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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Catch the Star Winds
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'Unable to exceed the speed of light, he found ways around the law of nature, twisting space and time to his bidding. But the lure of FTL speeds could would not be forgotten...and the crew of the Flying Cloud - casts-offs from the great civilisations of the galaxy- found themselves breaking through the barriers of the past to discover new worlds - worlds from which they could never return!'

[Source: www.bertramchandler.com]

Notes

  • Although the cover claims that story had never been published before, one of the four sections of the novel, 'The Winds of If' had been published in a slightly shorter version in the September 1963 issue of Amazing Stories. The 1969 release also includes an unrelated 38-page Chandler story 'Zoological Specimen, which was first published in the May 1954 issue of New Worlds, and reprinted three years later in Science Fiction Stories.

Contents

* Contents derived from the New York (City), New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),
c
Americas,
:
Lancer Books , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Zoological Specimen, A. Bertram Chandler , single work short story science fiction
The term was an euphemism, because spacemen and space passengers - like seamen in earlier days - were inclined to be superstitious. And people still didn't like the idea of sailing shipmates with a corpse. But this specimen was something more than a cadaver...
The Winds of If, A. Bertram Chandler , selected work novella
'Unable to exceed the speed of light, he found ways around the law of nature, twisting space and time to his bidding. But the lure of FTL speeds could would not be forgotten...and the crew of the Flying Cloud - casts-offs from the great civilisations of the galaxy- found themselves breaking through the barriers of the past to discover new worlds - worlds from which they could never return!'

[Source: www.bertramchandler.com]

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Lancer Books ,
      1969 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of www.svenlib.sandy.ru
      Extent: 222p.
      Note/s:
      • Lancer Easy Eye Editions No. 3
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Orion ,
      2015 .
      image of person or book cover 8724551880398791655.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 17 December 2015.
      ISBN: 9781473211179
      Series: y separately published work icon Gateway London : Orion , 2011- 19458199 2011 series - publisher novel science fiction

      Inaugurated by Orion in 2011, Gateway originally republished significant works of science fiction. By 2015, it had a catalogue of nearly three thousand titles, by over two hundred authors. Latterly, it has extended its catalogue to classic works of fantasy, horror, and crime, as well as science fiction.

      It is a companion series to SF Masterworks.

      Only works on the list by Australian authors are included on AustLit.

      Sources include https://www.thebookseller.com/news/more-hachette-authors-join-gateway.

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