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    Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Golden Age Stories
    Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Golden Age Stories
    Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Golden Age Stories
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    Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Golden Age Stories

    Written by L. Ron Hubbard

    Narrated by R.F. Daley, Ralph Lister, Jim Meskimen and

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    Captain Gordon lives like he flies—by the seat of his pants, taking on any job and all comers. Now he's bound for the forbidding mountains along the shores of the Arabian Sea, transporting a team of anthropologists on the trail of Alexander the Great. But ancient history is about to come to dangerous life with the discovery of a long-buried map—a map leading to high adventure, untold treasure, and cold-blooded murder....

    Gordon's headed deep into The Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead—unearthing a secret that could bury him.

    Also includes two additional adventures: The Price of a Hat, in which the key to the Russian Czar's life is hidden in a most unexpected place; and Starch and Stripes, the story of a US Marine who sets a trap for a tropical warlord that reverberates all the way back to Washington.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGalaxy Press
    Release dateJun 15, 2011
    ISBN9781592125333
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    L. Ron Hubbard

    With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard. Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

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    • 5/5
      In the pantheon of pulp writers one of my favorites is L. Ron Hubbard. His stories are all action-packed, intelligently written and marvelous entertainments. "Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead" is a 1936 gem that offers up tons of excitement. And remember, this archeological adventure pre-dates Indiana Jones by thirty-five years. Captain Charles Gordon literally has his hands full with an ancient map that leads him to a stunning Alexandrian treasure. Keeping the treasure and getting out of the desert alive will take more than luck for our plucky hero. Trapped in the tomb with thousands of mummified corpses deep beneath the sands, besieged by fear and pursued by some unscrupulous treasure hunters, Hubbard's "Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead" has become one of my favorites from the early part of his career. Hubbard's gripping, breathless tales are memorable stories for young and old adventure fans alike. The bonus stories included are "The Price of a Hat" and Starch and Stripes." I also recommend the audio-book version for a superb multicast performance with music and sound effects in the style of old time radio dramas. Fantastic!
    • 3/5
      Years ago I read Battlefield Earth and really liked it. I didn't know much about Hubbard at that time.I like the pulp style stories so thought I would give this a try. I enjoyed it some what. It seemed rather than stories these were outlines that really could do with some fleshing out, especially the title tale.But that may be part of the genre. We're given three stories and a preview of another. I had to wonder about that, the stories aren't that long so how much of a preview can we expect?There was a glossary of terms which I found interesting. Then a chapter about L. Ron himself which was laughable. Made him sound like the stories were all taken from his real life. I had read some things about him on the internet recently including the true story of his life and what a fraud he was.Also could have done without the sales pitches all over the place to join the L. Ron book club. More money for the Scientologists I guess.Enjoyed the stories, but glad I didn't pay for this book.
    • 3/5
      This book contains three Hubbard stories of pulp fiction, and is designed to give you a taste. The publisher is starting a subscription series, every month putting out new books with more pulp stories. Fascinating to see such a subscription system being tried out again, as I thought it had died. that said, the three stories in this book are excellent examples of the pulp genre. Typically in the first paragraph or two you are immediately launched into the action with little or no backstory. Relevant details are dribbled between the lines as needed to back up the story in progress. It's no wonder these stories were so popular in the day. They're popcorn - light, easy reading, with no commitment and no investment. In a magazine, you could almost pick it up at the newsstand and read it before putting the magazine back down. Hubbard mastered the art of opening a portal between the reader and a scene with an immediacy that even television often fails to capture. The current media appetites are for longer storylines and recurring tensions, but you could do a lot worse than to spend an afternoon reading some words from a master of his art.
    • 4/5
      Love him or hate him, it's impossible to deny that L. Ron Hubbard was a master of pulp fiction. Galaxy Press has put together a new collection of Hubbard's pulp fiction short stories and the volumes are absolutely beautiful. I love the artwork and design of the book. It's obviously well thought out and designed.This particular volume contains three short stories and it won't take you long to breeze through all three. These stories are entertaining fluff for the most part but they do have a sort of magical quality about them that transports you back in time and helps you remember what it was like to read action adventure stories as a child.I don't know if I'll ever be able to afford the entire collection but I think these books are definitely worth having in my library.
    • 3/5
      I love these reprints of L.Ron Hubbard's pulp fiction short stories. This is the third book I have read. They are great fun action packed short stories to take you away from your stress. As soon as you start any of the stories you are on an roller coaster ride of adventure, suspense, romance and intrigue. They are very simple and cheesy stories but that is what makes them fun.
    • 4/5
      This was a fun book! This issue of Stories from the Golden Age included the stories Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead, Price of a Hat and Starch and Stripes. I whipped threw these three stories very quickly and definitely enjoyed them. They were very well-written and entertaining. Pulp fiction at its best!
    • 4/5
      L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific author of fiction during the golden age of the pulp magazines, cranking out story after story in any of the action-packed genres. This book is one of 80! that are being published to bring many of these stories back into print.This volume contains three stories. The title story takes place in India, and is about a search for a legendary treasure. It is just the kind of pulp action that 'Indiana Jones' was modeled after. The other two stories were equally thrilling. They come out swinging, and don't let up until the very end.High literature this ain't. It's fast, fun, and ultimately forgettable stuff. Great mindless summer reading. In fact, I read this at the beach!
    • 3/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very entertaining. I understand why people were drawn to these stories. The stories were gripping and exciting I could not put them down. I would definetly read more of these books.
    • 3/5
      This book contains three reprinted stories by 1930's-1940's pulp fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. The stories contain the elements popular to the genre; treachery, murder, greed, etc. The stories are short and for the most part seem to just get going when they come to an end. However one must keep in mind that the stories were originally written to be in magazines for the day, requiring the length to be fairly short. A good portion of the book is taken up by a forward, glossary and afterward. The space would of been much better suited for more of the author's stories. All in all it is an fairly entertaining quick read.
    • 3/5
      Galaxy Press is bringing out the complete pulp fiction of L. Ron Hubbard in 80 handsomely designed volumes of three or four stories each for about ten bucks a volume. A preface and an afterword mythologizing the life of Hubbard in bombastic prose should probably also be viewed as a work of fiction. If HRH did half the feats attributed to him in this introduction — and he didn’t — he would be a legitimate candidate for sainthood! Oh wait…Galaxy Press is owned by the Church of Scientology so that’s probably exactly what they are attempting to do! Although his real life story is nothing like the swashbuckling hagiography portrayed here — in fact he seems to have been a narrow-minded racist when he was young and travelling with his parents through China and the Philippines — he did have a talent for storytelling and appears to have mined that talent across a wide spectrum of genres within what we now call pulp fiction. At a penny a word in the early days, the more you could write, under various pseudonyms and across genres, the more you could make. It is important to remember where these tales were published and for what audience. Every month throughout the 30’s and 40’s newsstands were papered with monthly magazines of adventure, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance. Hundreds of these rags vied for the attention of an audience looking for a good yarn to bring a little bit of exotic wonder into their lives. The stories included in Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead are good examples of that milieu. The title story is set in Baluchistan at the edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan. The story is a treasure hunt for the abandoned wealth of Alexander the Great as he retreated across the Makran desert with a doomed army of thousands. Our hero, Captain Charles Gordon, is a two-fisted man’s man who is the pilot on this expedition headed by a couple of British scientist-explorers. Also along for the ride is Kehlar, a Dehwar guide who Hubbard describes as “a strong brute, light fingered and greasy” — typical 30’s xenophobia. There is murder, treachery, dust storms, murder, more treachery, more murder, and so forth. Actually, if I slow down my 21st century brain and insert myself into the time it was written, it’s a pretty good half hour read. Just don’t set your sites too high. The second story, Price of a Hat, set during the fall of the Tsarist Empire and the beginnings of Soviet Russia is an interesting concept and not a half-bad read. Our hero is an American spy embedded in Siberia who, through a series of chance encounters has, for a moment at least, an opportunity to change the course of 20th century history. At 14 pages the story is practically over before it begins. The third story, Starch and Stripes is set in Cap-Haitien, Haiti in a USMC camp and features (of course) an American hero name Eddie Edwards, a rough at the edges marine captain who single-handedly takes on a sadistic bandit General when he should be polishing his boots and marching on the parade grounds. Again, a fun, quick read but nothing brilliant. In spite of having a Forward, a Glossary and an Afterword, there is no information about when these stories were written or where they were published. Stretching the series to eighty volumes just seems to be an exercise in greed. Handsome as they are, it would have been nicer to see the work in 12 or 15 volumes with a greater range of stories in each volume. That however may not serve the purposes of the Church.