The Big Black Mark

Book Details

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Author(s):

A Bertram Chandler

First Pub:

1975

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

46 chapters

Internal ID:

13521

Series:

<- The Inheritors - The Far Traveler ->

John Grimes*

#7 of 23

John Grimes*

A series of science fiction novels by A Bertrand Chandler. These are set within the Rim Worlds series.

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1) The Road to the Rim
2) To Prime the Pump
3) The Hard Way Up
4) The Broken Cycle
5) Spartan Planet
6) The Inheritors
7) The Big Black Mark
8) The Far Traveler
9) Star Courier
10) To Keep the Ship
11) Matilda's Stepchildren
12) Star Loot
13) The Anarch Lords
14) The Last Amazon
15) The Wild Ones
16) Catch the Star Winds
17) Into the Alternate Universe
18) Contraband from Otherspace
19) The Gateway to Never
20) The Rim Gods
21) Alternate Orbits
22) The Dark Dimensions
23) The Way Back

Copyright:

Dedication:

To William Bligh

First Sentence:

Commander John Grimes, Federation Survey Service, should have been happy.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

In spite of all that had been done to him by them, in spite of all that had happened because of them, he rather hoped so.

Comments:

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Synopsis not on file
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Added: 31-Jan-2023

Last Updated: 16-May-2023

Publications

01-Jan-1978

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1978

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.50

Pages*:

224

Catalog ID:

UW1355

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23219

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97355-2

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97355-1

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Kelly Freas - Cover Artist

ADRIFT
BETWEEN
THE STARS

The fabulous career of John Grimes from ensign in the Galactic Federation to admiral of the Rim Worlds has been chronicled over the years in dozens of gripping novels and short stories. But the pivotal account of Grimes' career - the big black mark on his service record that forced him to change his loyalties had never been recorded. DAW Books is proud to welcome A. Bertram Chandler to its lists and doubly proud to present that major novel of Grimes, the only character in all space fiction with the scope and depth that Captain Hornblower achieved in the field of sea fiction.

This then, in a full-length novel, is the key story of Commander Grimes and of the voyage of the, Discovery - a spaceship which bore an uncanny kinship to a certain legendary vessel called the Bounty.

- A DAW BOOKS ORIGINAL -
NEVER
BEFORE IN PAPERBACK

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing, February 1975
Third printing based on the number line

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Author(s)

A Bertram Chandler
Birth: 28 Mar 1912 Aldershot, England, UK
Death: 06 Jun 1984

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