Beyond The Galactic Rim: 2nd in the 'Rim World' series of books

Chandler, A Bertram

ISBN 10: 0722122845 / ISBN 13: 9780722122846

Published by Sphere, 1982

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© 1963: A collection of 4 short stories that forms the 2nd in the 'Rim World' series of books (cover says 4th but considered to be 2nd in overall chronological order):- Contents: Forbidden Planet / Wet Paint / The Man Who Could Not Stop / The Key:- Synopsis: A man who comes out to the Rim to make his living would go to Hell for a pastime. A journey to the Rim Worlds takes you straight to the edge of the unknown or right to the gaping void of the abyss. Out there you're beyond the borders, hovering between the warped contours of troubled space and time. Captain Clavering bought his ship on a lottery win. Now he's holed up on the dismal planet of Lorn filling in time on a chemical-blasted airstrip waiting for a contract. Somewhere there must be a newly colonized planet needing charters or some threatened world that needs evacuating. He'd risk anything for money in the bank - even a dodgy landing on the gas-blasted plains of Eblis, if the Rim Runners fancy paying hard cash for an expedition to hell. This is just the first of four amazing journeys into the shifting uncharted worlds that spin 'Beyond The Galactic Rim':- (original cost 1.50).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond The Galactic Rim: 2nd in the 'Rim World' series of books
• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722122845
• ISBN 13: 9780722122846
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Peter Elson
• Edition: 1982 Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.08 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

A journey to the Rim Worlds takes you straight to the edge of the unknown or right to the gaping void of the abyss. Out there you're beyond the borders, hovering between the warped contours of troubled space and time...
Captain Clavering bought his ship on a lottery win. Now he's holed up on the dismal planet of Lorn filling in the time on a chemical-blasted airstrip waiting for a contract. Somewhere there must be a newly colonized planet needing charters or some threatened world that needs evacuating. He'd risk anything for money in the bank - even a dodgy landing on the gas-blasted plains of Eblis, if the Rim Runners fancy paying hard cash for an expedition to hell...