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Cover by Attila Hejja. Source: www.amazon.com
y separately published work icon Star Loot single work   novella   science fiction  
Is part of The Rim Worlds A. Bertram Chandler , 1950 series - author short story novel novella
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Star Loot
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'In luck and out of luck, John Grimes was a living legend of the spaceways. He had been an officer of the service, he had been the victim of a mutiny, he had discovered lost worlds, he had served under strange masters and on strange ships, but he had never turned space pirate. Until this adventure. How it happened was a complex story to begin with, but typical Grimes luck. How he became the terror of the star lanes developed, as usual, from his own efforts to make an honest living and other's efforts to use him for devious diversions.

[Source: www.goodreads.com]

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       DAW Books ,       1980 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Attila Hejja. Source: www.amazon.com
      Extent: 223p.
      Note/s:
      • Daw UE1564 (#403)
      ISBN: 0879975644
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Robert Hale ,       1981 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Jim Cambridge. Source: www.bertramchandler.com.
      Extent: 175p.
      Note/s:
      • Hale 9502-8
      ISBN: 0709195028
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes : Tramp Captain A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2003 Z1842926 2003 selected work novella science fiction A collection of four Rim Worlds stories, Tramp Captain sees Chandler's hero ply the spaceways at the edge of the galaxy. Now the owner and pilot of a deep space pinnace, the former officer of the Survey Service is once again caught up strange adventures, all the while managing to remain one step ahead of disaster.


    New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2003     pg. 287-510
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon John Grimes-Far Traveler Couriers A. Bertram Chandler , Wake Forest : Baen EBooks , 2007 Z1840654 2007 selected work novella science fiction The entire Captain John Grimes-Far Traveller Courier saga, all collected in one e-volume. The collection comprises the novellas The Far Traveller (with short stories 'The Long Fall' 'The Sleeping Beast' 'Journey's End'), Star Courier, To Keep the Ship, Matilda's Stepchildren, Star Loot, The Anarch Lords, The Last Amazon and The Wild Ones. Wake Forest : Baen EBooks , 2007
    • Wake Forest, North Carolina,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Baen Books ,       2007 .
      person or book cover
      Source: Baen Books (www.baenebooks.com)
      Note/s:
      • ebook
      • SKU: 0879975644
      ISBN: 0879972920, 9780879972929
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Galactic Courier : The John Grimes Saga III A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011 Z1843035 2011 selected work novella science fiction 'Number three in a four-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes of the Galactic Rim series. Classic Star Trek meets the high seas. If space travel is going to be anything like sailing the oceans, then A. Bertram Chandler has surely caught its absolute essence in his Grimes novels. Here are the crowning tales of Grimes' career - the Grimes "Rim Commodore" stories. In these tales, Grimes has found his true calling out on the edge of galactic civilization. He's the sheriff of a realm where pioneer colonies and parallel dimensions overlap, and a starship captain must be prepared for adventure in all possible worlds.

    Galactic Courier brings together all previous Commodore Grimes tales - Star Courier, To Keep the Ship, Matilda's Stepchildren, and Star Loot.

    [Source: www.borders.com.au]
         New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011     pg. 509-788
    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Orion ,       2015 .
      image of person or book cover 5610586230438779490.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 17 December 2015.
      ISBN: 9781473211315
      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: Ginga shiryaku sendan
Alternative title: 銀河私掠船団
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Hayakawa-shobō ,       1982 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Naoyuki Kato. Source: www.bertramchandler.com
      Extent: 420p.
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Works about this Work

Grimesish Grumberlings : The Road to Gor A. Bertram Chandler , 1981 single work essay
— Appears in: The Mentor , June no. 31 1981; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Chandler writes about the problems he had in getting nudity on the covers of the novels he published with DAW. A committed nudist, he also recalls several incidents that occurred during and after a holiday in Noosa, Queensland and which related to his visit to an 'unofficial' nudist beach.
Grimesish Grumberlings : The Death of a Thousand Cuts A. Bertram Chandler , 1981 single work essay
— Appears in: The Mentor , October no. 34 A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Chandler writes candidly about the practice of abridging novels, aiming his barbs in the direction of Reader's Digest. He also recalls the time that Ace books exercised a chapter from one of his novels, The Rim of Space, but failed to tell the cover artist. It was subsequently released with a cover depicting action that did not appear in the edition.
Grimesish Grumberlings : The Death of a Thousand Cuts A. Bertram Chandler , 1981 single work essay
— Appears in: The Mentor , October no. 34 A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Chandler writes candidly about the practice of abridging novels, aiming his barbs in the direction of Reader's Digest. He also recalls the time that Ace books exercised a chapter from one of his novels, The Rim of Space, but failed to tell the cover artist. It was subsequently released with a cover depicting action that did not appear in the edition.
Grimesish Grumberlings : The Road to Gor A. Bertram Chandler , 1981 single work essay
— Appears in: The Mentor , June no. 31 1981; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-;

Chandler writes about the problems he had in getting nudity on the covers of the novels he published with DAW. A committed nudist, he also recalls several incidents that occurred during and after a holiday in Noosa, Queensland and which related to his visit to an 'unofficial' nudist beach.
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