Release of Four New Titles in Mammoth Pulp Fiction Series Marks 75th Year as Published...

Release of Four New Titles in Mammoth Pulp Fiction Series Marks 75th Year as
Published Author for Master Storyteller L. Ron Hubbard

NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Press will release the latest
installment of pulp fiction novels from its blockbuster, 80-book series by L.
Ron Hubbard called Stories from the Golden Age (www.goldenagestories.com), it
was announced today at the 2009 Book Expo America.

The announcement commemorates Hubbard's 75 years in professional publishing.

The books and audiobooks are Wind-Gone-Mad (adventure thriller), Hostage to
Death (adventure thriller), The Sky Crasher (air adventure thriller) and Under
the Diehard Brand (western), all due out in stores this October.

"We are honored to celebrate L. Ron Hubbard's writing legacy with the Fall
release of four more titles in this highly-entertaining series of original
works," said John Goodwin, Galaxy Press president and publisher of Hubbard's
fiction.

Stories from the Golden Age contains 153 stories all written by Hubbard during
the 1930s and 1940s, widely-considered the "Golden Age of Science Fiction and
Fantasy." The print version of each work includes the pulp fiction artwork
that originally accompanied the story in magazine publication. In addition,
each title offers a full-cast, unabridged audio theatrical presentation
complete with theme music and dimensional sound effects.

Hubbard's professional writing career began in February, 1934 when his fiction
story, "The Green God," appeared in Thrilling Adventures magazine. He was 23.

"Hubbard had gone to Encinitas, just north of San Diego, where he began
writing a story a day from 4,500 to 20,000 words in length, and then submitted
them to New York publishers to break into the market," Goodwin said. "After
just six weeks, he sold his first two stories."

Like other great pulp writers of the day that included names such as Edgar
Rice Burroughs, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie and Dashiell Hammett,
Hubbard rapidly became a sought-after mainstay of popular fiction. Unlike his
contemporaries, Hubbard's stories covered a much wider spectrum of genres,
including adventure, western, mystery, detective, fantasy, science fiction and
even some romance, using his own and 15 pen names.

"Because L. Ron Hubbard's stories were character-driven, they have remained
timeless, providing great stories for a wide variety of readers," Goodwin
added. "This helps explain their popular acceptance into so many diverse
markets and readers from truck stops to military bases around the globe as
well as middle and high school reading programs nationwide."

SOURCE Galaxy Press

John Goodwin of Galaxy Press, +1-323-321-2144, jgoodwin@galaxypress.com