Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780739442609
ISBN number: 0739442600
Printing Date: 2004
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This new publication combines four of The Master's juveniles from his early career in an anthology that would make a great any-occasion present for that budding young scientist and/or space pioneer, or for a life long fan as myself. I've read each of these at least a dozen times in my fifty-odd years, and there seems like something new to be discovered with each reading!
1. "Between Planets": the story of the son of interplanetary explorers who is trapped in transit attempting to return to his parents at the onset of the First Interplanetary War and winds up on the wrong planet and how he survives the ensuing chaos.
2."The Rolling Stones": A pair of genius kids are intercepted in their plans to launch their own spaceship to become the very first space pirates, and, instead, their parents, along with their (in)famous grandmother, take the entire family on a vacation tour of the Solar System in their own ship.
3."The Star Beast": The trials and tribulations of John Thomas Stuart XXV, dealing with his elephantine pet Lummox, an inheritence passed down to him from one generation to the next, starting from his great-great grandfather, who had brought the Star Beast home from an interstellar expedition to an uncharted area of the galaxy. A great tale with a real surprise ending!
4."Starman Jones": A REAL runaway tale, where the hero doesn't run away to join the circus, he, along with a mysterious companion he meets on the road, finagles his way onto an interstellar passenger liner for a trip to the stars, even though he is a crew member, his voyage leads him into incredible adventure.
Even though this collection is slightly time-worn for the older reader, its' four tales are as current for todays' readers as any books newly published, and, truthfully, still a great read for any fan of the Sci-Fi genre, no matter what age they may be!
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