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Dumarest of Terra #9-10
Mayenne & Jondelle
Double Dumarest
Mayenne
The planet was without a star of its own, it was uninhabited, it was sentient. In its own way it might have been the most powerful single intelligent entity in the universe.
But it knew nothing about humanity. So when it picked up the survivors of a wrecked space-liner, it was confronted by mysteries. Whether any of the desperate handful could survive the devilish series of planet-wide laboratory tests the alien world devised to solve these enigmas would depend on whether any one of them could answer such eternal riddles.
Dumarest--and Mayenne--thought they could.
Jondelle
Ourelle was the closest planet to legendary Earth that Earl Dumarest had reached. Somehow the boy named Jondelle held the key to further data on Terra, but before Dumarest could obtain it, the child was kidnapped.
Pursuit of the kidnappers led directly to a city of paranoiac killers in a country of madmen whose tempers and erratic violences terrified the rest of that world.
But it was there that Dumarest could pick up the trail that led to Jondelle--and to long-lost Earth.
Complete and unabridged
Mayenne
The planet was without a star of its own, it was uninhabited, it was sentient. In its own way it might have been the most powerful single intelligent entity in the universe.
But it knew nothing about humanity. So when it picked up the survivors of a wrecked space-liner, it was confronted by mysteries. Whether any of the desperate handful could survive the devilish series of planet-wide laboratory tests the alien world devised to solve these enigmas would depend on whether any one of them could answer such eternal riddles.
Dumarest--and Mayenne--thought they could.
Jondelle
Ourelle was the closest planet to legendary Earth that Earl Dumarest had reached. Somehow the boy named Jondelle held the key to further data on Terra, but before Dumarest could obtain it, the child was kidnapped.
Pursuit of the kidnappers led directly to a city of paranoiac killers in a country of madmen whose tempers and erratic violences terrified the rest of that world.
But it was there that Dumarest could pick up the trail that led to Jondelle--and to long-lost Earth.
Complete and unabridged
- GenresScience Fiction
159 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published April 7, 1981
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About the author
E.C. Tubb
383 books85 followersEdwin Charles Tubb was a writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. He published over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, and is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
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May 31, 2025
JONDELLE: Not the best entry in the series nor does it further his protagonist's search for long forgotten Earth (except for a few sentences near the end) but it's a quick read and I do love reading about Dumarest's bigger than life adventures.
MAYENNE: As much as I enjoy reading the books I must admit that E. C. Tubb's "Dumarest of Terra" series is essentially the Harlequin Romance of science fiction. In this instalment an entire planet falls in love with our hunky protagonist leading to heartbreaking (read: corny and mawkish) results. Unlike the previous books in the series however, this one doesn't really further the overall theme of Dumarest's quest for the mythical planet Earth and instead gives us a pointless detour. But it's a quick read that's easy on the brain.
MAYENNE: As much as I enjoy reading the books I must admit that E. C. Tubb's "Dumarest of Terra" series is essentially the Harlequin Romance of science fiction. In this instalment an entire planet falls in love with our hunky protagonist leading to heartbreaking (read: corny and mawkish) results. Unlike the previous books in the series however, this one doesn't really further the overall theme of Dumarest's quest for the mythical planet Earth and instead gives us a pointless detour. But it's a quick read that's easy on the brain.
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