The Great Secret: An Intergalactic Tale of Madness, Obsession, and Startling Revelations (Stories from the Golden Age)
Language: English
Published by Galaxy Press, Hollywood, CA, 2008
Series: Book 1 of 6 - Science Fiction Short Stories Collection
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA
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Digest Sized, wraps. 121pp. Beautiful First Printing of this anthology of classic Hubbard stories. Some new essays and a forward by Kevin J. Anderson. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Likely unread. A gorgeous colelctable copy.
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- Title
- The Great Secret: An Intergalactic Tale of Madness, Obsession, and Startling Revelations (Stories from the Golden Age)
- Author
- Hubbard, L Ron
- Publisher
- Galaxy Press, Hollywood, CA
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1592123716
- ISBN 13
- 9781592123711
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Series
- Book 1 of 6: Science Fiction Short Stories Collection
- Seller catalogs
- Anthology/Short Stories, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Vintage Paperbacks
Women. Liquor. Power... Women. Liquor. Power... That is Fanner Marston’s mantra—his reason for being—and while he knows a little about the first and a lot about the second, he may well be on the verge of learning everything there is to know about the third. Power. He may, in fact, be about to uncover the key to gaining absolute control over the entire universe. The only problem is, Fanner is certifiably insane—a crazed Peter Lorre on a power trip….
His starship has crash-landed, and he’s the sole survivor, which doesn’t matter to him. Driven by greed and lust for power, wracked by thirst, hunger and pain, all he cares about is reaching the ancient city of Parva and making himself at home. Because there lies The Great Secret to universal domination—and what’s a little suffering on the road to becoming God?
Does Fanner have a prayer? The writing’s on the walls of Parva—and you won’t believe what it says. . . .
By the spring of 1938, 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 genres that were new, and essentially foreign, to him—science fiction and fantasy. The rest is SciFi history.
Also includes the Science Fiction adventures, The Space Can, in which a decrepit space battleship is a civilian fleet’s only defense; The Beast, the tale of a hunter in the jungles of Venus, chasing an immoral beast; and The Slaver, in which an alien race has enslaved the human race, but can’t repress the power of human love.
“Serves as a wonderful introduction to the breadth of Hubbard’s output.” —Comic Buyers Guide
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