Science fiction: space opera

Howard Henderson is alone on a planet, sent to make sure it's conducive to human life.

Tremendous and glittering, the Space Station floated up out of the Big Dark.

The wild, galaxy-hopping adventures of brash young scientists Jerry Courtenay and Chuck van Chider are at the core of this classic space opera.

Brion entered the temple and stood as if rooted to the ground.

Dal Timgar had always wanted to be a doctor.

Dane Thorson, Cargo-master-apprentice of the Solar Queen, Galactic Free Trader spacer, Terra registry, stood in the middle of the ship's cramped bather while Rip Shannon, assistant Astrogator and his senior in the Service of Trade by some four years, applied gobs of highly scented paste to the skin between Dane's rather prominent shoulder blades.

Extermination just got a whole lot more fun.