John Grimes: Lieutenant of the Survey Service

John Grimes: Survey Service #1-3 & 5-6

by A. Bertram Chandler

The Road to the Rim, To Prime the Pump,The Hard Way Up,Spartan Planet, and The Inheritors. In five classic tales, Federation Navy Academy fledgling John Grimes is a trouble-magnet when he goes up against legal piracy, deadly fertility rites, a brutal all-male society and more.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Arthur Bertram Chandler (28 March 1912–6 June 1984) was an Australian science fiction author. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Whitley, George Whitely, Paul T. Sherman, Andrew Dunstan, and S.H.M.

He was born in Aldershot, England. He was a merchant marine officer, sailing the world in everything from tramp steamers to troopships. He emigrated to Australia in 1956 and became an Australian citizen. He commanded various ships in the Australian and New Zealand merchant navies, and was the last master of the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne as the law required that it have an officer on board while it was laid up waiting to be towed to China to be broken up.

Reviews

[Fatbaldguy60 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a SF Book Club omnibus edition consisting of Road to the Rim, To Pirme the Pump, The Hard Way Up, Spartan Planet, and The Inheritors. Typical space opera stuff, decent light reading.