The Anarch Lords

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Author(s):

A Bertram Chandler

First Pub:

1981

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

46 chapters

Internal ID:

13525

Series:

Star Loot
The Last Amazon

Commander Grimes*

#8 of 10

Commander Grimes*

A series of science fiction novels by A Bertrand Chandler. These are set within the Rim Worlds series.

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1) Rendezvous on a Lost World
2) The Deep Reaches of Space
3) Catch the Star Winds
4) The Far Traveler
5) To Keep the Ship
6) Matilda's Stepchildren
7) Star Loot
8) The Anarch Lords
9) The Last Amazon
10) The Wild Ones

Rim Worlds

#32 of 35

Rim Worlds

A series of science-fiction novels by A Bertram Chandler all set in the same universe. John Grimes books are included in this series.

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1) The Rim of Space
2) Rendezvous on a Lost World
3) Bring Back Yesterday
4) Beyond the Galactic Rim
5) The Ship from Outside
6) Into the Alternate Universe
7) The Deep Reaches of Space
8) The Coils of Time
9) Alternate Martians
10) Empress of Outer Space
11) Space Mercenaries
12) Nebula Alert
13) Contraband from Otherspace
14) The Road to the Rim
15) Spartan Planet
16) The Rim Gods
17) Catch the Star Winds
18) The Dark Dimensions
19) To Prime the Pump
20) Alternate Orbits
21) The Hard Way Up
22) The Inheritors
23) The Gateway to Never
24) The Big Black Mark
25) The Broken Cycle
26) The Way Back
27) The Far Traveler
28) Star Courier
29) To Keep the Ship
30) Matilda's Stepchildren
31) Star Loot
32) The Anarch Lords
33) The Last Amazon
34) The Wild Ones
35) Frontier of the Dark

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N., one-time commanding Officer of the H.M.S, Bounty, one-time Governor of New South Wales, with belated apologies for the participation of an ancestral Grimes in the Rum Rebellion of 1808 A.D.

First Sentence:

"You got off lightly, Grimes," said Rear Admiral Damien.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Was he, after all, so lucky?

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Added: 31-Jan-2023

Last Updated: 16-May-2023

01-Sep-1981

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1981

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.25

Pages*:

208

Catalog ID:

UE1653

Pub Series #:

449

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23217

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97653-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97653-8

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Credits:

David B Mattingly - Cover Artist
David B Mattingly - Frontispiece

A. BERTRAM CHANDLER

His wild career as a space pirate ended, Grimes faced his toughest assignment - he was "punished" by being made governor of the anarchists' own planet! John Grimes, living legend of the spaceways, had been in and out of some cosmic catastrophes but this threatened to reach his luck's ultimate breaking point!

An influx of planetary refugees had made that world a paradise of cheap labor and the original anarchist colonists had become such masters of wealth that no mere outsider could hope to dictate "law and order" to them. They had their own ideas which included slavery, treachery, and utter villainy.

Grimes' first task as governor would be simply to stay alive with a whole world plotting his murder!

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Notes and Comments:

First Printing, September 1981
First printing based on the number line

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A Bertram Chandler
Birth: 28 Mar 1912 Aldershot, England, UK
Death: 06 Jun 1984

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