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| AUTHOR | Chandler, A. Bertram |
| PUBLISHER | Baen (10/30/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Mass Market Paperbound) |
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The #2 omni edition of the classic science fiction of A. Bertram Chandler's John Grimes books, with four legendary adventure novels in one volume. Action-loving spaceship commander John Grimes retires from heroic days in Earth's space navy only to be immediately thrown into adventures on the remote edge of the galaxy. The second in a seven-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books! Classic Star Trek meets the high seas. If space travel is going to be anything like sailing the oceans, then A. Bertram Chandler has surely caught its absolute essence in his Grimes novels. Here it is, the entire "Captain John Grimes - Far Traveller Courier" saga, collected in one volume. These are the tales of John Grimes'action-packed merchantman and courier years. After moving on from the Terran Navy, Grimes tries his hand at leading a private life, and finds he likes being his own man. The only problem is, his ship The Far Traveller has a (very stubborn and very feminine) mind of its own -- and a penchant for getting Grimes into the worse sort of interplanetary pickles. Includes: Spartan Planet, The Inheritors, The Big Black Mark, and The Far Traveler.
About A. Bertram Chandler:
"He writes his stories in the middle of a hurricane with his typewriter lashed to his desk." - John W. Campbell, legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction About the John Grimes series:
"SF's anser to Horatio Hornblower." --Publishers Weekly "As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein bulit his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds." --Analog
About A. Bertram Chandler:
"He writes his stories in the middle of a hurricane with his typewriter lashed to his desk." - John W. Campbell, legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction About the John Grimes series:
"SF's anser to Horatio Hornblower." --Publishers Weekly "As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein bulit his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds." --Analog
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ISBN-13:
9781451638509
ISBN-10:
1451638507
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Mass Market (Rack) Paperback)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
928
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
4.10 x 1.60 x 6.70 inches
Weight:
0.85 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure
Fiction | Science Fiction - Space Opera
Fiction | Literary
Dewey Decimal:
FIC
Library of Congress Control Number:
2011020088
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The #2 omni edition of the classic science fiction of A. Bertram Chandler's John Grimes books, with four legendary adventure novels in one volume. Action-loving spaceship commander John Grimes retires from heroic days in Earth's space navy only to be immediately thrown into adventures on the remote edge of the galaxy. The second in a seven-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books! Classic Star Trek meets the high seas. If space travel is going to be anything like sailing the oceans, then A. Bertram Chandler has surely caught its absolute essence in his Grimes novels. Here it is, the entire "Captain John Grimes - Far Traveller Courier" saga, collected in one volume. These are the tales of John Grimes'action-packed merchantman and courier years. After moving on from the Terran Navy, Grimes tries his hand at leading a private life, and finds he likes being his own man. The only problem is, his ship The Far Traveller has a (very stubborn and very feminine) mind of its own -- and a penchant for getting Grimes into the worse sort of interplanetary pickles. Includes: Spartan Planet, The Inheritors, The Big Black Mark, and The Far Traveler.
About A. Bertram Chandler:
"He writes his stories in the middle of a hurricane with his typewriter lashed to his desk." - John W. Campbell, legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction About the John Grimes series:
"SF's anser to Horatio Hornblower." --Publishers Weekly "As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein bulit his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds." --Analog
About A. Bertram Chandler:
"He writes his stories in the middle of a hurricane with his typewriter lashed to his desk." - John W. Campbell, legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction About the John Grimes series:
"SF's anser to Horatio Hornblower." --Publishers Weekly "As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein bulit his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds." --Analog
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Author:
Chandler, A. Bertram
A. Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction writer with more than forty novels and 200 works of short fiction published. He was known internationally for turning his personal experiences as a maritime marine officer into realistic characterization of a spaceship s crew. He won three Ditmar Awards for achievement in Australian science fiction, as well as Japan s prestigious Seiun Award.
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