Four-Day Planet

Name: Four-Day Planet
Brand: CULTUREA
SKU: 9791041801428
Price: 18.95 EUR
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 979-1-041-80142-8

de H. Beam Piper (auteur)

Maison d'édition : CULTUREA

mai 2023

Livre broché

format 148 x 210 x 12 210 pages dès réception en librairie (minimum 5 jours)

18,95 €

Résumé

Reminiscent of old whaling stories, Four-Day Planet follows the story of Walter Boyd, a scrappy 17-year-old reporter working for his father at the Port Sandor Times. Walt gets tied up in the adventures of the sea-monster hunters on Fenris—a barely-habitable planet with a 2,000-hour day. The prized—and only—commodity on Fenris is tallow-wax, a miraculous material harvested from the dangerous seas of the planet.While being set in a grand sci-fi universe, the book packs in more about intrigue, betrayal, and the grit required to survive on a backwater planet of the Federation. The book was later re-published as a "two-for-one" with Lone Star Planet (originally titled A Planet for Texans).

L'Auteur

H. Beam Piper (auteur)

Piper was largely self-educated; he obtained his knowledge of science and history without subjecting myself to the ridiculous misery of four years in the uncomfortable confines of a raccoon coat. He went to work at age 18 as a laborer at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona yards in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He also worked as a night watchman for the railroad.

Auteur(s) : H. Beam Piper