Captain Empirical

Nicholson, Sam

ISBN 10: 0441091377 ISBN 13: 9780441091379

Published by Ace Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1979

Language: English

Condition: Used - Fine Soft cover

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Captain Empirical

Publisher

Ace Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0441091377

ISBN 13

9780441091379

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Mass Market Paperback

Edition

First Printing

Condition

Fine

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Essef - Captain Empirical refers to Captain Schuster, the hero of the book, a hard-headed hard-working throwback of a ship's officer. Those ships are mainly ordinary cargo ships carrying ordinary goods in the 20th century and occasionally in a shuttle or mining tug in the far-flung exotic reaches of... Earth's moon. Only about 10% of the book is science fiction, unless you consider nuclear-powered sailing vessels or lunar landings science fiction (fait accompli in 1979). Even including those, the number only rises to 25%. Of the 10%, we have: 1) Asteroid mining, about as mundane a subject as science fiction has to offer... except see #3 2) Rat traps which attract rats via psionic waves which also have the side effect of attracting lowlife scum humans ("rats" - get it?)... but not any other scavenging life forms 3) A robot which collects the mail

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