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"Hermit of Saturn's Ring"
© Planet Stories, Fall 1940
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award
--/ rare find


"Into the Hydrosphere"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Oct 1933
The Sunless World, 1967
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


"The Jameson Satellite"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Jul 1931
Amazing Stories, Apr 1956
The Planet of the Double Sun, 1967
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"The Moon Pirates" (nv)
(Pirate Nez Hulan Series)
© Amazing Stories, Sep 1934
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award
--/ rare find


"The Music-Monsters"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, April 1938
Twin Worlds, 1967
--/ third place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award
--/ idea award


"On the Planet Fragment"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, 1937
Twin Worlds, 1967
--/ third place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award
--/ idea award


"The Planet of the Double Sun"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Feb 1932
Amazing Stories, Nov 1962
The Planet of the Double Sun, 1967
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"The Return of the Tripeds"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, May 1932
The Planet of the Double Sun, 1967
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"Spoilers of the Spaceways"
© Planet Stories, Win 1942
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award
--/ rare find


"The Sunless World"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Dec 1934
The Sunless World, 1967
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


"Time's Mausoleum"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Dec 1933
The Sunless World, 1967
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


"Twin Worlds"
(Jameson Series)
© Amazing Stories, Apr 1937
Twin Worlds, 1967
--/ fourth place space sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ adventure award


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