] Murder in Space by E. C. Tubb [1950s Science Fiction Collection]

Murder in Space by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga, and edited by British author Philip Harbottle, is a vintage golden age science fiction collection, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This was originally collected in 1997 by Gryphon Books.

The collection contains 6 short stories and 1 novella, all originally published during the 1950s in magazines including Authentic Science Fiction Monthly and New Worlds Science Fiction, with a brief introduction to the author and his works by editor Harbottle.

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Description From the author of the bestselling Dumarest saga!

Never before in ebook, Murder in Space is a collection of six science fiction stories and a never before seen novella sure to delight fans of E. C. Tubb!

Mankind has embarked on the conquest of space. But even when, in the future, civilization becomes truly space-borne, human nature will have remained the same.

When we reach out into space, we will carry the one thing that has always been with us — the Mark of Cain!

Murder In Space is a revised collection of classic stories, in which E. C. Tubb gives us stories that are logical, relentless, and without mercy. Six of his best, never before published in ebook, followed by ‘The Inevitable Conflict’, a gripping sci fi novella.

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[Free eBook REPEAT] A Scatter of Stardust by E. C. Tubb [Science Fiction]

A Scatter of Stardust by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running Dumarest Saga, is a collection of his vintage science fiction short stories from the 1950s onward, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This is an expanded edition of the collection published in 1976 by Dennis Dobson, and now contains several additional stories, as well as all the vintage original content.

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Description Never before in ebook, A Scatter of Stardust is a collection of ten science fiction stories sure to delight fans of the genre!

In this collection, magic and science, mind and matter, strange worlds and deadly weapons fill the universes created by E. C. Tubb.

Strange bells that toll tales of death…

A quick trip to Paradise…

A deal with an outdated demon…

Mankind’s final pilgrimage…

The telepathic death sentence…

Ginney, a little girl who wasn’t there but left the world a present anyway…

One criminal left in a universe of his own…

Mark Conway, psychologist, a modern magician without a wand who seeks to dispel an ancient magic…

Vivid and brilliant, A Scatter of Stardust are classic science fiction tales that will grip you until the last page. A perfect introduction to the writings of E. C. Tubb.

Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. He has used 58 pen names over five decades. Edwin died in 2010.

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[Free eBook REPEAT] Child of Space by E. C. Tubb [Vintage Science Fiction]

Child of Space by the late E. C. Tubb, edited by Philip Harbottle, is his posthumous vintage science fiction novel, newly rediscovered by his estate, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This is a previously unpublished novel which does not appear to tie into any of Tubb's long-running popular golden age sci-fi series such as the Dumarest saga, selected posthumously from the author's literary estate. The story involves the inhabitants of a moonbase who are preparing for the arrival of a strange object, only to find it even stranger than they had anticipated.

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Description A never before seen novel from master of the genre, E. C. Tubb!

In an underground hall, gouged out of the lunar rock, the scientists at Moonbase One have created a miniature section of Earth.

A home away from home for the scientists and workers living on the Lunar planet.

Commander Mark Regan watches carefully over his people, maintaining a good rhythm within their new ecosystem.

However, when a strange object from outer space shows up on their scans, it threatens to destroy the whole base and their hard won way of life.

The object is heading towards the moon on a collision course.

Commander Regan is pushed into action. Should he take offensive action?

Persuaded by the scientists not to destroy it, he fires a missle to nudge it off course, causing it to land several miles from the base.

But the question remains: what is it?

The potential ship-craft lies in a nearby crater. Its harder-than-diamond coating, strange structural composition and surrounding gossamer-like substance promise wonder – but to Commander Regan, he can’t shake the feeling of unease.

Soon, both Regan and his team of scientists make a discovery that they had never anticipated.

Soon, their very way of life on the Moon will be torn to pieces…

Child of Space is a classic science fiction novel from renowned and prolific author E. C. Tubb. This edition, edited by Philip Harbottle, is the first time this story by Tubb has been published.

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[Free eBook] Hills of Blood by EC Tubb [Western]

Hills of Blood by the late British author EC Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga, is his vintage standalone western historical action adventure novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.

This was originally published in 1956 by John Spencer under the title Men of the West using the pseudonym Chet Lawson and was later reprinted under the title Massacre Trail using the pseudonym Chuck Adams, and yet later appeared again using the pseudonym Frank Weight as part of the reprints for Robert Hale's Black Horse Western and Ulverscroft's Linford Western Library lines.

The story is an attempted treasure hunt escape from captivity, which takes place during the US Civil War, as Confederate prisoners intending to secretly seek a cache of gold make a deal with their Northern captors to undertake a mission against the local native Comanche, upon whose territory the hidden gold is located, and slowly begin to bond in the face of shared danger, though perhaps too late to save them from succumbing to attack.

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Description Terrence and his men are dying…

He and his fellow Confederate soldiers have been captured by the North during the American civil war and winter is fast approaching.

As fellow prisoner, Zebe, lies dying, he reveals a world-changing secret – a hidden store of gold buried deep in the mountains.

But Terrance and his men have no way of getting to it.

That is, until the Northerners offer them a deal.

If Terrance and his fellow Southerners will help the North defend their territory from the Comanches, then they can escape the terrible conditions of the prisoner of war camp.

Little do the Northerners know that the gold is buried in the same Comanche territory.

Terrance and the other men of the South agree to the mission, intending to find the gold and bring it back to the Confederacy.

But when Northern Sergeant Gilcross saves his life, Terrence forges a close friendship with his rescuer and begins to doubt his original plan.

Distracted by their own petty squabbles, the North and South fail to see that the Comanche are quickly growing in strength.

If they are to survive, North and South must put aside their differences and face their common enemy before it is too late.

Richly authentic and full of drama, Hills of Blood is an action-packed western that is guaranteed to get your pulse racing.

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[Free eBook REPEAT ] Project One by E. C. Tubb [Vintage Science Fiction]

Project One by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running Dumarest Saga, is a collection of his short science fiction, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This contains four standalone novellas, of which the title story was originally published in 1954 in Nebula Science Fiction Magazine, and the others are of similar provenance. The stories range from Cold War contemporary to far future exploration, and mainly concentrate on themes of space and the adaptation of humanity to changing conditions.

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Free for a limited time, available worldwide @ Amazon

Description From the author of the bestselling Dumarest saga!

Never before in ebook, Project One is a collection of four science fiction novellas sure to delight fans of E. C. Tubb!

Project One sees an unidentified craft in high orbit around the earth, threatening life on Earth with a deadly beam that initially attacks those suffering from illness or imperfect health.

The nervous systems of the unfit are overloaded, so that they die a lingering and agonising death.

At the height of the Cold War, international tensions are fragile and the tenuous relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States is tested to its limits.

Blame is passed between the opposing nations who are relentlessly distrustful of each other, but when it is discovered that the craft is not of this world, the two countries are forced to work together.

But for how long…

The Captain’s Dog is a story of humanity in a world where androids, almost indistinguishable from humans, exist as a punchbag for those who are biologically ‘superior’ to them.

When one man discovers an android secretly reading poetry in his quarters, his understanding of them and the world around him becomes a lot less clear.

The Reluctant Farmer is set in a future world where resources have become so stretched that methods of cultivating food in space are humanity’s only hope.

When it is a discovered that a crop of tobacco has been sabotaged with radioactivity, paranoia becomes rife within the ranks.

Will they sentence an innocent man to death?

Sword of Tormain takes place in the hostile wastes of Mars, a place where no one can be trusted.

Sonya, her grandfather, Earl and Caron search for the mysterious Vaults of Dretheeda where the legendary Sword of Tormain is supposed to be hidden.

As they travel however, they find that not even friends can be trusted.

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[Free eBook] Spaceship 13 by E. C. Tubb [Vintage Science Fiction Collection]

Spaceship 13 by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga, and edited by British author Philip Harbottle, is a compilation of his vintage science fiction tales, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This contains 3 novellas and 1 short story, all originally published in various genre magazines during the 1950s. The stories deal with themes of space exploration or technology usage, and most are being reprinted for the first time.

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Free for a limited time, available worldwide @ Amazon

Description Never before in ebook, Spaceship 13 is a collection of four science fiction novellas sure to delight fans of E. C. Tubb!

SPACESHIP 13 – In a future where nation-like conglomerates mine the moon for precious minerals, Dale Amber, the unscrupulous shipping magnate, faces commercial ruin –unless, that is, he can find a pilot to deliver a volatile shipment to buyers on the moon. Manoeuvred by circumstance and militant unions, his own son is forced to fly the dangerous Spaceship 13.

HIDDEN TREASURE OF KALIN – An atomic war plunges mankind back to barbarism, and from the wastes rises the merciless tribal king, Kalin. The ancient machines and their knowledge are lost, all but to a few Readers who are charged with protecting and reading a cache of books in the vain hope of rediscovering the ancient secrets.

FREIGHT – Venus has been terraformed and the air made breathable. Venusian mushrooms, which proliferate the planet are sought for their rejuvenating narcotic oil. Passage back to Earth is costly and the workers find themselves exiled on Venus for life, but will they ever escape?

HOMECOMING – A Spaceman returning to Earth brings with him a doll intended for his first child, born during his absence in space. But as he arrives his family is nowhere to be seen, their home is derelict and the nursery deserted. Where could his family be?

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[Free eBook] The First Shot by E. C. Tubb [Western Historical Action Novel]

The First Shot by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga, is his vintage standalone western historical action adventure novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour's Pioneering Press imprint.

This was originally published in 1957 by John Spencer under the title Colt Vengeance using the pseudonym James R. Fenner and was later reprinted under the title Colt Law using the pseudonym Chuck Adams. The story stars a nearly lone man out to defend his family ranch (with limited help from the remains of said family) against encroaching cattle barons and a competing rival with deadly intentions.

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Description Out for blood…

The Circle Bar used to be a thriving business for the Willard family.

Six years on and Rex Willard’s brother is missing, his father has become a useless drunk and the ranch is all but finished.

Ruthless cattle barons are circling, desperate for their part of the failing ranch.

To make matters worse, Daren, the deadly foreman of the Flying W Ranch, is out for his blood.

With enemies at every turn, can Rex hold on to his inheritance and what’s left of his family?

Whatever the outcome, death will claim its victim.

But who will take The First Shot?

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[Free eBook] Project One by E. C. Tubb [Vintage Science Fiction]

Project One by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running Dumarest Saga, is a collection of his short science fiction, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This contains four standalone novellas, of which the title story was originally published in 1954 in Nebula Science Fiction Magazine, and the others are of similar provenance. The stories range from Cold War contemporary to far future exploration, and mainly concentrate on themes of space and the adaptation of humanity to changing conditions.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.

Free for a limited time, available worldwide @ Amazon

Description From the author of the bestselling Dumarest saga!

Never before in ebook, Project One is a collection of four science fiction novellas sure to delight fans of E. C. Tubb!

Project One sees an unidentified craft in high orbit around the earth, threatening life on Earth with a deadly beam that initially attacks those suffering from illness or imperfect health.

The nervous systems of the unfit are overloaded, so that they die a lingering and agonising death.

At the height of the Cold War, international tensions are fragile and the tenuous relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States is tested to its limits.

Blame is passed between the opposing nations who are relentlessly distrustful of each other, but when it is discovered that the craft is not of this world, the two countries are forced to work together.

But for how long…

The Captain’s Dog is a story of humanity in a world where androids, almost indistinguishable from humans, exist as a punchbag for those who are biologically ‘superior’ to them.

When one man discovers an android secretly reading poetry in his quarters, his understanding of them and the world around him becomes a lot less clear.

The Reluctant Farmer is set in a future world where resources have become so stretched that methods of cultivating food in space are humanity’s only hope.

When it is a discovered that a crop of tobacco has been sabotaged with radioactivity, paranoia becomes rife within the ranks.

Will they sentence an innocent man to death?

Sword of Tormain takes place in the hostile wastes of Mars, a place where no one can be trusted.

Sonya, her grandfather, Earl and Caron search for the mysterious Vaults of Dretheeda where the legendary Sword of Tormain is supposed to be hidden.

As they travel however, they find that not even friends can be trusted.

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[Free eBook] The Pathfinders by E. C. Tubb [Western Historical Adventure Novel]

The Pathfinders by the late British author E. C. Tubb, perhaps best known for his long-running science fiction Dumarest Saga, is western historical action adventure novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Pioneering imprint.

This was originally published in 1955 by John Spencer under the title Men Of The Long Rifle using the pseudonym E. F. Jackson, and later reprinted under its current title by Robert Hale as part of their Black Horse Western line using the pseudonym Charles Grey. The story is set around the Missouri River, starring a young man who runs afoul of a crooked trader who happens to be the local sherriff's nephew, and finds refuge with a mountain man who teaches him the ropes of living on the hard frontier, while they partner with more honest traders as hunters blazing a trail through dangerous territory to take goods up to the river forts.

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Description Sometimes you have to find your own path…

In Pieguard, Zeb Thurnwell is the only trader in town willing to take the townsfolk’s wares up to the city of St Louis.

While folk don’t say anything, everyone knows that Zeb takes much of their hard-earned profits for himself to spend on whiskey.

And with Zeb’s uncle being the sheriff and tax collector for the county, it looks like nothing’s going to change any time soon.

Until Dan Bolder shows up.

As a young, brash man of eighteen, he’s not going to take Zeb’s pilfering ways lying down.

When Zeb tries to silence him permanently, Dan knocks him out cold and takes what he believes Zeb owes him.

Realising that the law will soon be on to him, Dan is forced to leave his family’s ranch and his widowed mother behind.

Zeb and his uncle the Sheriff are not far behind.

But as luck would have it, on the way to St Louis, Dan meets Ben Starpson, a ‘mountain man’ still in his prime.

Saving Dan from the noose, Ben devises a way to get them to St Louis. And so begins their fire-forged partnership.

Along the way, Ben teaches the greenhorn Dan how to hunt, shoot and live like a mountain man.

Yet despite the dangers and the roughness of the frontier, Dan starts to see how Ben sees it – as a place where men can live unabashedly as men.

He may have been a humble sod-breaker but out in these untamed lands, Dan might just be able to find himself a new path in life.

Set in the heart of the once wild frontier, The Pathfinders shows the indomitable spirits of those that made America, in a tale of adventure and loyalty.