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Lucky Starr is the hero of a series of books by Isaac Asimov, using the pen name "Paul French". Intended for juveniles, the books were written in the middle of the Cold War and the series shows traces of this, both in educational intent and in the nature of the social forces involved. Sir Galahad, a hero of Arthurian legend In many myths and folk tales, a hero is a man or woman (the latter often called a heroine), traditionally the protagonist of a story, legend or saga, who commonly possesses abilities or character far greater than that of a typical person, which...
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Titles - David Starr, Space Ranger (1952)
- Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1953)
- Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954)
- Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1956)
- Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957)
- Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1958)
Although the hero's given name was "David", Asimov felt this lacked pizazz, and the later books used his nickname "Lucky". 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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The British editions of all six novels omitted the prefixes altogether and were simply titled Space Ranger, Oceans of Venus, etc.
Author: Isaac Asimov The books first came out under the pseudonym "Paul French". When Asimov started this series he was warned that it could become a TV show. At the time production values for science fiction TV series were somewhat laughable. Asimov did not wish to be associated with such a potential horror, so he used this pseudonym. Eventually he used his own name in later editions. Some cover pages bear his name only while others credit "Isaac Asimov writing as Paul French".
Editions These novels have a long and varied publishing history. They came out in hardcover with Doubleday in its first edition. Bantam was the latest, in 1993, to bring out the series in 3 volumes, publishing pairs of titles together. In 2001 the Science fiction Book club came out with all six novels at the same time in one volume under the title The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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Description: 186 pages. ; 21 cm high Cover artists have illustrated Lucky's actions in an impressively professional manner over and over again but the editors have not been always kind or competent: In the Signet edition of the 1970s they mixed images intended for one volume in the series with another.
Notes: Rip-roaring adventures but with typical Asimov logic Asimov carefully introduced astronomical concepts which corresponded to scientific knowledge at the time. In later editions he pointed out in the preface that scientific discoveries had often completely changed the descriptions of the various planet presented in the novel.
The books offer more action scenes than Asimov's usual quota, but they are still filled with the logical arguments and disputes Asimov used in all of his other fiction.
The series was written at the start of the cold war, when many concerned scientists, engineers and educators in the United States felt that their country, and what they considered to be the free world, was falling behind the communist bloc in scientific research and engineering developments. In this context, it was important that the youth of the country be given a solid scientific start, and the adventures of David Starr were as a result rather didactic in nature, despite all the action involved. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...
The first book was translated to French in 1954 under the title Sur la planète rouge (On the Red Planet) with the original pseudonym, Paul French. It was published in the famous "Anticipation " series of Fleuve noir, a publishing house best known for its detective novels. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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