About this title: Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, "The Skylark," His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancee and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit ...
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Description: Good. Paperback in good condition. There is a crease at the top right corner, a crease on the front and back of the cover and one on the spine. Pages are browning from age, but still clean and tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 1985-12-01
ISBN-13:9780425086360ISBN:0425086364
Description: Fair. Pyramind 2nd printing, 1962. Cover quite worn with small tear where spine meets cover lower back. Water or coffee stain on edge. Satisfation guaranteed. Fast shipping from Texas. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Paperback. Book Good. 2nd Printing. Pages tight, mild age tanning on pages. 159 pages. Great Reading Copy. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 159pp. 7th prtg. Covs worn, rubbed, creased; edges & corners worn. Sp edges & ends worn. It started on Earth...Scientist Richard Seaton had discovered the secret of complete release of ultimate energy--the key to exploration of the Universe. The powerful, unscrupulous DuQuesne, backed by a great industrial combine, tried every means to gain the secret....it ended in space, when Seaton, Duquesne, and three others--two of them women--were marooned, countless light ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. Spine uncreased, but heavy creasing to cover. Small 1/4 inch tear on front cover and heavy chipping to spine edges. Book store stamp on page edge and first page. Tanned pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780515029697ISBN:0515029696
Description: Good. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean but pages are somewhat yellowed with age. Light edge and corner wear. Book store markings on FFEP. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pyramid Publications
Date Published: 1966
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Wear to covers. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Good / read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good. Free, automatic1st class upgrade for books under 14 ounces. Free Priority upgrade to all domestic orders over $20.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: Seventh Pyramid printing.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Hinge crease; cover yellowing; edge wear; back cover marked and scratched. 159 p.; 18 cm. The Skylark series #1. Cover art by J. Gaughan. "T-2232. " read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pyramid Books, New York
Date Published: 1928
Description: About Fine in Wraps jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Third Pyramid printing, Pyramid X-1350, April 1966, w/ cover art by Jack Gaughn. About Fine. Trace edgewear, toned pages. Bright, square, spine flat, tight, unmarked. First in the great "Skylark" series-a voyage to the ends of the Universe. 159pp. read more
Description: Pyramid Books, 1970, 1966, 1968. 3 separate books, Mass Market paperbacks. Very Good to Very Good+ overall. Corner of the front endpaper of 'Space' is clipped; 'Three' has a couple thin spine reading creases. All three books are solid, square and internally fairly tight. No names or markings, excellent reading copies. Grouped together, save a small bundle on shipping costs if ordered separately. read more
"I read this book because any history of science fiction mentions Doc Smith as an early influence. These books are pretty amazing because they are the earliest spaceship stories that I know of. The dialogue is hilarious. The characters sound like the Hardy Boys in space, and the villain is such an old-fashioned cliché character. In spite of coming across as really dated now, Smith's story is very ambitious. For it's time, he had a hell of an imagination."
"Ah the golden age of pulp science fiction, if EE Doc Smith was one of the best examples of this era I would hate to see the worst.
Having said that I suppose you have to think that he thought about all this stuff long before anyone else and before science fiction had made a real impact in the movies. And you can see his influence in movie serials of the 1930's and 1940's and in later movies like "The Absent Minded Professor" (Flubber).
Still the writning of this donught machine engineer leaves something to be desired."
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