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A Matter of Matter
ISBN-13: 9781592123667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 152 str.
When it comes to big dreams and schemes, young Chuck Lambert would give Walter Mitty a run for his money. In fact, Chuck s biggest dream of all is really out of this world. Because he s got his eyes on a prize in the sky. Chuck wants to buy a planet of his own. . . .
Madman Murphy, the King of Planetary Realtors, is more than happy to oblige. He s got a whole galaxy of planets for sale. All Chuck needs is money . . . and a lot of it. Eleven years later, saving every penny he can scrape up, Chuck s dream comes true. He takes possession and takes off for Planet 19453X. . . .
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 don t apply. Has Chuck s dream turned into a nightmare? Not quite. As he s about to discover, sometimes, to fulfill your true desire, it s simply a matter of digging a little deeper. . . .
By the time A Matter of Matter appeared in 1949, L. Ron Hubbard s stature as a writer was well established. As author and critic Robert Silverberg puts it: he had become a master of the art of narrative. Hubbard 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, The Conroy Diary, in which the man who opens up the universe to mankind also opens himself to charges of fraud and tax evasion; The Obsolete Weapon, 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 battle as a gladiator in ancient Rome; and The Planet Makers, 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.
"" this is a real corker, pulp fiction at its most entertaining."" Booklist
* An International Book Awards Finalist"
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