Philip St. John (1)
Autor de Rockets to Nowhere
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Philip St. John (1) se ha aliado con Lester del Rey.
Obras de Philip St. John
Las obras han sido aliasadas en Lester del Rey.
Science Fiction Adventures May 1953 3 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
EstadÃsticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 38
- Popularidad
- #383,442
- Valoración
- 3.2
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
- Idiomas
- 1
A mystery novel, really, set at White Sands in 1981. The US is portrayed as a security state, and the action's built around a bunch of missing scientists who really shouldn't have been aboard rockets, even if they helped design 'em. The main character's 18, drives a Morgan trike, and asks inconvenient questions. He's trying to figure all this out. There's an FBI agent who seems to be helping, and another--extremely talented--guy who's probably trying to obstruct things.
Everything sorts out on the last page.
Oh, yeah. Douglas Smith is a character in the story. He's presented as the son of George O. Smith in a way that suggests that Del Ray/St John was probably writing an actual person--presumably a friend--into this novel. Anyone know whether that's true?… (más)