The Anarch Lords

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Author(s):

A Bertram Chandler

First Pub:

1981

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

46 chapters

Internal ID:

13525

Series:

<- Star Loot - The Last Amazon ->

John Grimes*

#13 of 23

John Grimes*

A series of science fiction novels by A Bertrand Chandler. These are set within the Rim Worlds series.

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1) The Road to the Rim
2) To Prime the Pump
3) The Hard Way Up
4) The Broken Cycle
5) Spartan Planet
6) The Inheritors
7) The Big Black Mark
8) The Far Traveler
9) Star Courier
10) To Keep the Ship
11) Matilda's Stepchildren
12) Star Loot
13) The Anarch Lords
14) The Last Amazon
15) The Wild Ones
16) Catch the Star Winds
17) Into the Alternate Universe
18) Contraband from Otherspace
19) The Gateway to Never
20) The Rim Gods
21) Alternate Orbits
22) The Dark Dimensions
23) The Way Back

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N., one-time commanding Officer of the H.M.S, Bounty, one-time Governor of New South Wales, with belated apologies for the participation of an ancestral Grimes in the Rum Rebellion of 1808 A.D.

First Sentence:

"You got off lightly, Grimes," said Rear Admiral Damien.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Was he, after all, so lucky?

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Added: 31-Jan-2023

Last Updated: 16-May-2023

Publications

01-Sep-1981

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1981

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.25

Pages*:

208

Catalog ID:

UE1653

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23217

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97653-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97653-8

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

David B Mattingly - Cover Artist
David B Mattingly - Frontispiece

A. BERTRAM CHANDLER

His wild career as a space pirate ended, Grimes faced his toughest assignment - he was "punished" by being made governor of the anarchists' own planet! John Grimes, living legend of the spaceways, had been in and out of some cosmic catastrophes but this threatened to reach his luck's ultimate breaking point!

An influx of planetary refugees had made that world a paradise of cheap labor and the original anarchist colonists had become such masters of wealth that no mere outsider could hope to dictate "law and order" to them. They had their own ideas which included slavery, treachery, and utter villainy.

Grimes' first task as governor would be simply to stay alive with a whole world plotting his murder!

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Notes and Comments:

First Printing, September 1981
First printing based on the number line

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Author(s)

A Bertram Chandler
Birth: 28 Mar 1912 Aldershot, England, UK
Death: 06 Jun 1984

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