John sheldon jones (5 Ergebnisse)
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Karel is an Interstellar Scout who travels from one star system to another hoping to find Intelligent Life and establish a friendly First Contact. When she lands on a planet with a high probability of being home to IL, she is surprised to discover a previously unknown human colony. Neverthele…ss, this is a First Contact, and it is her duty to remain objective, learn as much as possible about the people she has found, and avoid giving offense.Karel's objectivity is challenged when her partner is killed, and she is taken captive. She learns that the original colonists have split into three tribes. In two of the tribes, men outnumber women by more than two-to-one because the third tribe acquires their wives by stealing them from the other two.The first man she meets is a member of the third tribe and, although he never wanted a second wife, local custom requires him to add Karel to his family. She believes it is her duty to follow all local customs, but she is delighted to learn that some captive women try to escape. She decides that this is also a local custom and plans to take advantage of it as soon as possible.Almost by accident, she discovers that some tiny, tree-dwelling creatures are natural telepaths and the IL native to the planet. She enlists their aid in planning her escape.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Karel is an Interstellar Scout who travels from one star system to another hoping to find Intelligent Life and establish a friendly First Contact. When she lands on a planet with a high probability of being home to IL, she is surprised to discover a previously unknown human colony. Nevertheless, thi…s is a First Contact, and it is her duty to remain objective, learn as much as possible about the people she has found, and avoid giving offense.Karel's objectivity is challenged when her partner is killed, and she is taken captive. She learns that the original colonists have split into three tribes. In two of the tribes, men outnumber women by more than two-to-one because the third tribe acquires their wives by stealing them from the other two.The first man she meets is a member of the third tribe and, although he never wanted a second wife, local custom requires him to add Karel to his family. She believes it is her duty to follow all local customs, but she is delighted to learn that some captive women try to escape. She decides that this is also a local custom and plans to take advantage of it as soon as possible.Almost by accident, she discovers that some tiny, tree-dwelling creatures are natural telepaths and the IL native to the planet. She enlists their aid in planning her escape.
The Wide World Magazine, Vol. XLVI - No. 272, December, 1920 - Saving of the "Cardium" / Among Bolshevists
Evans, E.A.; Heighton, J.; Tinsley, H.G.; Webster, F.A.M.; Nicoll, J.M.; Woods, E.P.; Wetgen, A.R.; Jones, E.H.; Dunn, H.H.; Koppel, H.; Masters, D.; Chinnery, E.W.P.; McMaines, Frank; Augustin, James F.; et al
Verlag: George Newnes, Ltd., London 1920
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Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice ads. Features: My Rest-Cure - experience on a house-boat in Kashmir; The Saving of the "Cardium" - what happened with this oil ship caught fire with 12,000 tons of benzene aboard; The Hinton Murder Case, and George W. Pendleton; "Little Woman… of Flame" - what happened with two solitary white women took up farming in East Africa; Photo of steeplejack Jack Hassler climbing a building in Philadelphia; "My Strangest Experience"; The Lifted Veil, part 6 of a strange story of two British officer POWs in Turkey; The Temple of the Tapirs - an exciting trip into the wilds of Mexico; "Draw Poker" - a detective recounts a New York story; Among the Bolshevists - an R.A.F. officers interesting sidelights on the operations against the Bolshevists in North Russia - with great photos; Into the Unknown - part 2 - chasing mountain outlaws in New Guinea; A Cowboy Adrift; A Kedah Buffalo-Fight - photo-illustrated story of this little-known Malay (Malaysian) sport; Photo of huge (dead) gorilla in the Cameroons; Anthropop-Apology; The Long Arm of the Law - murderers who were detected years after their crimes; The Battle of Ludlow - strikers battle state militiamen in the Colorado coalfields. Covers detached but present. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Somerfield, T.; Hodgson, E.S.; Sheldon, C.M.; De Walton, John; Sutcliffe, J.E.; Whittaker, W.G.; "Robin"; Elcock, Howard; Small, A.G.; Wright, Frank; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, Ernest; Paxton, R.B.M.; Morrow, Albert (illustrator).
