Beachhead Planet
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A classic work of mid-twentieth-century science fiction, Beachhead Planet by Robert Moore Williams presents a tense tale of humanity's struggle for survival against alien forces on a distant world. Williams, a prolific pulp-era author known for his fast-paced storytelling, crafts a narrative that chronicles the desperate efforts of human colonists or soldiers to establish and defend a foothold on an extraterrestrial frontier. The tone is urgent and action-driven, characteristic of the golden age of science fiction, where existential stakes and interplanetary conflict fuel every chapter. With lean, propulsive prose, Williams illustrates the fragility of human ambition when pitted against the unknown dangers of an alien environment, delivering a gripping adventure that captures the spirit of classic SF pulp at its most energetic.
Author: Robert Moore Williams
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Sidgwick & Jackson
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A classic work of mid-twentieth-century science fiction, Beachhead Planet by Robert Moore Williams presents a tense tale of humanity's struggle for survival against alien forces on a distant world. Williams, a prolific pulp-era author known for his fast-paced storytelling, crafts a narrative that chronicles the desperate efforts of human colonists or soldiers to establish and defend a foothold on an extraterrestrial frontier. The tone is urgent and action-driven, characteristic of the golden age of science fiction, where existential stakes and interplanetary conflict fuel every chapter. With lean, propulsive prose, Williams illustrates the fragility of human ambition when pitted against the unknown dangers of an alien environment, delivering a gripping adventure that captures the spirit of classic SF pulp at its most energetic.