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Atom Drive

Charles Louis Fontenay

Book Overview: 

It was a race between the tortoise and the hare. But this hare was using some dirty tricks to make sure the ending would be different.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Jonner was directing his wrath, while Qoqol, the Martian astrogator, worked at his charts on the other side of the deck.

"I thought all cargo was aboard, Jonner," said T'an.

"It is," said Jonner, laying the mike aside. "That G-boat isn't hauling cargo. It's going with us. I'm not taking any chances on Marscorp refusing to ferry our cargo back and forth at Mars."

"Is plotted, Jonner," boomed Qoqol, turning his head to peer at them with huge eyes through the spidery tangle of his thin, double-jointed arms and legs. He reached an eight-foot arm across the deck and handed Jonner his figures. Jonner gave them to T'an.

"Figure out power for that one, T'an," ordered Jonner, and took his seat in the cushioned control chair.

T'an pulled a slide rule from his tunic pocket, but his black almond eyes rested quizzically on Jonner.

"It's four hours before blastoff," he reminded.

"I've cleared power for this with Space Con. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A solid Golden Age story...exciting science, flat characters.

I listened to this on Starship Sofa. As it is out of copyright, it is easy to get an ebook version.

Plenty of action to keep the story interesting and moving right along. The race of a lifetime.