“Somewhere Out There” by Bron Fane (aka, R. L. Fanthorpe). London: John Spencer & Co./Badger Books SF-92 (1963). Cover Art by Henry Fox.
“Time and Space Meant Nothing to the Killer from Tomorrow.”
From the back cover:
They dragged an unidentifiable body of a man out of the Thames. Routine enquiries led nowhere and the case was shelved. Superintendent Harry Lee retired and reopened the case for his own satisfaction. An orthodox approach had led nowhere, so Lee tried a few unorthodox methods. That was when he heard the story of the Flying Saucer. Lee was experienced enough to tell a crank from a reliable witness. The Saucer-man was no crank. At last Lee saw the disc-ship for himself and met its pilot. He went aboard and took a trip into the unknown. Apparently the Saucer-pilot was working on the same case from a different angle and Lee realized why it had been impossible to identify the body . . . it didn’t belong. There were some more disappearances to account for . . .
This is a sophisticated novel of complex human problems set against a compellingly authentic science fiction background. The trouble is, it might really happen!
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Badger Books were published between 1959 and 1967 in a number of genres, predominantly war, westerns, romance, supernatural and science fiction. In common with other “pulp” or mass-market publishers of the time, Badger Books focused on quantity rather than quality. A new title in each of the major genres appeared each month, generally written to tight deadlines by low-paid authors. One of the most remarkable facts about Badger Books is that much of its output was produced by just two authors (using a range of house names and other pseudonyms). John Glasby (over 300 novels and short stories) and Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (over 200 novels and stories). [Wikipedia]
“Somewhere Out There” by Bron Fane (aka, R. L. Fanthorpe). London: John Spencer & Co./Badger Books SF-92 (1963). Cover Art by Henry Fox.
“Time and Space Meant Nothing to the Killer from Tomorrow.”
From the back cover:
They dragged an unidentifiable body of a man out of the Thames. Routine enquiries led nowhere and the case was shelved. Superintendent Harry Lee retired and reopened the case for his own satisfaction. An orthodox approach had led nowhere, so Lee tried a few unorthodox methods. That was when he heard the story of the Flying Saucer. Lee was experienced enough to tell a crank from a reliable witness. The Saucer-man was no crank. At last Lee saw the disc-ship for himself and met its pilot. He went aboard and took a trip into the unknown. Apparently the Saucer-pilot was working on the same case from a different angle and Lee realized why it had been impossible to identify the body . . . it didn’t belong. There were some more disappearances to account for . . .
This is a sophisticated novel of complex human problems set against a compellingly authentic science fiction background. The trouble is, it might really happen!
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Badger Books were published between 1959 and 1967 in a number of genres, predominantly war, westerns, romance, supernatural and science fiction. In common with other “pulp” or mass-market publishers of the time, Badger Books focused on quantity rather than quality. A new title in each of the major genres appeared each month, generally written to tight deadlines by low-paid authors. One of the most remarkable facts about Badger Books is that much of its output was produced by just two authors (using a range of house names and other pseudonyms). John Glasby (over 300 novels and short stories) and Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (over 200 novels and stories). [Wikipedia]