tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50996282009-02-21T14:39:00.317+10:00The Unharmonius WordThe works of A Bertram ChandlerDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737239177670031882noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099628.post-1151405936653572232006-06-27T20:58:00.000+10:002007-03-04T14:13:06.500+10:00I have just found someone selling T-shirts with a print of the Space Mercenaries Cover. (FusionTees.com). A shame that is upside down! Still I might have to give in and order one.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737239177670031882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099628.post-1149590554896680712006-06-06T20:31:00.000+10:002006-06-06T20:44:00.123+10:00As it has been a mere 3 years since I posted to this blog I thought it might be time to finally do another post! The picture here is the cover from the Japanese edition of The Rim Gods. Most of Chandler's novels were published in Japan. He wrote of one trip to Japan: "I fell in love with Japan. I especially enjoyed travelling between the various cities by train - everything from the famous Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737239177670031882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099628.post-1149569534396914422006-06-06T14:52:00.000+10:002006-06-06T14:52:14.420+10:00A Bertram Chandler - Science Fiction Author and Master of the Rim WorldsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737239177670031882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099628.post-904479272003-03-10T19:52:00.000+10:002003-03-10T19:52:11.170+10:00Chandler was the last master of the aircraft carrier Melbourne. Law required it to have a master aboard for the months while it was laid up and waiting to be towed off to Asia to be broken up for scrap, so in a sense he really was briefly the master of the Australian navy's former flagship. Apparently he had his typewriter aboard, and worked on his novels! I wonder if the Melbourne made up any ofDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737239177670031882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099628.post-896905372003-02-25T14:24:00.000+10:002003-02-25T14:27:25.000+10:00February 24th 2003
"Come In. This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the
mat and call the cat a bastard!"
At home with the flu wondering what a blog is! Updating my A Bertram Chandler web site.
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