The Rim Gods (1968)

by A. Bertram Chandler

Series: Grimes in the Rim World (book 4), John Grimes Rimworld (14), John Grimes Chronology (18)

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John Grimes, astronautical superintendent of Rim Runners and commanding officer of the Rim Worlds Naval Reserve, was tired of being a desk-bound space commodore. So when the chance came for him to do a little personal astronautical trouble-shooting, he didn't ask who, why or what--he just went. Which is how he found himself involved with time-space worlds, predatory starfish, and legendary characters apparently come to life. That's what can happen when you are out at the galaxy's edge and call forth The Rim Gods.… (more)

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Commodore Grimes' wife Sonya is off on a cruise and Grimes gets out from behind his desk and is sent to fix problems on three worlds. Three worlds that he had surveyed back in the day and on which he had played a significant part. He is back to solve current problems and does so handily. Nice to revisit some of the indigenes of older books. Kinsolving's Planet and Clarissa, granddaughter of the original cave man Raul. The pearl fishers of Mellisan. I really liked the first story where Clarissa is being brought back to her grandfather's planet to raise God and she does but not the God the Neo-Calvinists are hoping for...

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Grimes in the Rim World (book 4)

John Grimes Chronology (18)

John Grimes Rimworld (14)

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The Dark Dimensions / The Rim Gods by A. Bertram Chandler

John Grimes: Rim Runner by A. Bertram Chandler

The Rim Gods / The High Hex (Ace Double 72400) by A. Bertram Chandler

Nuove vie della frontiera by Arthur Bertram Chandler

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The Rim Gods [short story] by A. Bertram Chandler

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This is the complete novel entitled "The Rim Gods", published in 1968. Please do not combine it with the short story of the same name that is the first part of the novel, or any Ace Double containing it, or the 2007 collection of the same name (ISBN 978-0-441-72401-7, which also contains this novel).

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John Grimes, astronautical superintendent of Rim Runners and commanding officer of the Rim Worlds Naval Reserve, was tired of being a desk-bound space commodore. So when the chance came for him to do a little personal astronautical trouble-shooting, he didn't ask who, why or what--he just went. Which is how he found himself involved with time-space worlds, predatory starfish, and legendary characters apparently come to life. That's what can happen when you are out at the galaxy's edge and call forth The Rim Gods.

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