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Issue Details: First known date: 1959... 1959 Chance Encounter
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    y separately published work icon New Worlds Science Fiction vol. 27 no. 81 March 1959 Z1751718 1959 periodical issue science fiction 1959 pg. 83-99
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    y separately published work icon Up to the Sky in Ships A. Bertram Chandler , NESFA Press , 1982 Z810904 1982 selected work novel science fiction

    'Up to the Sky in Ships is published to commemorate A. Bertram Chandler's appearance as Guest of Honour at Chicon IV, the fortieth world science fiction convention. This book contains seven undeservedly obscure stories, including Chance Encounter, the first story in which John Grimes (Chandler's most famous character) appears, and A New Dimension, set in an alternate world in which Ned Kelly uses unusual tactics to win Australia's war for independence' (Up to the Sky in Ships).

         NESFA Press , 1982     pg. 1-22
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    y separately published work icon The Winds of If Catch the Star Winds A. Bertram Chandler , 1963 selected work novella
    — Appears in: Amazing Stories , September vol. 37 no. 9 1963; (p. 44-121)
    — Appears in: Legendy Prigranich'ya 2003; (p. 321-418)
    — Appears in: Catch the Star Winds 1969; John Grimes : Reserve Commodore 2004; (p. 415-519) John Grimes : Rim Worlds Commodore 2007; Catch the Star Winds 2007; Ride the Star Winds : The John Grimes Saga IV 2012;     '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]
         Kōshi hansen Furaingu Kuraudo 光子帆船フライング・クラウド     Tokyo : Hayakawa-shobō , 1986
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    y separately published work icon Starships : Stories Beyond the Boundaries of the Universe Isaac Asimov (editor), Martin H. Greenberg (editor), Charles G. Waugh (editor), New York (City) : Fawcett Crest , 1983 Z1836972 1983 anthology short story science fiction Comprises short stories dealing with various aspects of space travel - including captains, crew, passengers and cargo, as well different types of starships, contact with aliens, combat, and disaster in space. New York (City) : Random House , 1995
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    y separately published work icon John Grimes : Reserve Commodore A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2004 Z1843365 2004 selected work novella science fiction Comprises three novellas - The Last Amazon, The Wild Ones and Catch the Star Winds - along with six short stories - 'Grimes at Glenrowan,' 'Grimes and the Great Race,' 'Grimes Among the Gourmets,' 'Grimes and the Odd Gods,' 'Grimes and the Jailbirds,' and 'Chance Encounter.'
    New York (City) : Science Fiction Book Club [USA] , 2004     pg. 399-414
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