| Operation: Outer Space Contributor(s): Leinster, Murray (Author) |
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ISBN: 080950040X ISBN-13: 9780809500406 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $11.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Jed Cochrane -- sophisticate in a world grown too crowded to breathe, newsman, interviewer, television personality -- begins this tale when he's sent on a wild goose chase (literally, to the moon) after the wayward son of one of his network's principals. But the path he follows will lead him to the stars -- and beyond them! * Murray Leinster published more than fifteen hundred stories in a life that lasted the best part of the 20th century -- from 1896 until 1975. He's remembered as a great deal less a writer than he was: he tells a thoughtful, stylish tale, and he tells it damned well. . . . |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 148 pages |
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| Publisher Description: FASTER THAN LIGHT "But what can be done with it?" asked Cochrane practically. "Nothing," said Jones succinctly. "It changes the properties of space, but that's all. Can you think of any use for a faster-than-light radiation-pipe? I can't." Cochrane cocked an eye at Jamison, who could extrapolate at the drop of an equation. But Jamison shook his head. "Communication between planets," he said morosely, "when we get to them. Chats between sweethearts on Earth and Pluto. Broadcasts to the stars when we find that another one's set up a similar plate and is ready to chat with us. There's nothing else." |
