Northwest Smith stories

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The Northwest Smith stories are a series of classic pulp science fiction tales by C. L. Moore featuring a hard-bitten spacefaring adventurer in exotic, often eerie planetary settings.

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Northwest Smith series 2
Northwest Smith stories canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pulp science fiction
short story series
space opera
author C. L. Moore
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresTheme cosmic menace
encounters with alien entities
forbidden desire
psychological horror
firstPublicationMedium Weird Tales
firstStory Shambleau
firstStoryPublicationYear 1933
genre science fiction
hasCharacter Shambleau (creature)
linked to: Shambleau

Vaudir
Yarol
hasStory Black Thirst
Dust of Gods
Julhi
Lost Paradise
Scarlet Dream
Shambleau
Song in a Minor Key
The Cold Gray God
Yvala
influencedGenre science fantasy
space opera
literarySignificance early influential spacefaring antihero cycle
magazineMarket pulp magazines
mainCharacter Northwest Smith
narrativeMode third‑person narration
notablePublication Shambleau and Others
originalLanguage English
period Golden Age of pulp magazines
protagonistOccupation adventurer
smuggler
publicationEra 1930s
setting Mars
Solar System
Venus
various alien planets
style lush descriptive prose
subgenre pulp fiction
weird science fiction
tone eerie
hard‑boiled

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C. L. Moore notableWork Northwest Smith stories
Shambleau firstAppearanceOf Northwest Smith series
linked to: Northwest Smith stories
Jirel of Joiry stories relatedWork Northwest Smith stories
Catherine Lucille Moore notableWork Northwest Smith series
linked to: Northwest Smith stories