The Commodore at Sea / Spartan Planet

John Grimes: Survey Service #5 included

by A. Bertram Chandler

Kinsolving's planet....on the rim of space, where the very fabric of space and time is stretched almost to bursting, and the boundaries between then and now, between here and there, are so thin as to be almost non-existent. And so John Grimes should hardly been so surprised to meet...Sherlock Holmes? Lady Chatterley? Tarzan and Jane? A. Bertram Chandler?

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1981

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

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of loosely connected stories. 3 out of 5 stars.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting good old fashioned SF