H. B. Fyfe (1918–1997)
Autor von D-99
Über den Autor
Werke von H. B. Fyfe
Luna Escapade 3 Exemplare
Moonwalk [novelette] 3 Exemplare
In Value Deceived 3 Exemplare
Luna Escapade 2 Exemplare
The Envoy, Her 1 Exemplar
The Wedge 1 Exemplar
Let There Be Light 1 Exemplar
A Transmutation of Muddles 1 Exemplar
The Talkative Tree 1 Exemplar
Exile 1 Exemplar
Round-and-Round Trip 1 Exemplar
The Outbreak of Peace 1 Exemplar
Satellite System 1 Exemplar
The Old Shell Game (SS) 1 Exemplar
Afterthought 1 Exemplar
Open Invitation 1 Exemplar
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Beyond Human Ken: 21 Startling Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1952) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
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Short Science Fiction Collection 043 — Autor — 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Fyfe, Horace Browne
- Andere Namen
- MacDuff, Andrew
- Geburtstag
- 1918-09-30
- Todestag
- 1997-11-17
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Sterbeort
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
- Berufe
- science fiction author
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Statistikseite
- Werke
- 41
- Auch von
- 29
- Mitglieder
- 172
- Beliebtheit
- #124,308
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 30
A pair of men crash landed on a planet where such a thing is illegal. The natives had just finished an interplanetary war, so they were understandably wary of outsiders. The plan is to slip them pills which, when consumed, will make them look dead. The natives will dump their bodies in the nearby desert, where a ship will pick them up. A female journalist is arrested on a different planet for wanting to buy a souvenir, and for being excessively feminine. The plan is to have her transferred to a work farm outside the city, but she never gets there.
Meantime, back on Earth, a major power failure has stranded the D-99 employees at the office on the 99th floor of a skyscraper (that's where the "99" comes from). They can't call for help, because the D.I.R. will never let them hear the end of it. So everyone is stuck until the power is restored. A more serious problem concerns Lydman, one of the employees. He is an ex-spacer who spent time in an alien prison. Everyone is worried about what he will do when he learns that he is trapped at the top of a skyscraper. Does Lydman find his own solution? Despite the handicap, does D-99 rescue the detained humans?
The book is certainly interesting and readable, but there is not much reason to recommend it, either. I wish I could say more than just Meh.… (mehr)