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What was this kids-oriented scifi novel?
phylo_roadking
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When I was a kid, my dad was a lecturer in our local teacher training college...and every few weeks I could use the childrens' section in the library there, the section that held books for students to take out on teaching practice and read to kids in class...
One I remember was a kids-oriented scifi novel, quite old I think, where the story was set in basically a lifeboat station in space; the heroes flew space capsules that went to the rescue of stranded ships. The "lifeboats" were actually armed, because the "guns" were used for rapid braking in the sense of "action-reaction" I.E. fire a projectile forward to brake the capsule!
Does anyone remember this basic plotline???
One I remember was a kids-oriented scifi novel, quite old I think, where the story was set in basically a lifeboat station in space; the heroes flew space capsules that went to the rescue of stranded ships. The "lifeboats" were actually armed, because the "guns" were used for rapid braking in the sense of "action-reaction" I.E. fire a projectile forward to brake the capsule!
Does anyone remember this basic plotline???
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That's the problem - I was of primary school age...and the book was much older. Not much "new" scifi stock in that particular library!
My first thought was E. C. Elliot's "Kemlo" books which began in 1954 and ended in 1963.
But no, it wasn't any of the Kemlo books.
Maybe one of Heinlein's juvenile books perhaps?
Have a look at Wikipedia Alpha Centauri in fiction. There is quite a list of old syfy books with a little of what they are about.
Stanlem
If it wasn't for the fact that I can't find any evidence that they were ever translated into English I would have said some of the books by Mark Brandis
http://www.andmeisterbooks.co.uk/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=8735
This book is available from Amazone.
mastanlem