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****Hyperlinked titles will take you to our copy on sale or prebuilt searches of copies on sale**** Useful Links: Titles to Look Out For: About the Author: He holds degrees from the State University of New York and Temple University, Philadelphia; and a Doctor of Education degree from California Coast University. In 2001, he became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has taught writing at Harvard University and at the Hayden Planetarium in New York, and lectures regularly on topics dealing with high technology and the future. |
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1980, Sidgwick & Jackson In stock, click to buy for £20.00! (not including p&p) Or, |
Story: Suddenly a cloud of white gas jetted from the Shuttle's nose. The spacecraft dipped down and away from them. Another soundless gasp from the reaction jets back near the tail and the Shuttle slewed sideways. 'What the hell they doin'?' Colt shouted. The Shuttle was sliding away from them scuttling crabwise farther away from the propellant tanks where they were stranded. 'They got trouble! Somethin's wrong... .' Kinsman punched the stud on his wrist keyboard for the flight deck's radio frequency. 'Kinsman to flight deck. What's wrong? Why are you manoeuvring?' No answer. The Shuttle was dwinding away from them rapidly now. 'Captain Howard!' Kinsman said into his helmet mike, trying to keep the tremble out of his voice. |
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2001, Hodder & Stoughton In stock, click to buy for £3.90! (not including p&p) Or, |
Storyline: The Asteroid Wars: The Precipice storyline: Once, Dan Randolph was one of the richest men on Earth. Now the planet is spiralling into environmental disaster, with floods and earthquakes destroying millions of lives. Randolph knows the energy and natural resources of space can save Earth's economy, but the price may be the loss of the only thing he has left-the company he founded, Astro manufacturing. Martin Humphries, fabulously wealthy heir of the Humphries Trust, also knows that space-based industry is the way of the future. But unlike Randolph, he does not care if Earth perishes in the process. And he knows that the perfect bait to ensnare Dan Randolph and take control of Astro is his revolutionary new fusion rocket propulsion system. As Randolph-accompanied by two fascinating women who are also brilliant astronauts-flies out to the asteroid belt aboard a fusion-propelled spacecraft, Humphries makes his move. The future of mankind lies in Randolph's hands. The Asteroid Wars have begun... |
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2002, Hodder & Stoughton. In stock, click to buy for £3.50! (not including p&p) Or, |
Storyline: The Asteroid Wars: The story of the men and women who risk everything to mine the riches of the asteroids began in The Precipice and continues in The Rock Rats The Rock Rats storyline: Martin Humphries-the fabulously wealthy, coldly ruthless owner of the greatest space-based industrial giant-has been checked, but his malice and ambition remain. He still dreams of bankrupting the rival space exploration company Astro Manufacturing and bringing the independent prospectors who are beginning to stake claims on large and small rocks of the Asteroid Belt under his control. And most of all, he wants to capture the love of beautiful Amanda Cunningham, the woman who spurned his money, and take his revenge on Lars Fuchs, the space prospector who both defied Humphries and married Amanda. His weapons will be piracy, sabotage and murder. The Asteroid Wars have entered a violent new era... |
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