Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (April 4, 1902 - December 14, 1935) was an American science fiction author. His career in science fiction was short but influential. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great (and enduring) acclaim in July 1934, but he would be dead from lung cancer within eighteen months. In this book: A Martian Odyssey Parasite Planet The Lotus Eaters The Circle of Zero Proteus Island The Adaptive Ultimate The Brink of Infinity The Mad Moon Tidal Moon Pygmalion's Spectacles The Ideal Valley of Dreams The Worlds of If The Point of View Shifting Seas Redemption Cairn Dawn of Flame