Galactic Courier by Diamond Comic Distributors Inc
Book 3 in a three-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes of theGalactic Rim series! If space travel is going to be anything like sailingthe oceans, then A. Bertram Chandler has surely caught its absolute essence inhis Grimes novels. Here are the crowning tales of Grimes' career — theGrimes “Rim Commodore” stories. In these tales, Grimes has found histrue calling out on the edge of galactic civilization. He’s the sheriff ofa realm where pioneer colonies and parallel dimensions overlap, and a starshipcaptain must be prepared for adventure in ALL possible worlds. Includes an astounding (as in, mostly published in Astounding andAnalog by legendary editor John W. Campbell) cornucopia of Grimes novelsbringing together all previous Commodore Grimes tales in Star Courier,To Keep the Ship, Matilda’s Stepchildren, and StarLoot.
A. Bertram Chandler was born in England in 1912 and grew up to sail the world in everthing from tramp steamers to troop transports. He was a frequent contributor to the legendary magazine Astounding Science Fiction (later retitled Analog) during it's Golden Age, and contributed the classic novella Giant Killer to the magazine during the 1940s. He emigrated to Australia in 1956, and commanded vessels under the Australian and New Zealand Flags. In the 1950s through the 1980s he contributed stories to the leading science fiction magazines, and published a steady stream of novels, most, but not all of them, chronicling the exploits of his popular hero, John Grimes, who has often been called the Horatio Hornblower of science fiction. He wrote more than 40 novels and 200 shorter works and was the Guest of Honor at the 1982 World Science Fiction Convention. He died in 1984.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451638868 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451638868 |
| Title | Galactic Courier |
| Author | Diamond Comic Distributors Inc |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
| Year published | 2013-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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