Tag Archives: A. Bertram Chandler

The Road to the Rim

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Rick Robinson

This is the first John Grimes novel, and is also the first in the current Baen collection of the John Grimes Saga. It’s the story of Grimes first posting as an Ensign in the Federation Survey Service, and it’s quite … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals December 5 – 11, 2011

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Rick Robinson

Ah, the beauty of pre-ordering: things just show up and always a happy surprise. So it is this time with the new A. Bertram Chandler omnibus. Also new are a graphic novel and a soundtrack CD. Read on, MacDuff. Astro … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Rim of Space

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Rick Robinson

by A. Bertram Chandler, © 1961 (first published in story form 1959, in Astounding Science Fiction as “To Run the Rim”) Avalon Books 1961 hardcover. Science Fiction, part of the author’s Rim of Space series This is the 53rd in my series … Continue reading →

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