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Raymond Z. Gallun

Also known as: Arthur Allport, William Callahan, E.V. Raymond, Dow Elstar.

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Raymond Zinke Gallun was an American science fiction writer. Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He left college after one year and travelled in Europe, living a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II. He was among the stalwart group of early sci-fi pulp writers who popularized the genre. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. His first book, People Minus X, was published in 1957 by Simon & Schuster, followed by The Planet Strappers in 1961 (Pyramid). Gallun was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. A posthumous autobiography, Starclimber, authored in part by Gallun and completed by Jeffrey M. Elliot, was published in September 2007. Source: Wikipedia

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Science Fiction. The Great Years

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Starclimber

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"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?"A smile soared across my face."As high as I possibly can."Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes:Kate announces she is engaged — and not to Matt.Despite this bombshell, Matt and Kate embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.Award-winning and bestselling author Kenneth Oppel brings us back to a rich world of flight and fantasy in this breathtaking new sequel to Airborn and Skybreaker.

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Jupiter

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Die neueste Anthologie deutschsprachiger SF-Erzähler - herausgegeben von SF-Kenner und Rezensent Thomas Le Blanc • Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf über einen Reporter und eine seltsame Leiche • Reinmar Cunis über die Halbwüchsigen eines primitiven Planeten • Herbert W. Franke über eine Landebahn aus Pflanzen • Wolfgang Hohlbein über ein Raumschiff mit römischen Legionären • Bernd Kreimeier über eine Wasserfeste der Zwerge • Werner Zillig über ein Fotomodell aus der Tiefe des Raumes Dies sind einige der Stories aus diesem Band mit dem Schwerpunktthema >ALIENS.

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