An edition of The Great Explosion (1962)

Die große Explosion

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An edition of The Great Explosion (1962)

Die große 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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Publisher
Ullstein Verlag
Language
German
Pages
152

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Edition Availability
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
August 1993, Carroll & Graf
Paperback in English
Cover of: Die große Explosion
Die große Explosion
Jul 09, 1986, Ullstein Verlag
Paperback in German
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1975, Avon Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Die große Explosion
Die große Explosion
1965-09-24, Moewig
Paperback in German
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1964, Panther
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1963, Science Fiction Book Club
Hardcover in English - Reprint
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1963, Pyramid
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1962, Dennis Dobson
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Great Explosion
The Great Explosion
1962, Dodd, Mead
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Translation Of
The Great Explosion
Translated From
English

Contributors

Cover Art
Keith Page
Translator
Gisela Stege

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
152

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28313927M
Internet Archive
diegroeexplosion0000eric
ISBN 10
3548311334
ISBN 13
9783548311333
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
425150

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