The Way Back

Book Details

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Author(s):

A Bertram Chandler

First Pub:

1978

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

29 chapters

Internal ID:

13535

Series:

<- The Dark Dimensions and The Rim Gods

John Grimes*

#23 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:

First Sentence:

"Set trajectory, sir?" asked Carnaby briskly.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"We took the long way back," said Grimes at last.

Comments:

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Synopsis not on file
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Added: 31-Jan-2023

Last Updated: 16-May-2023

Publications

01-Jan-1978

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1978

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.50

Pages*:

175

Catalog ID:

UW1652

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23215

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97352-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97352-0

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Berkey - Cover Artist

A. BERTRAM
CHANDLER

Lost in space... lost in time. There can be no more terrifying situation for any spaceman to be in, and such was the problem when Commodore Grimes’ Faraway Quest broke free from the mysterious Kinsolving’s Planet.

Because the universe was vast and they had been out beyond the Galactic Lens. Because time is infinite and they had slipped beyond their own epoch. Because in whatever universe they were in they could raise no etheric word, no telepathic beacon, no other star vessel.

But for John Grimes, a veritable Commodore Hornblower of the future space seas, there had to be a way back. The first step was to locate Earth, the launching place for all humanity.

But Earth turned out to be legend and myth and faith - and Grimes' rebellious crew were to enact roles already fabled before they were all born.

- A DAW BOOKS ORIGINAL -
FIRST
TIME IN PAPERBACK

FROM DAW
STAR COURIER by A. Bertram Chandler
UY1292 - $1.25
NECROMANCER by Gordon R. Dickson
UE1353 - $1.75
LAMARCHOS by Jo Clayton
UW1354 - $1.50
THE BIG BLACK MARK by A. Bertram Chandler
UW1355 - $1.50

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, January 1978
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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