If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Later series include the to the stars sequence homeworld 1980. May 11, 2006 the galaxy s star fleet being led by a soupedup 747 is a delightful image which sticks in my mind from this book. Image 1 of 1 for star smashers of the galaxy rangers. The remaining rangers must stop the crystal controlled arm to save their friend. It is an absurd parody of space adventures, starring two handsome and athletic young men of great scientific genius, a spy turned good, and a constantly putupon young woman called sally. The faith and the rangers is an anthology of traditional western and texas ranger short stories.
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Be the first to ask a question about star smashers of the galaxy rangers. If you like the use of science as a kind of magic, where all plot problems can suddenly be solved by another alien gizmo and where the characters are plot devices, this will be for you. Zachery finds the crystal, and the crystal takes control of his bionic arm. Star smashers of the galaxy rangers is a comic science fiction novel parodying the space opera genre, written by harry harrison and first published in 1973 two college students, chuck and jerry, accidentally discover a powerful new substance while joking around with a particle accelerator, and use it to build a space ship. A garnishee is a claim you can make over someones wages or property, and lord percy was an english judge. The adventures of the galaxy rangers tv series 19861989 imdb. Star smashers of the galaxy rangers book, 1974 worldcat. Adventures of the galaxy rangerscharacters all the tropes.
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