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Gateway to Elsewhere
Suppose that somewhere the world of the Arabian Nights is real, including very powerful and dangerous djinns, who are nothing like Aladdin's big blue pal. A man from our world wouldn't have a chance against them . . . or would he?
Published in the Ace Double edition with A.E. Van Vogt's "The Weapon Shops of Isher".
Published in the Ace Double edition with A.E. Van Vogt's "The Weapon Shops of Isher".
- GenresFantasy
139 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1954
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Murray Leinster
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William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.
An author whose career spanned the first six decades of the 20th Century. From mystery and adventure stories in the earliest years to science fiction in his later years, he worked steadily and at a highly professional level of craftsmanship longer than most writers of his generation. He won a Hugo Award in 1956 for his novelet “Exploration Team,” and in 1995 the Sidewise Award for Alternate History took its name from his classic story, “Sidewise in Time.” His last original work appeared in 1967.
Will F. Jenkins
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published over 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.
An author whose career spanned the first six decades of the 20th Century. From mystery and adventure stories in the earliest years to science fiction in his later years, he worked steadily and at a highly professional level of craftsmanship longer than most writers of his generation. He won a Hugo Award in 1956 for his novelet “Exploration Team,” and in 1995 the Sidewise Award for Alternate History took its name from his classic story, “Sidewise in Time.” His last original work appeared in 1967.
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March 8, 2021
Tony Gregg, el protagonista, encuentra un buen día una extraña moneda que parece no pertenecer a ningún país conocido. Investigando sobre la Cuarta Dimensión, averigua que existen mundos paralelos al nuestro, y que precisamente su moneda pertenece a uno de estos mundos, concretamente a uno donde Las mil y una noches no son precisamente un mito.
‘Guerra a los Djinns’ (Journey to Barkut, 1952; más tarde se publicaría con el título de Gateway to Elsewhere, 1954), es una novela de aventuras exóticas, con un gran inicio, que posteriormente se va deshaciendo como un azucarillo, se te cae de las manos, quedándose como una historia de romance y poco más. Leinster tiene mejores obras.
‘Guerra a los Djinns’ (Journey to Barkut, 1952; más tarde se publicaría con el título de Gateway to Elsewhere, 1954), es una novela de aventuras exóticas, con un gran inicio, que posteriormente se va deshaciendo como un azucarillo, se te cae de las manos, quedándose como una historia de romance y poco más. Leinster tiene mejores obras.
March 1, 2019
7/10. Media de los 14 libros leídos del autor : 6/10
Otro de los autores clásicos "de ideas". en general se deja leer pero los que más me gustaron suyos son "Un lógico llamado Joe" o "El señor de los Uffts"
En este Tony entra en el reino de la mil y una noches a través de la Cuarta Dimensión. Divertido, sin más.
Otro de los autores clásicos "de ideas". en general se deja leer pero los que más me gustaron suyos son "Un lógico llamado Joe" o "El señor de los Uffts"
En este Tony entra en el reino de la mil y una noches a través de la Cuarta Dimensión. Divertido, sin más.
November 5, 2018
Tony Gregg found a strange coin which transported him into an alternate reality, with a sort of Arabian Nights atmosphere. A light science fantasy read.
October 6, 2013
I'd previously only read Leinster's short fiction, I think. I liked it. This longer piece is just as good, style-wise. The story of a New York misfit who finds a way to travel to an alternate universe, it's a fun, sometimes funny piece of light SF.
The attitudes (towards women and foreigners) are somewhat dated, but not so heavily that they're hard to disregard. The plot is on the thin side, and there's not great emotional depth. But 4/5 for style. It's a fun, likeable, harmless read. It won't change your life, but it's an enjoyable way to spend some time.
Recommended for a lazy afternoon when you're looking for some easy distraction.
The attitudes (towards women and foreigners) are somewhat dated, but not so heavily that they're hard to disregard. The plot is on the thin side, and there's not great emotional depth. But 4/5 for style. It's a fun, likeable, harmless read. It won't change your life, but it's an enjoyable way to spend some time.
Recommended for a lazy afternoon when you're looking for some easy distraction.
November 27, 2019
This was a fun book. There is no great purpose or meaning or underlying message, just pure entertainment. A man buys an odd coin in a pawnshop and following it's lead from flipping it for heads or tails, he finds himself in the mythical land of Barkut. There he does battle with djinns to save the life of the kidnapped queen of Barkut.
If you enjoy the Arabian Nights tales you might well enjoy this.
If you enjoy the Arabian Nights tales you might well enjoy this.
January 29, 2017
An unexceptional and undemanding science fantasy novel from the pen of Murray Leinster. A man finds a coin from no nation on Earth, and uses it to return to the land it comes from, a sort of Arabian Nights place where there is magic and genies.
March 5, 2017
Read as part of the A Logic Named Joe Collection.
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