Brightside Crossing - Nourse, Alan E.

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Résumé :
Four men attempt the impossible: to cross the sun-blasted bright side of Mercury at the point of its greatest fury. James Baron is determined to prove that the legendary Brightside Crossing can be done, but Peter Claney-the only survivor of an earlier attempt-knows what waits out there: heat, glare, exhaustion, bad judgment, and the kind of ambition that can turn courage into suicide. Alan E. Nourse's Brightside Crossing is classic mid-century science fiction built around danger, endurance, pride, and the unforgiving physics of another world. First published in HereYes Compact, hard-edged, and memorable, Brightside Crossing is a strong fit for readers of golden age science fiction, planetary adventure, survival stories, space exploration fiction, and classic magazine SF. Nourse brings a physician's eye for human limits and a storyteller's sense of mounting pressure to a tale where the landscape itself becomes the enemy. Explore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery....

Biographie:
Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) was an American science fiction writer, physician, and medical nonfiction author whose fiction often drew on his scientific and medical background. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Nourse served in the U.S. Navy, studied at Rutgers University, earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine in Washington State before devoting himself more fully to writing. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, along with popular nonfiction on medicine, astronomy, science, and public health...

Sommaire:
Four men attempt the impossible: to cross the sun-blasted bright side of Mercury at the point of its greatest fury. James Baron is determined to prove that the legendary Brightside Crossing can be done, but Peter Claney-the only survivor of an earlier attempt-knows what waits out there: heat, glare, exhaustion, bad judgment, and the kind of ambition that can turn courage into suicide. Alan E. Nourse's Brightside Crossing is classic mid-century science fiction built around danger, endurance, pride, and the unforgiving physics of another world. First published in HereYes Compact, hard-edged, and memorable, Brightside Crossing is a strong fit for readers of golden age science fiction, planetary adventure, survival stories, space exploration fiction, and classic magazine SF. Nourse brings a physician's eye for human limits and a storyteller's sense of mounting pressure to a tale where the landscape itself becomes the enemy. Explore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery....