The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown : A Novel (Paperback)

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‘The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown' is a follow up to ‘The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril' but can be read independently. In ‘The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril', author Paul Malmont plunged pulp writers Walter Gibson (The Shadow) Lester Dent (Doc Savage) and L. Ron Hubbard (Dianetics and Sci...

from nmele

A review mentioning that the basis of this novel is the fact that Robert Heinlein and some other science fiction writers had worked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War Two caught my attention. Curiosity led me to this enjoyable, clever and witty book. The main characters include famili...

from richardderus

The Book Report: The Philadelphia Experiment, a real project that took place during WWII and produced a long-lived tale of a whole ship that *poof* vanished from Philadelphia Navy Yard, was seen in Norfolk, Virginia, then *poof* reappeared in Philadelphia in far less time than it would take to sa...

from muddyboy

The other reviewer went over the plot so I won't rehash it other than I found the premise of getting science fiction writers together to try to come up with a super weapon to fight Hitler refreshingly tongue and cheek. Malmont is writing about authors of pulp fiction in the 1930's and 40's. I fel...

from SESchend

3.5 stars really--might have been higher if the author hadn't strained my suspension of disbelief on more than one occasion in this book. An interesting conceit--Pulp science fiction authors (Campbell, Heinlein, Asimov, de Camp, and Hubbard along with a host of cameos and drop-ins by older and co...