The Deluge Drivers

Book Details

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Author(s):

Alan Dean Foster

First Pub:

1987

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

15 chapters

Internal ID:

13757

Series:

<- Mission to Moulokin

Icerigger Trilogy*

#3 of 3

Icerigger Trilogy*

A science fiction subseries set in the Humanx Commonwealth Universe by Alan Dean Foster.

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1) Icerigger
2) Mission to Moulokin
3) The Deluge Drivers

Copyright:

Dedication:

In memoriam... Judy-Lynn Benjamin del Rey
Fate is an unkind editor, but at last the
genie is free of the bottle.
Soar.

First Sentence:

The worst part of it wasn't that Ethan Fortune was freezing to death.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Together the three of them turned and headed for the warmth of the nearest sealed corridor.

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Added: 05-Dec-2023

Last Updated: 05-Dec-2023

Publications

01-Jun-1987

Del Rey

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jun-1987

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.95

Pages*:

311

Catalog ID:

33330

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33395

Publisher:

Del Rey

ISBN:

0-345-33330-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-33330-8

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Herring - Cover Artist

HOT TIMES ON
TRAN-KY-KY

It looked as if Ethan Fortune was stuck on the icy world of Tran-ky-ky, never to enjoy the warm comforts of civilization again. But when the scientists at the outpost of Brass Monkey detected an odd atmospheric phenomenon, things began to heat up.

Only the great icerigger Slanderscree could make the dangerous journey to the isolated southern continent, and only Ethan could convince the primitive Tran that the mysterious warm spot was worth the trip. Nothing could have prepared Ethan and his Tran and human companions for what they encountered as they sped southward, for its like had not been seen for thousands of years - open water on Tran-ky-ky!

But the worst was yet to come. This was no natural phenomenon. Someone was systematically raising the temperature of the frozen planet. If Ethan and the crew of Slanderscree couldn't stop the process, soon Tran-ky-ky would become a paradise for humans - and a living hell for t he Tran.

FIRST TIME IN PRINT

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Notes and Comments:

First Edition: June 1987

Author(s)

Alan Dean Foster
Birth: 18 Nov 1946 New York, New York, USA

Notes:

Alan Dean Foster (1946 - ) was born in New York City but was raised in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA. He worked for a while as a copywriter for a small advertising firm. His writing career began in 1968 and when a letter of his was published as a short story in the bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, was published by Ballantine Books in 1972.

Foster's work includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and western fiction. He has also written novelizations of many films including Star Wars and Alien.

His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first time for a science fiction writing work.

Awards

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