Ebook {Epub PDF} Rocket Jockey by Lester del Rey

Rocket Jockey by Philip St. John (Lester Del Rey), cover by Alex Schomburg () Son of the Stars by Raymond F. Jones, cover by Alex Schomburg () Sons of the Ocean Deeps by Bryce Walton, cover by Paul Orban () Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson, cover by Paul Orban () Attack from Atlantis by Lester Del Rey, cover by Kenneth Fagg (). Del Rey, Lester, writing as "Philip St. John." ROCKET JOCKEY by Philip St. John [pseudonym]. Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, []. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The adventures of a young space pilot competing in the eighteenth Armstrong Classic, an .  · Rocket Jockey by "Philip St. John" (Lester del Rey) (). The British edition was titled Rocket Pilot. Son of the Stars by Raymond F. Jones (). The first book in the Clonar series. Sons of the Ocean Deeps by Bryce Walton (). Vault of the Ages by Poul Anderson (). Attack from Atlantis by Lester del Rey ().

One of thirty-five some odd titles, this one was Rocket Jockey by Lester Del Rey (writing as Philip St. John), and illustrated by Schomburg. (More information on the series here and here.) Most of the books in the series were written by top authors of the day - Del Rey, Milton Lesser, Philip Latham, Chad Oliver, Robert W. Lowndes, Donald. Rocket Jockey: Lester del Rey: Del Rey / Ballantine: C$ pb? Paperback. Typically 7" by " (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. novel: David B. Mattingly: Rocket Jockey. Rocket Jockey is one of several Winston SF books by Lester del Rey (who also wrote under the names Philip Saint John and Erik Van Lhin) that have recently become available as e-Books. Del Rey was unquestionably one of the best writers who contributed to the Winston series. He was also the most prolific, writing nine of the novels, plus the one.

Del Rey, Lester, writing as "Philip St. John." ROCKET JOCKEY by Philip St. John [pseudonym]. Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, []. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The adventures of a young space pilot competing in the eighteenth Armstrong Classic, an interplanetary rocket race. Del Rey's third science-fiction book and second novel. First published as part of the Winston "Adventures in Science Fiction" series (back in the days when Young Adult wasn't even a category so it was published as a juvenile) and reprinted more than a quarter of a century later under the del Rey name, Rocket Jockey is the story of the eighteenth Armstrong Classic race throughout the solar system for bragging rights and lucrative contracts for the winning planet or colony. The Classic was held every ten years. WINSTON SCIENCE FICTION #7: “Rocket Jockey” by Lester del Rey Jerry Blaine unexpectedly finds himself captaining the “Last Hope”, his older brother’s entry in the Armstrong Classic—a sort of America’s Cup race around the Solar System.