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Professor Challenger in Space, by Stephen William Theaker

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The first title published by Silver Age Books, this features the return of Arthur Conan Doyle's great science-hero, Professor Challenger. He returns, that is, but only to set off on new and terrifying adventures across the galaxy!

First he gathers together the whole gang – Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton, and the journalist, Edward Malone – and then they are off on the one journey they never before undertook – into space! They meet unusual new friends, encounter vicious new enemies, and at least one of the party falls victim to violence! Another may well fall in love! And the others are sure to talk, argue, drink whisky and smoke cigars, if nothing else!


This was the debut novel of the author, Stephen William Theaker, and as well as the return of Professor Challenger and his friends, it features the first appearance in a novel of the cult characters Master Zangpan, the Mechanical Housewife and Milon the Assassin.

When asked for his comments on the title for www.whsmith.co.uk, the author had this to say:

“This was my first novel, written in a burst of youthful enthusiasm over the space of four weeks – a couple of years later I took it to Silver Age Books and was overjoyed when they agreed to publish it. I see it as being a novel of action and adventure, but also as a poem of sorts in praise of the values I hold most dear – friendship, good naturedness, tolerance, and the spirit of scientific enquiry.”


Publication: 31 March 2000

ISBN: 0 9537650 0 8

Price: £5.99


“A handsome little volume.”
Interzone

"I like the subtitle."
David Langford

"Good read … Interesting and well written."
David Bornmann, Beachbum


Read a sample – Professor Summerlee Among the Pygmies

Buy this novel from Amazon! (Though this title is out of print, second hand copies do occasionally emerge on Amazon.)

This novel was serialized in the first two issues of Theaker's Quarterly Fiction.