Hallgren.pa@XEROX.ARPA (08/15/84)
I don't know if you ever got an answer for this particular question. Mine was apparently lost in the hubbub. Clark H. --------------------------- Date: 27 Jul 84 09:57:14 PDT From: Mailer.PA To: Hallgren.pa Subject: Undeliverable mail Unable to deliver msg to SF-LOVERS@RUTGERS.ARPA at RUTGERS.ARPA within a reasonable amount of time. The text of your message was -------------------- Received: from Zinfandel.ms by ArpaGateway.ms ; 25 JUL 84 09:55:59 PDT Date: 25 July 1984 9:45 am PDT (Wednesday) From: Hallgren.pa Subject: Re: SF-LOVERS Digest V9 #149 In-reply-to: SF-Lovers-Request@RUTGERS.ARPA's message of 24 Jul 84 13:00 EDT To: SF-LOVERS@RUTGERS.ARPA cc: Hallgren In reply to Bob Clements "Old Book Request", the scene he mentioned is in "The Incredible Planet" by John Campbell, Jr. One of my high school favorites, and one of the original space operas. I interpretted the scene to mean that the inhabitants of the planets of that space didn't want any 'poaching' on their territory by relatively primative beings. Campbell never got around to taking Aarn & company back to that space, although he might have. This is the second of the Aarn Munro books written in the mid or early 30s', and my favorite space opera. The first book is "The Mightiest Machine" which has appeared as an ACE paperback. To the best of my knowledge it TIP has never been put into paperback release. If there's anyone from a publishing house reading this distribution list, get this old wonder in print! Actually it is three stories in one volume 1) the Incredible Planet, in which our heroes return to our space and encounter a VERY old planet; 2) the Interstellar Search in which they try to find Earth and finally suceed with help; and 3) the Infinte Atom, where they are pressed into Earth's defense by some plausible enemies. If you like the Arcot-Wade-Morey books, (The Black Star Passes, Islands of Space, Invaders From The Infinite), or the E. E. Smith series this is as good, and the last major book before Campbell really took up the editing helm of Astounding/Analog. Clark H. ------------------------------------------------------------