H. B. Fyfe (1918–1997)
Auteur van D-99
Over de Auteur
Werken van H. B. Fyfe
Moonwalk [novelette] 3 exemplaren
Luna Escapade 3 exemplaren
In Value Deceived 3 exemplaren
Luna Escapade 2 exemplaren
Afterthought 1 exemplaar
Round-and-Round Trip 1 exemplaar
The Old Shell Game (SS) 1 exemplaar
Satellite System 1 exemplaar
The Outbreak of Peace 1 exemplaar
A Transmutation of Muddles 1 exemplaar
Exile 1 exemplaar
The Envoy, Her 1 exemplaar
The Wedge 1 exemplaar
Let There Be Light 1 exemplaar
The Talkative Tree 1 exemplaar
Open Invitation 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
Special Wonder: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1970) — Medewerker — 9 exemplaren
Short Science Fiction Collection 043 — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Fyfe, Horace Browne
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- MacDuff, Andrew
- Geboortedatum
- 1918-09-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1997-11-17
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
- Beroepen
- science fiction author
Leden
Besprekingen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Gerelateerde auteurs
Statistieken
- Werken
- 39
- Ook door
- 29
- Leden
- 168
- Populariteit
- #126,679
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 30
- Talen
- 1
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.… (meer)