Planet Run

By Gordon R. Dickson and Keith Laumer

Book Overview

1st edition paperback, fine (as new) This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0523485255
• ISBN13: 9780523485256
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

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A big opportunity awaits, and it is the title of the book: "For a stake like that, every gambler, pirate, soldier of fortune, and con man in forty parsecs would sell his hope of a ringside seat in hell . . ." ... The right man for the job is available, with a partner, but they have to take a rejuvenation treatment first, that could be deadly. "Face it, Larry. New land on virgin worlds isn't doled out like slices of cake at a church social. They can make all the rules they want, back at Galaxy Centralbut on Corazon, it'll be nature's old law. It's not the Statistical Average that survivesit's the son-of-a-b1tch that's tougher than the hard case that's hunting him. Maybe the Survey Authorities don't know thator maybe they're smarter than we give them credit for. You don't tame alien worlds with busloads of bureaucrats." "But this arrangement is an open invitation to lawlessness." Henry nodded. "And you can count on it there'll be plenty of takers." When he and his new straight man get to their destination, it is somewhat of a lawless hive of scwm and villainry, as he expects. Even with an illegal Bolo they will be in big trouble getting out of this one, with all the dodgy dealings around. An adventure, a survival story, and funny at times, too. 3.5 out of 5

Man can reach the stars, but he takes mankind with him.

Planet Run takes you back to the frontier, the frontier of space. When the galaxy starts to fill up and become too civilized, men battle for the last bit of wilderness. A planet is being opened for settlement, and the rush is on. Some search for the treasure they are sure awaits, others because it's the last of its kind.