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The Tale of the Eternal Champion series vol 6.
The astonishing adventures of Captain Oswald Bastaple (ex-53rd Lancers and Special Air Police).. How with grit and integrity one brave English airshipman struggled for snaity in a world turned upside down - threatened by an infamous international anarchist conspiracy to destroy the Pax Britannica maintained by our mighty aerial cruisers! It is 1973, and the stately airships of the Great Powers hold benign sway over a peaceful world. The balance of power is maintained by the British Empire - amost equitable and just Empire, ruled by the beloved King Edward VIII. A new world order, with peace and prosperity for all under the law. Yet, moved by the politics of envy and perverse utopianism, not all our Empire's citizens support the marvellous equilibrium. Flung from the North East Frontier of 1902 into this world of the future Captain Bastable is forced to question his most cherished ideals, discovering to his horror that he has become a nomad of the time streams, eternally doomed to travel the wayward currents and nameless brances of a chaotic multiverse. Guided only by the red republican chrononaut, Una Persson, he must confront a multitude of alternate futures before at last gaining an understanding of his fate
Genre: Science Fiction
The astonishing adventures of Captain Oswald Bastaple (ex-53rd Lancers and Special Air Police).. How with grit and integrity one brave English airshipman struggled for snaity in a world turned upside down - threatened by an infamous international anarchist conspiracy to destroy the Pax Britannica maintained by our mighty aerial cruisers! It is 1973, and the stately airships of the Great Powers hold benign sway over a peaceful world. The balance of power is maintained by the British Empire - amost equitable and just Empire, ruled by the beloved King Edward VIII. A new world order, with peace and prosperity for all under the law. Yet, moved by the politics of envy and perverse utopianism, not all our Empire's citizens support the marvellous equilibrium. Flung from the North East Frontier of 1902 into this world of the future Captain Bastable is forced to question his most cherished ideals, discovering to his horror that he has become a nomad of the time streams, eternally doomed to travel the wayward currents and nameless brances of a chaotic multiverse. Guided only by the red republican chrononaut, Una Persson, he must confront a multitude of alternate futures before at last gaining an understanding of his fate
Genre: Science Fiction
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Hardback Editions
1985 : Hardback
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1972 : Hardback
| Title: THE WAR LORD OF THE AIR. Author(s): MICHAEL. MOORCOCK Publisher: P/B Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 1971 : Hardback
| Title: Warlord of the Air Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-450-00952-1 / 978-0-450-00952-5 (UK edition) Publisher: New English Library Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 1989 : Paperback
| Title: The Warlord of the Air (The Oswald Bastable Series) Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-586-20888-7 / 978-0-586-20888-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1984 : Mass Market Paperback
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February 1983 : Paperback
| Title: Warlord of the Air Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-87997-775-2 / 978-0-87997-775-7 (USA edition) Publisher: New Amer Library (Mm) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1982 : Paperback
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June 1981 : Paperback
| Title: Warlord of the Air (A Mayflower book) Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-583-13434-3 / 978-0-583-13434-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Mayflower Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1981 : Paperback
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January 1981 : Paperback
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May 1978 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Warlord of the Air (Oswald Bastable, No. 1) Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 0-87997-380-3 / 978-0-87997-380-3 (USA edition) Publisher: DAW Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1977 : Paperback
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1976 : Paperback
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1975 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1974 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1974 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1974 : Paperback
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January 1973 : Mass Market Paperback
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1973 : Paperback
| Title: The Warlord of the Air Author(s): Michael Moorcock ISBN: 1-141-87600-0 / 978-1-141-87600-6 Publisher: Ace Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 1972 : Paperback
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January 1971 : Mass Market Paperback
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1971 : Mass Market Paperback
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Other Editions
January 1978 : Unknown
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