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Victorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet

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    Harold L. Goodwin's Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel.

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    About Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet

    "Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet" by Harold L. Goodwin is a young adult science fiction novel published in 1952. Newly commissioned Planeteer Lieutenant Rip Foster faces his first major assignment: retrieve a valuable thorium asteroid from the asteroid belt and deliver it to Earth. Already dealing with inter-service tensions aboard his Space Force vessel, Foster must now contend with hostile agents from the Consolidation of Peoples Governments who want the asteroid for themselves. A Cold War-era space adventure of rivalry, duty, and high-stakes competition.
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    • Science fiction
    • Space flight, Juvenile fiction

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    Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet was written by Harold L. Goodwin.

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    It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

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