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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 To the Galactic Rim : The John Grimes Saga I
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The Road to the Rim, A. Bertram Chandler , single work novella
Ensign John Grimes of the Federation Survey Service is fresh out of the Academy and as green as they come. After boarding the Interstellar Transport Commission's merchant spaceship Delta Orionis as a passenger bound for deep space, Grimes finds himself involved, reluctantly, in salvaging another ship which has been attacked by space pirates. It doesn't help that his decision-making process has been influenced by the more than attractive Jane Pentecost (and Grimes is as green with women as his he is as a spaceman), or as a consequence of having been put under guard as a mutineer. As much as the odds will be stacked against him, Grimes soon begins to earn his infamous reputation as a 'lucky bastard.'

 (p. 1-118)
To Prime the Pump, A. Bertram Chandler , single work novel

By now a Lieutenant in the Federation Survey Service, Grimes, finds himself serving aboard the cruiser Aries bound for the planet El Dorado. Abundantly wealthy, and inhabited only by the super-rich and their android servants, the population nevertheless has an increasingly urgent problem. The men are infertile, cause unknown, and the women want someone to do something about it. After crash-landing the advance party rocket boat on a lake, Grimes meets the beautiful but haughty Princess Marlene von Stolzberg. Once again out of his depths Grimes will need every ounce of his famous luck to get him back in the good books and hopefully salvage his career prospects.

 (p. 119-268)
The Hard Way Up, A. Bertram Chandler , selected work short story science fiction

A short story collection comprising: 'With Good Intentions,' 'The Subtracter' (aka 'The Minus Effect'), 'The Tin Messiah' (aka 'The Soul Machine'), 'The Sleeping Beauty,' 'The Wandering Buoy,' 'The Mountain Movers' and 'What You Know.' The collection was first published in 1972 as one half of an Ace Doubles edition (with Robert Lory's The Veiled World).

 (p. 269-422)
The Broken Cycle, A. Bertram Chandler , single work novel science fiction
Newly promoted to Lieutenant Commander, John Grimes find himself assisting sky marshall Una Freeman in the attempted recovery of Delta Geminorum. Things go haywire, however, when they find temselves lost in the colossal alien spacecraft. Complicating matters is there discovery that the universe they thought they were in is not their own but an alternate and that they've been captured by the omnipotent force of that entire other cosmos. Grimes and the comely policewoman soon find out theat they have been selected as the only inhabitants of a Garden of Eden. But there were two serpents in this one—both of them bicycles!'

[Source: www.baenbooks.com]
 (p. 423-553)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Baen Books ,       2007 .
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      Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
      Extent: 553p.
      ISBN: 1439134219, 9781439134214
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Baen Books ,       2011 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 553p.
      ISBN: 9781439134214, 1439134219
    • Wake Forest, North Carolina,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Baen EBooks ,       2011 .
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      Note/s:
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      • SKU: 9781439134214
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Baen Books ,       2012 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 576p.
      ISBN: 9781451638233, 145163823X
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Galactic Courier : The John Grimes Saga III A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011 Z1843035 2011 selected work novella science fiction 'Number three in a four-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes of the Galactic Rim series. Classic Star Trek meets the high seas. If space travel is going to be anything like sailing the oceans, then A. Bertram Chandler has surely caught its absolute essence in his Grimes novels. Here are the crowning tales of Grimes' career - the Grimes "Rim Commodore" stories. In these tales, Grimes has found his true calling out on the edge of galactic civilization. He's the sheriff of a realm where pioneer colonies and parallel dimensions overlap, and a starship captain must be prepared for adventure in all possible worlds.

Galactic Courier brings together all previous Commodore Grimes tales - Star Courier, To Keep the Ship, Matilda's Stepchildren, and Star Loot.

[Source: www.borders.com.au]
y separately published work icon First Command : The John Grimes Saga II A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Baen Books , 2011 Z1840483 2011 selected work novella science fiction After moving on from the Terran Navy, John Grimes tries his hand at leading a private life, and finds he likes being his own man. The only problem is, his ship The Far Traveller has a (very stubborn and very feminine) mind of its own, and a penchant for getting Grimes into the worse sort of interplanetary trouble!

The second in a four-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books published by Baen Books, this collection comprises the entire Far Traveller Courier saga.

[Source: Baen Books website]
y separately published work icon Ride the Star Winds : The John Grimes Saga IV A. Bertram Chandler , New York (City) : Baen Books , 2012 Z1843292 2012 selected work novella science fiction Number four in Baen's reprint series of John Grimes/Galactic Rim adventures, this collection comprises four novellas: The Anarch Lords, The Last Amazon, The Wild Ones, Catch the Star Winds and six interrelated short stories.
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