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An edition of The Great Explosion (1962)

The Great Explosion

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A cheap faster-than-light drive has permitted populating the galaxy. Each planet has become home for different social groups. 400 years post-diaspora, a Earth spaceship visits three — a 1st step to galactic unification. Things don't go as hoped, as the ship's incompetent military authoritarians encounter three very different societies.

Once a penal colony, the 1st planet is a kleptocratic despotism. The 2nd, Hygeia, is populated by health & fitness fanatic nudists. The 3rd, Kassim, was colonized by a religious group. As the ship arrives they can't find anyone, only overgrown villages. They don't land as the captain fears disease. The 4th, K22g, has an unusual social system. The population call themselves Gands after Gandhi & practice a form of classless, philosophically anarchic libertarianism, based on passive resistance & a money-free economic system of barter and favor-exchange.

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Dodd, Mead
Language
English
Pages
187

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English Science fiction, Prometheus Hall of Fame, space exploration

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The Great Explosion
August 1993, Carroll & Graf
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Die große Explosion
Jul 09, 1986, Ullstein Verlag
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The Great Explosion
1975, Avon Books
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Die große Explosion
1965-09-24, Moewig
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The Great Explosion
1964, Panther
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The Great Explosion
1963, Science Fiction Book Club
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The Great Explosion
1963, Pyramid
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The Great Explosion
1962, Dodd, Mead
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The Great Explosion
1962, Dennis Dobson
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A Torquil Book

Copyright Date
1962

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.R9123 Gr, PR6035.U66 Gr

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
187 p.
Number of pages
187

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22805304M
Internet Archive
greatexplosion0000russ_h5r5
LCCN
62017824
OCLC/WorldCat
5846254, 427189753, 5846254
Library Thing
3687455, 464609
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
186705
Goodreads
17856338

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