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Title: |
A Matter of Matter |
| Series: |
Golden Age Stories |
Search Result:
| By (author): |
L. Ron Hubbard |
| ISBN10-13: |
1592122396 : 9781592122394 |
| Format: |
CD-Audio |
| Size: |
1x1mm |
| Pages: |
0 |
| Weight: |
.122 Kg. |
| Published: |
Galaxy Audio - June 2010 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling (Excluding VAT) |
| List Price inc VAT: |
16.79 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Subjects: |
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) : Science fiction : Space opera : Humour |
| When it comes to big dreams and schemes, young Chuck Lambert would give Walter Mitty a run for his money. In fact, Chuckâ s biggest dream of all is really out of this world. Because heâ s got his eyes on a prize in the sky. Chuck wants to buy a planet of his own.â ¦ Madman Murphy, the King of Planetary Realtors, is more than happy to oblige. Heâ s got a whole galaxy of planets for sale. All Chuck needs is money â ¦ and a lot of it. Eleven years later, saving every penny he can scrape up, Chuckâ s dream comes true. He takes possession and takes off for Planet 19453X.â ¦ One problem: Madman Murphy has sold Chuck a world of trouble. Because on Planet 19453X the water is undrinkable, the air is unbreathable, and the laws of physics donâ t apply. Has Chuckâ s dream turned into a nightmare? Not quite. As heâ s about to discover, sometimes, to fulfill your true desire, itâ s simply a matter of digging a little deeper.â ¦ By the time A Matter of Matter appeared in 1949, L. Ron Hubbardâ s stature as a writer was well established. As author and critic Robert Silverberg puts it: he had become a â master of the art of narrative.â Hubbardâ s editors urged him to apply his gift for succinct characterization, original plot, deft pacing and imaginative action to the genre of science fiction and fantasy. The rest is Sci-Fi history. Also includes the science fiction adventures, â The Conroy Diary,â in which the man who opens up the universe to mankind also opens himself to charges of fraud and tax evasion; The â Obsolete Weaponâ , the story of an American GI involved in the 1943 invasion of Italy who slips back in time and finds himself fighting a different kind of battleâ as a gladiator in ancient Rome; and â The Planet Makersâ , in which a great deal is at stake for the engineers who make planets habitable, but one of them has a surprising plan all his own. â â ¦ this is a real corker, pulp fiction at its most entertaining.â â Booklist* An International Book Awards Finalist |
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