Research Catalog

Title

The planeteers ; The ultimate weapon / by John W. Campbell.

Author

Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971

Publication

New York : Ace Books, 1966.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McConnell, Gerald, 1931-2004
• Gaughan, Jack
• McConnell, Gerald, 1931-2004
• Ace Books, (1931-2004), publisher
• Burden, Carter, donor, former owner
• Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection

Description

150, 106 pages; 17 cm.

Summary

• The planeteers: Here are five adventures in planetary exploration capable of orbit the most Earthbound reader. You will find yourself embroiled in interplanetary riddles as pioneer space rovers Penton and Blake pit their wits against five alien races. Into the fray come an array of otherworld creatures - invisible imps, super-evolved blobs, and an amazing tribe of human chameleons. Watch, for the instance, how the adventures from Earth use their cunning to escape death from the 'spreading shleath' who ooze their unpleasant slime into every crack and crevice of the planet.
• The ultimate weapon: The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol. With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over. And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada-until Buck Kendall stumbled upon The ultimate weapon.

Series Statement

Ace double ; G-585

Uniform Title

Ace double-novel books ; G-585.

Alternative Title

Ultimate Weapon

Subject

Science fiction, American

Genre/Form

• Science fiction.
• Fantasy fiction.

Note

• Novels.
• Issued (inverted) with The ultimate weapon (c1936).
• The ultimate weapon was originally published in 1936 as a serial in Amazing stories under the title Uncertainty.
• Cover art and illustration: Jack Gaughan.
• Cover art for The ultimate weapon: Gerald McConnell.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 24-971 bound in publishers' paperback binding, covers designed by Jack Gaughan and Gerald McConnell.

Local note

• Copy in Berg Coll 24-971 acquired from Carter Burden, 1987.

Contents

The planeteers: The brain stealers of Mars -- The double minds -- The immortality seekers -- The tenth world -- The brain pirates.

Call Number

Berg Coll 24-971

OCLC

63076292

Author

Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971.

Title

The planeteers ; The ultimate weapon / by John W. Campbell.

Imprint

New York : Ace Books, 1966.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Ace double ; G-585

Ace double-novel books ; G-585.

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 24-971 bound in publishers' paperback binding, covers designed by Jack Gaughan and Gerald McConnell. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 24-971 acquired from Carter Burden, 1987.

Added Author

McConnell, Gerald, 1931-2004.

Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971. Ultimate weapon.

Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971. Uncertainty.

Gaughan, Jack, bookjacket designer.

McConnell, Gerald, 1931-2004, bookjacket designer.

Ace Books, (1931-2004), publisher.

Burden, Carter, donor, former owner.

Carter Burden Science Fiction Collection.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll 24-971