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The Broken Cycle

A. Bertram Chandler

First published February 1975
Type Novel
Series Rim Worlds › John Grimes #4

Synopsis

Being lost in space was no new experience to John Grimes, whose career as an interstellar officer had brought him into many such dilemmas. But being lost inside a colossal alien spacecraft had no precedent. Complicating the matter was the discovery that the very universe was not their own but an alternate and that their captor seemed to be the omnipotent force of that entire other cosmos. As Grimes' only companion was the comely policewoman, Una Freeman, the fate that the Alien God selected for them required the creation of a Garden of Eden. But there were two serpents in this one - both of them bicycles! It's a weird, wild romp in space-time - one of the most surprising adventures of the man that has been called the Horatio Hornblower of Space. (from the back cover of the DAW first printing)

Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1975 Cover The Broken Cycle Robert Hale Novel
October 1979 Cover The Broken Cycle DAW Books Novel 5
October 1979 Cover The Broken Cycle DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Novel 5
January 2002 Cover John Grimes: Survey Captain Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 3
June 2007 The Broken Cycle Baen Books Novel
June 2007 John Grimes-Federation Survey Service Baen Books Omnibus
March 2011 Cover To the Galactic Rim Baen Books Omnibus 423
April 2012 Cover To the Galactic Rim Baen Books Omnibus 545
December 2013 Cover To the Galactic Rim Baen Books Omnibus
December 2015 Cover The Broken Cycle Gateway / Orion Novel