The fifth omnibus edition of the classic science fiction of A. Bertram Chandler’s John Grimes books and stories in this renowned SF space-faring saga. Contains <i>Into the Alternate Universe, </i><i>Contraband from Otherspace</i>, <i>The Rim Gods</i> (1969)—a story collection, <i>The Commodore at Sea</i> (a.k.a. <i>Alternate Orbits</i>, 1971)—four novellas.<br><br>Pipe-smoking, action-loving spaceship commander Lieutenant John Grimes (think Captain Kirk with more of a navy, salty attitude) moves out of the Federation navy and finds his true calling adventuring along the spaceways of the galactic rim.<BR><BR>Number five in the collected adventures of the legendary John Grimes of the Galactic Rim series, including four novels:<BR><i><BR>Into the Alternate Universe</i> (1964)<BR><i>Contraband from Otherspace</i> (1967)<BR><i>The Rim Gods</i> (1969)--story collection<BR><i>The Commodore at Sea</i> (a.k.a. <i>Alternate Orbits</i>, 1971)—four novelets<BR><BR><b>About A. Bertram Chandler and the John Grimes series:<BR></b>“SF’s answer to Horatio Hornblower.” —<i>Publishers Weekly<BR><BR></i>“As Asimov chronicled the Foundation, as Heinlein built his Future History, so Chandler constructs the epic of the Rim Worlds.” —<i>Analog<BR><BR></i>“[Grimes] establishes a loyalty in his readers rather similar to that felt by readers of Hornblower. Indeed [Chandler’s] space operas are among the most likeable and well constructed in the genre. . . .” —<i>The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction<BR></i>