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Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury

by Isaac Asimov

A Lucky Starr mystery on Mercury

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A Lucky Starr mystery on Mercury

The fourth novel in Isaac Asimov’s Lucky Starr series centers on a Mercury expedition unsettled by reports of strange “ghosts.” A frightened engineer’s outburst turns the mystery into an immediate danger for Lucky, while Bigman is caught in the effort to stop him. The supplied description establishes a blend of science-fiction setting, unexplained phenomena, and a perilous confrontation, but leaves the ghosts’ nature and the outcome unresolved. This reissue brings the novel back in hardcover after a long period out of print.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in science fiction
  • Readers following Isaac Asimov’s Lucky Starr series
  • Readers who enjoy science-fiction mysteries involving unexplained phenomena

Themes

Mercury explorationUnexplained phenomenaDanger and trust

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Book overview

Reissued after seventy-five years out of print--and in hardcover for the first time in a generation--Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury is the fourth novel in the Lucky Starr series written by the legendary Isaac Asimov, author of Foundation, the Galactic Empire series, and I, Robot.

"Ghosts!" cried the engineer wildly, flinging his arms about. "There's a white ghost and a red ghost. You've seen those. But there are two-legged ghosts too. I've seen them, but will anyone believe me?" He was almost incoherent. "I tell you--I tell you--"

Bigman said, "Ghosts! Are you nuts?"

At once Mindes screamed, "You don't believe me either. But I'll prove it. I'll blast the ghost. I'll blast the fools who won't believe me. I'll blast everyone. Everyone!"

With a harsh screech of laughter he had drawn his blaster, and with frenzied speed, before Bigman could move to stop him, he had aimed it at Lucky at pointblank range and squeezed its trigger. Its invisible field of disruption lashed out--

Can Bigman save Lucky, before it's too late?

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