Wasp /
"Set in an unspecified time in the future, the plot centres on protagonist James Mowry and an inter-planetary war between humans (collectively referred to as "Terrans") and the Sirians (collectively referred to as the Sirian Empire, from Sirius)... The title of Wasp comes from the ide...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Dennis Dobson,
1958.
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| Edition: | [First English edition] |
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| Summary: | "Set in an unspecified time in the future, the plot centres on protagonist James Mowry and an inter-planetary war between humans (collectively referred to as "Terrans") and the Sirians (collectively referred to as the Sirian Empire, from Sirius)... The title of Wasp comes from the idea that the main character's actions and central purpose mimic that particular insect; just as something as small as a wasp can terrorise a much larger creature in control of a car to the point of causing a crash and killing the occupants."--Wikipedia. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 1958."--Title page verso. First published in United States (New York) by Avalon Books, in 1957. The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy donated by Victor W. Horadam. |
| Physical Description: | 202 pages ; 20 cm |