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The Deep Reaches of Space

A. Bertram Chandler (1964)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesRim Worlds #
Setting
CSM age13+
Goodreads3.2

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Time-DisplacedFish out of Water

Synopsis

Is he George Whitley, a twentieth-century writer of science fiction - or Peter Quinn, Second Officer of the interstellar liner Lode Maiden? An injection of lysergic acid and Whitley finds himself ... where ... who ... and in what age? He is inhabiting the body of Second Officer Quinn but his mind is still that of George Whitley. Aboard the Lode Maiden he can capture only fragments of Quinn's memory and consciousness, until a magnetic storm throws the ship off trajectory into the deep reaches of space. Then, somehow, enough knowledge comes to him to enable him to help land the ship on an unnamed planet on the Galactic Rim. But the forced landing damages the ship and kills the Captain, leaving Quinn - or is it Whitley? - to lead the crew and passengers to safety through the horrors and dangers of the unknown planet.

Tags

Science FictionPsychological FictionSpace OperaSurvival Story