Quest of the Golden Ape: Science Fiction Stories
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Mansion of Mystery
CHAPTER II
The Great Clock of Tarth
CHAPTER III
The Man in the Cavern
CHAPTER IV
John Pride's Story
CHAPTER V
Question Upon Question
CHAPTER VI
On the Plains of Ofrid
CHAPTER VII
The White God
CHAPTER VIII
The Brown Virgin
CHAPTER IX
In Custody
CHAPTER X
The Road to Nadia
CHAPTER XI
On the Ice Fields of Nadia
CHAPTER XII
Volna the Beautiful
CHAPTER XIII
The Journey of No Return
CHAPTER XIV
Land Beyond the Stars
CHAPTER XV
The Golden Ape
CHAPTER XVI
The Raging Beast
CHAPTER XVII
The Prison Without Bars
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About the author
Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, August 7, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY, died February 22, 2008 (aged 79), in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel The Second Longest Night. Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway and Ellery Queen.
Lesser attended William and Mary College, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang shortly after graduating. The couple divorced in 1962. He was drafted into the U. S. Army during the Korean War.
He was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988 for The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus, and in 1997 he was awarded the "Life Achievement Award" by the Private Eye Writers of America. He also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. He lived with his second wife Ann in Williamsburg, Virginia.
