H. B. Fyfe (1918–1997)
Autor de D-99
Sobre El Autor
Obras de H. B. Fyfe
Moonwalk [novelette] 3 copias
Luna Escapade 3 copias
In Value Deceived 3 copias
Luna Escapade 2 copias
Afterthought 1 copia
Round-and-Round Trip 1 copia
The Old Shell Game (SS) 1 copia
Satellite System 1 copia
The Outbreak of Peace 1 copia
A Transmutation of Muddles 1 copia
Exile 1 copia
The Envoy, Her 1 copia
The Wedge 1 copia
Let There Be Light 1 copia
The Talkative Tree 1 copia
Open Invitation 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1970) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
Short Science Fiction Collection 043 — Autor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Fyfe, Horace Browne
- Otros nombres
- MacDuff, Andrew
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1918-09-30
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1997-11-17
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
- Ocupaciones
- science fiction author
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 39
- También por
- 29
- Miembros
- 168
- Popularidad
- #126,679
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 30
A pair of men crash landed on a planet where such a thing is illegal. The natives had just finished an interplanetary war, so they were understandably wary of outsiders. The plan is to slip them pills which, when consumed, will make them look dead. The natives will dump their bodies in the nearby desert, where a ship will pick them up. A female journalist is arrested on a different planet for wanting to buy a souvenir, and for being excessively feminine. The plan is to have her transferred to a work farm outside the city, but she never gets there.
Meantime, back on Earth, a major power failure has stranded the D-99 employees at the office on the 99th floor of a skyscraper (that's where the "99" comes from). They can't call for help, because the D.I.R. will never let them hear the end of it. So everyone is stuck until the power is restored. A more serious problem concerns Lydman, one of the employees. He is an ex-spacer who spent time in an alien prison. Everyone is worried about what he will do when he learns that he is trapped at the top of a skyscraper. Does Lydman find his own solution? Despite the handicap, does D-99 rescue the detained humans?
The book is certainly interesting and readable, but there is not much reason to recommend it, either. I wish I could say more than just Meh.… (más)