A A Matter Of Matter eBook

When it comes to big dreams and schemes, young Chuck Lambert would give Walter Mitty a run for his money. In fact, Chucks biggest dream of all is really out of this world. Because hes got his eyes on a prize in the sky. Chuck wants to buy a planet of his own.

Madman Murphy, the King of Planetary Realtors, is more than happy to oblige. Hes got a whole galaxy of planets for sale. All Chuck needs is money and a lot of it. Eleven years later, saving every penny he can scrape up, Chucks dream comes true. He takes possession and takes off for Planet 19453X.

One problem: Madman Murphy has sold Chuck a world of trouble. Because on Planet 19453X the water is undrinkable, the air is unbreathable, and the laws of physics dont apply. Has Chucks dream turned into a nightmare? Not quite. As hes about to discover, sometimes, to fulfill your true desire, its simply a matter of digging a little deeper.

By the time A Matter of Matter appeared in 1949, L. Ron Hubbards stature as a writer was well established. As author and critic Robert Silverberg puts it: he had become a master of the art of narrative. Hubbards editors urged him to apply his gift for succinct characterization, original plot, deft pacing and imaginative action to the genre of science fiction and fantasy. The rest is Sci-Fi history.

Also includes the science fiction adventures, The Conroy Diary, in which the man who opens up the universe to mankind also opens himself to charges of fraud and tax evasion; The Obsolete Weapon, the story of an American GI involved in the 1943 invasion of Italy who slips back in time and finds himself fighting a different kind of battleas a gladiator in ancient Rome; and The Planet Makers, in which a great deal is at stake for the engineers who make planets habitable, but one of them has a surprising plan all his own.

this is a real corker, pulp fiction at its most entertaining. Booklist

* An International Book Awards Finalist