| A Galaxy Trilogy, Volume 4: Across Time/Mission to a Star/The Rim of Space Contributor(s): Grinnell, David (Author), Long, Frank Belknap (Author), Chandler, A. Bertram (Author) |
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ISBN: 144170020X ISBN-13: 9781441700209 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: In these stories from science fictions early days, Across Time deals with UFOs. In Mission to a Star, human-like alien Earth visitors claim to come in peace, and in The Rim of Space, the Rim Runners explore desolate planets. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Galaxy Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.48" W x 7.8" (0.22 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas, the science fiction writers of the 1950s and 1960s were writing some of the hippest genre literature of the era. Here are three imaginative novellas from some of these pioneers of pulp science fiction. Here are three more stories from the pioneers of the early days of pulp science fiction in this final volume of the Galaxy Trilogy series. Across Time by David Grinnell. Unidentified flying objects are closing in fast, but Captain Zachary Halleck doesn't finalize his move to protect the secret Air Force research station. Why? Mission to a Star by Frank Belknap Long. Humanlike aliens land on Earth and claim that they come in peace, asking for only complete freedom and Earth's friendship, trust, and understanding for as long as they choose to remain. The Rim of Space by A. Bertram Chandler (This is volume one of the Rim World series.) The Rim Runners explore desolate planets inhabited by intelligent amphibians, tea-loving lizards, humanoids, and a pre-industrial civilization in this first book in the Rim World series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Long, Frank Belknap: - Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and nonfiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 1977. Chandler, A. Bertram: -Arthur Bertram Chandler (1912-1984) was born in Aldershot, England, and in 1956 emigrated to Australia where he commanded merchant vessels for Australia and New Zealand until his retirement in 1974. A prolific writer of science-fiction novels and short fiction, he received four Australian SF Achievement Award "Ditmars" for his novels, nearly all of which were published in the United States. Weiner, Tom: -Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Grinnell, David: -David Grinnell (1914-1990) was the pseudonym for Donald Allen Wollheim, a science-fiction writer, editor, publisher who founded DAW Books in 1971. A member of the Futurians, he was one of the leading influences on the development of science fiction and science-fiction fandom in the United States. |
