Prize Ship
by Philip K. Dick
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It is outrageous! A tiny moon, Ganymede, with no military to speak of is holding all the other planets of the Sol system hostage. The other planets of the system are impotent to do anything because Ganymede controls the cradles from which all support for the new colonies on Proxima Centauri must begin. No one saw this coming and frustrations and accusations are flying. One tiny ray of hope that appears is the unexpected capture of an experimental Ganymedean ship. With only 5 days before show more capitulation could this provide a way around or out of the problem? Could this ship give a way to get supplies to the colonies before they starve? Come along as a scratch crew tries this strange and weird craft. show lessTags
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Here was one with a goofy premise and execution that was mediocre at best, though I did ultimately like the explanation offered by the ending. But much of the time I spent in this story was frustrating at best. The initial setup with the hostage gravity cradles wasn't bad though.
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Phillip Kindred Dick was an American science fiction writer best known for his psychological portrayals of characters trapped in illusory environments. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1928, Dick worked in radio and studied briefly at the University of California at Berkeley before embarking on his writing career. His first novel, Solar show more Lottery, was published in 1955. In 1963, Dick won the Hugo Award for his novel, The Man in the High Castle. He also wrote a series of futuristic tales about artificial creatures on the loose; notable of these was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which was later adapted into film as Blade Runner. Dick also published several collections of short stories. He died of a stroke in Santa Ana, California, in 1982. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Prize Ship
- Original title
- Prize Ship
- Alternate titles
- Globe from Ganymede
- Original publication date
- 1954-01
- People/Characters
- General Thomas Groves; Commander James Carmichael; Doctor Earl Basset
- First words
- General Thomas Groves gazed glumly up at the battle maps on the wall.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Silently they watched the Ganymedeans trundle their globe out of the building, onto the waiting cargo ship.
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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