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SCIENCE FICTION-THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF SECURITY SENDS ONE OF IT'S TOP AGENTS TO EARTH FROM THE MOON CARRYING A SPOOL OF MICROFILM OF INCALCULABLE VALUE.HE ARRIVES DISGUISED AS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER,BUT QUICKLY TRANSFORMS HIMSELF INTO CAPTAIN GILEAD,EXPLORER AND LECTURER.THERE ARE PEOPLE ON EARTH WHO WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH TO RELIEVE HIM OF THE FILM-AND THEY ARE NOT DECIEVED FOR LONG BY HIS DISGUISE.THEY BEGIN TO CLOSE IN ON HIM-AND TIME IS SHORT.
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Robert A Heinlein is considered one of the Big Three of classic science fiction (along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke). Heinlein is a seven-time Hugo Award recipient and was given the first Grand Master Nebula Award for lifetime achievement. His worldwide bestsellers include Have Space Suit--Will Travel, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Tim White (illustrator). 1977 Edition. © 1960: A collection of 2 stories by Robert A Heinlein. 1st printing of 1977 paperback edition:- Contents: Gulf / Elsewhen:- Synopsis: The Federal Bureau of Security sends one of its top agents to Earth from the Moon carrying a spool of microfilm of incalculable value. He arrives disguised as a commercial traveller, but quickly transforms into Captain Gilead - explorer and lecturer. There are people on earth who will go to any length to relieve him of the film - and they are not deceived for long by his disguise. They begin to close in on him. And time is short:- Review(s): "This story of interplanetary espionage is the 'Dean of Science Fiction' at his very best. In 'Assignment In Eternity' Robert Heinlein, Hugo and Nebula award winner, has seldom been more compulsively readable. Sit back, and take a trip with the master into elsewhen":- (original cost £0.75). Seller Inventory # 21.089.00012
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