Secret Agent of Terra

{{Short description|1962 novel by John Brunner}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = Secret Agent of Terra

| title_orig =

| translator =

| image = File:secret agent of terra.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition

| author = John Brunner

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = Ed Emshwiller

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Zarathustra Refugee Planets

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| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Ace Books

| release_date = 1962

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| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages = 127 pp

| preceded_by =

| followed_by = Castaways' World

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Secret Agent of Terra is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer John Brunner. It is the first book of the Zarathustra Refugee Planets series; the other books are Castaways' World (1963) and The Repairmen of Cyclops (1965). Secret Agent of Terra was first published as Ace Double F-133, with The Rim of Space by A. Bertram Chandler.

Brunner later reworked the story for his 1969 novel The Avengers of Carrig.

Bibliography

  • {{cite book | year = 1962 | title = Secret Agent of Terra | publisher = Ace Books | location = New York}}
  • {{cite book | year = 1980 | origyear = 1969 | title = The Avengers of Carrig | publisher = Daw Books | location = New York | isbn = 0-87997-509-1}}

References

  • {{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1 | page=71}}
  • {{cite book|last=De Bolt|first=Joe|title=The Happening worlds of John Brunner: critical explorations in science fiction|publisher=Kennikat Press|year=1975|pages=[https://archive.org/details/happeningworldso0000unse/page/216 216]|isbn=978-0-8046-9124-6|url=https://archive.org/details/happeningworldso0000unse/page/216}}