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y separately published work icon The Rim Gods single work   novella  
Is part of The Rim Worlds A. Bertram Chandler , 1950 series - author short story novel novella
Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Rim Gods
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'Gods! Dragons! Fairies! Frog Princess! Knights! and much more. John Grimes faces them all.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Orion ed.)

Notes

  • The Rim Gods was originally serialised in If magazine in 1968. The four parts (individually titled) and their publication dates are: 'The Rim Gods' (April), 'The Bird-brained Navigator' (June), 'The Last Dreamer' (August), and 'The Tin Fishes' (December).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Rim Gods / The High Hex A. Bertram Chandler , Laurence M. Janifer , S. J. Treibich , New York (City) : Ace Books , 1969 Z1844129 1969 selected work novella science fiction New York (City) : Ace Books , 1969
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    y separately published work icon The Dark Dimensions / The Rim Gods A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Ace Books , 1978 Z1844167 1978 selected work novella New York (City) : Ace Books , 1978
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes : Rim Runner A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2004 Z1838805 2004 selected work novella Comprises: Into the Alternate Universe, The Rim Gods, Contraband from Otherspace and The Commodore at Sea. New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2004 pg. 225-358
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Rim Gods A. Bertram Chandler , Wake Forest : Baen Books , 2007 Z1844171 2007 selected work short story This 2007 Baen ebook edition of The Rim Gods includes the four original 1968 stories which comprise the novel version (namely 'The Rim Gods,' 'The Bird-Brained Navigator,' 'The Tin Fishes,' and 'The Last Dreamer'), along with five John Grimes/Kitty Kelly interview tales.


    Wake Forest : Baen Books , 2007
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes : Rim Worlds Commodore A. Bertram Chandler , Wake Forest : Baen Books , 2007 Z1845007 2007 selected work novella An bundled ebook collection of novellas set during the latter stages of John Grimes' career. Wake Forest : Baen Books , 2007
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 17 December 2015.
      ISBN: 9781473211162 (ebk)
      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.
Alternative title: Nuove Vie Della Frontiera
Language: Italian
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Urania no. 527 November 1969 10248417 1969 periodical issue 1969
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Le Vie Della Frontiera : Ciclo Galattico di A. Bertram Chandler A. Bertram Chandler , 1979 Z1837960 1979 selected work short story novella The first three stories in this tetralogy (The Road to the Rim, The Inheritors and The Rim Gods) follow the early career of Captain John Grimes, beginning with his first embarkation on an interstellar ship with the Federation Survey Service. The final story (Rendezvous on a Lost World) moves into more remote regions: - the outer edge of the spiral, where the dark, is interrupted only occasionally by some lone star and spaceships travel at times for months without seeing a single planet.


    1979     pg. 197-320
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Related Works

The Tin Fishes A. Bertram Chandler , 1968 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: If : Worlds of Science Fiction , December vol. 18 no. 12 1968; (p. 67-98)
The Rim Gods A. Bertram Chandler , 1968 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: If : Worlds of Science Fiction , April vol. 18 no. 4 1968; (p. 63-87)
Last Dreamer A. Bertram Chandler , 1968 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: If : Worlds of Science Fiction , August vol. 18 no. 8 1968; (p. 50-77)
The Bird-Brained Navigator A. Bertram Chandler , 1968 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: If : Worlds of Science Fiction , June vol. 18 no. 6 1968; (p. 133-160)
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