Galaxy Press Announces Stories from the Golden Age Now Available on the Apple App Store

In keeping with its initial objective to make the fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard available in all formats, it was announced by Galaxy Press president John Goodwin that 20 of Hubbard's stories would now be available in the Apple App store.

Stories from the Golden Age have been a continuous good selling line of books. And most recently at the Comic Con in San Diego, one title in particular, Dead Men Kill-the only zombie story written by Hubbard-was one of the strongest sellers. "The Comic Con response coupled with the success of World War Z makes it very timely that we have now made Dead Men Kill available in the iBook Store," continued Goodwin.

Fangoria wrote of Dead Men Kill, "For all those who think zombie literature began with the great Max (World War Z) Brooks, think again. You have all the ingredients of what the Brits would call a 'ripping yarn.' The zombies in Dead Men Kill are of the kind first seen in classic films like White Zombie and I Walked with a Zombie: dead people brought back to life to serve as slaves to some evil genius. Sorry, not a Fulci-esque flesheater in sight....Dead Men KIll is frightful fun from yesteryear."

"Hollywood has long known the treasure trove these Golden Age stories contained," Goodwin stated, "Now we are seeing the reader becoming more and more cognizant of this fact." Hubbard isn't the only author finding a resurgence in interest in his stories. Notable authors as H. Bedford-Jones, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett are also experiencing similar appreciation. Sales continue to increase as readers discover that many of their favorite characters, such as Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Superman and Spiderman, have their roots in such perennially popular characters as Doc Savage, The Spider and The Shadow.

Stories from the Golden Age contain 153 stories written by Hubbard that are being published in 80 volumes, in a wide spectrum of genres, including adventure, western, mystery, detective, fantasy, science fiction and even some romance, using his own and 15 pen names.

For more information about the Stories from the Golden Age, go to http://www.goldenagestories.com.

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