The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume One
1970
Robert Silverberg, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury
Larklight (Larklight #1)
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*Or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! A rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space.* In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr. Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other -- and the Universe. Recounted through the eyes of Art himself, Larklight is sumptuously designed and illustrated throughout.
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2006
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399 pages
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2
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Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
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ENG
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