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The Hamelin Plague single work   novel   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 The Hamelin Plague
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'It began with a few small items in the newspapers - dead dogs and cats, a mutilated child, a series of unexplained fires. Then suddenly it exploded into a full sized catastrophe.

Huge mutants - half rat, half man - began to take over the world, stealing children for slaves and destroying their populations.

Dr. Theodore Piper had been experimenting with a sonic death ray. Could he find a way to stop the spreading horror of invasion?' (www.bertramchandler.com)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Derby, Connecticut,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Monarch Books ,
      1963 .
      person or book cover
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      Extent: 126p.
Alternative title: Гаммельнская чума (Gammel'nskaya Plague)
Language: Russian
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Gammel'nskaya Plague Гаммельнская чума; The Hamelin Plague A. Bertram Chandler , Moscow : ACT , 2004 Z1838755 2004 selected work novella short story Gammel'nskaya Plague, translated into English as The Hamelin Plague, contains:

      • 'Into the Alternate Universe (1964), translated by T. Serebryanoy.
      • 'Contraband from Otherspace' (1967), translated by T. Serebryanoy.
      • 'Alternate Orbits (aka 'The Commodore at Sea,' 1971), a collection of stories translated by O. Chumichevoy.
      • 'Rendezvous on a Lost World' (aka 'When the Dream Dies,' 1961), translated by T. Fedotovoy.
      • 'Gammel'nskaya Plague' (aka 'The Hamelin Plague,' 1963), translated by A. Suvorovoy.
      • 'The Idol (1959).
      • 'It Started With Sputnik' (1958).
    Moscow : ACT , 2004
    pg. 459-570

Works about this Work

Nudism in Fiction A. Bertram Chandler , 1967 single work essay
— Appears in: Solar , no. 44 1967; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Wrirting about his latest novel, The Hamelin Plague, Chandler talks about his decision to base the story on mutated rats and include a nudist club sequence. He also provides some insight into his relationship with publishing company Cavill. Although its editor didn't like the first two chapters, resulting in 'an exchange of slightly acri­monious correspondence,' the finished work was eventually accepted.The article also includes an extract from Chapter 20.

Nudism in Fiction A. Bertram Chandler , 1967 single work essay
— Appears in: Solar , no. 44 1967; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Wrirting about his latest novel, The Hamelin Plague, Chandler talks about his decision to base the story on mutated rats and include a nudist club sequence. He also provides some insight into his relationship with publishing company Cavill. Although its editor didn't like the first two chapters, resulting in 'an exchange of slightly acri­monious correspondence,' the finished work was eventually accepted.The article also includes an extract from Chapter 20.

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