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Cover by Brian Lewis. Source: www.lwcurrey.com
y separately published work icon The Deep Reaches of Space single work   novel   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 The Deep Reaches of Space
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The Deep Reaches of Space has undisguised autobiographical elements in having as its protagonist a seaman turned science-fiction writer who travels to the future and uses his nautical experience to save a party of humans stranded on an alien planet. Chandler also has as his central character George Whitely, the name he occasionally used as a pseudonym.

After an injection of lysergic acid, Whitely finds himself inhabiting the body of Peter Quinn, Second Officer of the interstellar liner Lode Maiden. His mind, however, is still that of his former self. When a magnetic storm throws the spaceship into the deep reaches of space Quinn's body somehow retains enough knowledge to help Whitely land the ship on an unnamed planed on the Galactic Rim...

'where new horrors and dangers wait..'

[Source: www.bertramchandler.com]

Notes

  • Chandler originally wrote and published this story as a piece of short science fiction under the title 'Special Knowledge' (1946).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Herbert Jenkins ,       1964 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Brian Lewis. Source: www.lwcurrey.com
      Extent: 190p.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mayflower Books ,       1967 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.amazon.com
      Extent: 128p.
      Note/s:
      • #1885-8
Language: Italian
    • Milan,
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      Italy,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ponzoni Editore ,       1965 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.bertramchandler.com
      Alternative title: Nelle Immense Profondità Spaziali
      Extent: 144p.
      Series: y separately published work icon I Romanzi del Cosmo Ponzoni Editore (publisher), Milan : Ponzoni Editore , 1957-1967 Z1846734 1957 series - publisher novel science fiction Translating into English as the 'Novels of the Cosmos,' I Romanzi del Cosmo was a series of 202 science fiction novels published by Ponzoni Editore between June 1957 and May 1967. The founding editor of the series was Giorgio Monicelli who worked under the pseudonym Tom Arno while still employed as an editor of Arnoldo Mondadori's Urania magazine. Number in series: 170
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Special Knowledge A. Bertram Chandler , 1946 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Astounding Science Fiction , February vol. 36 no. 6 1946; (p. 7-79) Astounding Science Fiction [British Edition] , July vol. 5 no. 5 1946; 'A good officer on a modern merchant marine ship has a great deal of highly specialized knowledge. But if that man somehow found himself an officer on a merchant spaceship, his special knowledge would seem pretty useless - ordinarily. But not that trip!' (www.bertramchandler.com)
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