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Old 02-16-2008, 12:48 PM   #61
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I've eaten a doughnut and gotten powdered sugar all over me...

I guess that'll be one food that'll never make it into space.
then I'm not going.

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then I'm not going.

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Dale, two words: Paris Brest.

Sure, you'll have to fly Ariane, but I'll just say "baked, almond-topped, choux pastry ring filled with buttercream" (the local patisserie mixes expresso in their cream...mmmmmmmmmm). Also, being French, you just know that they won't compromise on cuisine (""Space food sticks"? Are you mad?").

Of course, there's always jelly donuts. Here in Oz, we've really just got the Lamington, and that coconut's going to go just everywhere. Besides, we've got enough space just heading sideways to worry about any space heading up...looks like it might be time for me to catch a sand-ship to the interior (bonus points awarded for catching the reference ).

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On the subject of multiple pseudonyms
E.C.Tubb,best known for Dumarest:
Chuck Adams, Stuart Allen, Anthony Armstrong, Ted Bain, Alice Beecham, Anthony Blake, L. T. Bronson, Raymond L. Burton, Julian Carey, Morley Carpenter, Judy Cary, Julian Cary, J. F. Clarkson, Norman Dale, Robert D. Ennis, James Evans, James Farrow, James R. Fenner, R. H. Godfrey, Charles S. Graham, Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Alan Guthrie, D. W. R. Hill, George Holt, Gill Hunt, Alan Innes, E. F. Jackson, Gordon Kent, Gregory Kern, King Lang, Mike Lantry, P. Lawrence, Chet Lawson, Nigel Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Frank T. Lomas, Ron Lowman, Arthur Maclean, Carl Maddox, Philip Martyn, John Mason, Carl Moulton, L. C. Powers, M. L. Powers, Edward Richards, Paul Schofield, John Seabright, Brian Shaw, Roy Sheldon, John Stevens, Eric Storm, Andrew Sutton, Edward Thomson, Ken Wainwright, Frank Weight, Douglas West, Eric Wilding, Frank Winnard


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On the subject of multiple pseudonyms
E.C.Tubb,best known for Dumarest:
Chuck Adams, Stuart Allen, Anthony Armstrong, Ted Bain, Alice Beecham, Anthony Blake, L. T. Bronson, Raymond L. Burton, Julian Carey, Morley Carpenter, Judy Cary, Julian Cary, J. F. Clarkson, Norman Dale, Robert D. Ennis, James Evans, James Farrow, James R. Fenner, R. H. Godfrey, Charles S. Graham, Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Alan Guthrie, D. W. R. Hill, George Holt, Gill Hunt, Alan Innes, E. F. Jackson, Gordon Kent, Gregory Kern, King Lang, Mike Lantry, P. Lawrence, Chet Lawson, Nigel Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Frank T. Lomas, Ron Lowman, Arthur Maclean, Carl Maddox, Philip Martyn, John Mason, Carl Moulton, L. C. Powers, M. L. Powers, Edward Richards, Paul Schofield, John Seabright, Brian Shaw, Roy Sheldon, John Stevens, Eric Storm, Andrew Sutton, Edward Thomson, Ken Wainwright, Frank Weight, Douglas West, Eric Wilding, Frank Winnard
<gack!> I think that may be a record...

I read a number of the Dumarest books, but lost track of the series. Tubb did a good job of invention is the various cultures his protagonist encountered while trying to find his way back to Earth. At some point, I'll find a copy of the last book, and confirm whether my suspicions about the ending were on target.
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Old 02-20-2008, 12:48 PM   #67
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On the subject of multiple pseudonyms
E.C.Tubb,best known for Dumarest:
Chuck Adams, Stuart Allen, Anthony Armstrong, Ted Bain, Alice Beecham, Anthony Blake, L. T. Bronson, Raymond L. Burton, Julian Carey, Morley Carpenter, Judy Cary, Julian Cary, J. F. Clarkson, Norman Dale, Robert D. Ennis, James Evans, James Farrow, James R. Fenner, R. H. Godfrey, Charles S. Graham, Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Alan Guthrie, D. W. R. Hill, George Holt, Gill Hunt, Alan Innes, E. F. Jackson, Gordon Kent, Gregory Kern, King Lang, Mike Lantry, P. Lawrence, Chet Lawson, Nigel Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Frank T. Lomas, Ron Lowman, Arthur Maclean, Carl Maddox, Philip Martyn, John Mason, Carl Moulton, L. C. Powers, M. L. Powers, Edward Richards, Paul Schofield, John Seabright, Brian Shaw, Roy Sheldon, John Stevens, Eric Storm, Andrew Sutton, Edward Thomson, Ken Wainwright, Frank Weight, Douglas West, Eric Wilding, Frank Winnard
It looks to be even more than those of Lionel Fanthorpe, and that takes some doing.
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Old 02-20-2008, 02:22 PM   #68
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<gack!> I think that may be a record...

I read a number of the Dumarest books, but lost track of the series. Tubb did a good job of invention is the various cultures his protagonist encountered while trying to find his way back to Earth. At some point, I'll find a copy of the last book, and confirm whether my suspicions about the ending were on target.
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THE RETURN Dumarest
of Terra #32 by E.C.
Tubb
Acknowledgments:
THE RETURN by E.C. Tubb is copyright © 1997 by E.C. Tubb
"Introduction to THE RETURN" is copyright © 1997 By E.C.
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Dedication:
To Phil Harbottle, who has accompanied Dumarest all the
way.
Cover art by Ron Turner. Cover art Copyright © 1997 by Ron
Turner.
"Postscript to the Dumarest Saga," by Philip Harbottle.
Copyright © 1997 by Philip Harbottle.
Typesetting by Sean Alan Wallace.
Printing History:
Vaugirard (France): 1992 Gryphon: First English (Revised)
Edition: May 1997
ISBN: 0-936071-83-4 regular trade pb $20.00 ISBN:
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A Gryphon Books Original!
This is the First English Language Edition and the First
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Additional copies of this book can be ordered for $20.00 or
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Brooklyn, N.Y. 11228-0209 USA

I don't think it even got a second printing
I've been looking for it for years
At the moment there's one copy
on Amazon for 53+4 us shipping
that's a bit to much for me
I guess the e-book I found
with a flashlight will have to do
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Matt Francis, Spike Gordon, Volsted Gridban (with E C Tubb), Griff, Malcolm Hartley, Conrad G Holt, Preston James, Frank Jones, Nat Karta, Marvin Kayne, Clem Larson, Herbert Lloyd, Paul Lorraine, Astron del Martia, Jed McCloud, Mick McCoy, Jed McNab, Dom Passante, Francis Rose, Laurence F Rose, Ward Ross, Frank Russell, John Russell, Arnold Ryden, Bryan Shaw, John Slate, Vargo Statten, Earl Titan, John Werheim, Ephraim Winiki
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Old 02-20-2008, 05:19 PM   #71
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Cool name. Wouldn't you love to have it for real?
Well the guy is in the big library in the sky
so why not change your name ?
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H. G. Wells' book Things To Come, published in 1933 predicted... Practical use of Earth's heat to produce steam
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