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The Astounding, The Amazing, And The Unknown: A Novel (2011)

by Paul Malmont(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1439168938 (ISBN13: 9781439168936)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: This Historical fiction is basically a spy story set during Would War II. The characters are a group of Science fiction writers recruited by the Navy to develop technology to help win the war. The group is led by Rob Heinlein and includes Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp and L. Ron Hubbard. Along the way you end up meeting the pioneers of Science Fiction writing and learn what it was like for them before Science Fiction novels were even an option for them. The story starts slow and builds momentum. By the half way point you are hooked and the action moves swiftly from there. Recommended to anyone who loves Science Fiction or a good adventure story.
review 2: A sort-of sequel to the Chinatown Death Cloud, this one sees the return of Lester and Norma Dent, ... moreWalter Gibson, Robert Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard, although this time joined in work at the Philadelphia Navy Yard by Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp. The Navy, like their British counterparts, have put the magicians, forgers and science fiction writers (many of whom are also chemists, engineers and physicists--if not always degreed)to work on weapons of the future--ships that can escape detection, maybe even a death ray. Not much is being produced until one stumbles on a trail left by Tesla--in 1908, he seemed close to a major breakthrough, but is it free electricity for the world, or a death ray? The gang tangles with the real world's equivalent of a super-villain, Lyman Binch, head of GE and traitorous protégé of Tesla and Edison. Meanwhile, their extremely visible actions may well be the cover for a project far more vital to saving the world. The in-jokes are subtle and extremely well researched, from Hubbard's Polynesian volcano inspiration for Dianetics, Asimov and robots, de Camp and alternate history, the Dents and their seaplane, a magician's trick and the Philadelphia Experiment, with cameos from Einstein, Jimmy Stewart as a military pilot and Richard Feynman as a fan of pulp magazines. less

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