To the Galactic Rim

A HERO IN THE MAKING... John Grimes will one day command his own starship, and change the course of Galactic history, but right now he’s a wet-behind-the-ears junior officer who finds that he keeps running into problems which were never covered in his courses at the Academy. Three novels and a collection of seven short stories chart the beginning of John Grimes' career. In THE ROAD OF THE RIM, you'll meet Lieutenant Grimes of the Federation Survey Service, fresh out of the Academy — and as green as they come. In TO PRIME THE PUMP, El Dorado is a planet where the men are infertile and the women want Grimes to Do Something (but not in person, mind)! Seven of Grime’s adventures out at the rim of the Galaxy are chronicled in THE HARD WAY UP . And in THE BROKEN CYCLE, Grimes thought getting marooned in space with a gorgeous policewoman who is Not Interested was bad enough, until he run into an entity with godlike powers who has a garden of Eden ready and waiting for his new pet humans. ► As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein built his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds. ◄ ANALOG ► [Grimes] establishes a loyalty in his readers rather similar to that felt by readers of Hornblower. Indeed [Chandler's] space operas are among the most likeable and well constructed in the genre... ◄ THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION * CONTENTS The Road to the Rim • [John Grimes #1] • (1967) • novel To Prime the Pump • [John Grimes #2] • (1971) • novel The Hard Way Up • [John Grimes #3] • (1972) • collection a) With Good Intentions (1972) b) The Subtracter (1972, variant of The Minus Effect 1969) c) The Tin Messiah (1972, variant of The Soul Machine 1969) d) The Sleeping Beauty (1970) e) The Wandering Buoy (1970) f) The Mountain Movers (1971) g) What You Know (1971) The Broken Cycle • [John Grimes #4] • (1975) • novel * Cover art by Stephen Hickman First published by Baen in 2011 (trade pb)