Carl Lans Bücher

Vier willekeurige mensen worden uit Londen ontvoerd naar een verre, schijnbaar onbewoonde planeet. Twee mannen en twee vrouwen. Hier worden ze zonder het te weten getest op hoe ze problemen oplossen en met elkaar en andere wezens omgaan. De uitslag beslist over het lot van de mensheid...

Scout-Officer John Leeming knew from the very start that his reconnaissance mission deep into enemy territory would likely be a one-way trip. But, after he crash-lands on a far distant planet and becomes a prisoner of ruthless aliens, he knows he can't just give up. Armed with only a piece of wood, a coil of copperlike wire, his quick wits, and an imaginary ally called Eustace, Leeming embarks on a brilliant campaign to gain his freedom--and undermine the alien war effort, too. This original, full-length version of one of Russell's most popular stories, "Plus X," is amusing, adventurous, fast moving, and razor sharp. Poking fun at bone-headed and inflexible bureaucrats and institutions, it ranks among his very best work. Also known as "The Space Willies" when published as part of an Ace Double: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...