{"product_id":"nebula-alert-a-bertram-chandler-the-rival-rigelians-mack-reynolds-ace-double-paperback","title":"Nebula Alert - A. Bertram Chandler \/ The Rival Rigelians - Mack Reynolds - Ace Double Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover art:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eMEDDLERS FROM TERRA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe team from Earth had the task of raising backward planets to the home world's high level. The situation on Rigel was this:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*The most advanced culture on Rigel's first planet is to be compared to the Italian cities during Europe's feudalistic years.... The most advanced of the second planet is comparable to the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest. ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese planets are in your control to the extent that no small group has ever dominated millions before. No Caesar ever exerted the power that will be in your collective hands. For half a century, you will be as gods and goddesses!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the Rigelians were themselves descended from the lost colonists of old Earth and they could learn their lessons as fast as they could be taught.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn fact, they could even teach their teachers a thing or two. And therein lay the peril the professors from space never dreamed of.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther Blurb:\u003c\/strong\u003e “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBEYOND THE HORSEHEAD NEBULA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Iralians were humanoid and technically free citizens of the Galactic Empire. But as slaves they were prized above all others, for they had the unique capacity to transmit acquired knowledge by heredity. And so when the space mercenary Wanderer was hired by GLASS (Galactic League for the Abolition and Suppression of Slavery to take a cargo of Iralians home it was not going to be a simple task.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor one thing, they'd be hunted by interstellar slavers for their priceless passengers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor another, the Iralians themselves had other ideas which included mutiny and high treason.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd for the third and worst, they were too close to the Horsehead Nebula, whose capacity for warping time, space, and the dimensions was a permanent Red Alert for all spacecraft.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ace Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69249668251890,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/IMG_9536.jpg?v=1794113297","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/nebula-alert-a-bertram-chandler-the-rival-rigelians-mack-reynolds-ace-double-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}