Only You Can Save Mankind
(The first book in the Johnny Maxwell series)(1992)
A novel by
Terry Pratchett
The mighty alien fleet from the very latest computer gamethunders across the computer screen...
Hands poised on the joystick, Johnny prepares to blow theminto the usual million pieces...
And they send him a message: WE SURRENDER.
They're not supposed to do that! Where does it say in the manual that they're supposed to do that?
But they've done it. This time they don't want to die. Theyjust want to go home.
Johnny is the only human who knows. So he has to learn how towage all-out Peace, and they don't make joysticks with a 'Don't Fire' button...
It's hard, trying to Save Mankind from the Galactic Hordes.
It's even harder trying to save the Galactic Hordes fromMankind. But it's only a game, isn't it.
ISN'T IT?
Hands poised on the joystick, Johnny prepares to blow theminto the usual million pieces...
And they send him a message: WE SURRENDER.
They're not supposed to do that! Where does it say in the manual that they're supposed to do that?
But they've done it. This time they don't want to die. Theyjust want to go home.
Johnny is the only human who knows. So he has to learn how towage all-out Peace, and they don't make joysticks with a 'Don't Fire' button...
It's hard, trying to Save Mankind from the Galactic Hordes.
It's even harder trying to save the Galactic Hordes fromMankind. But it's only a game, isn't it.
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Hardback Editions
August 2006 : Hardback
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July 2005 : Hardback
 | Title: Only You Can Save Mankind (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy) Author(s): Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0-06-054185-7 / 978-0-06-054185-9 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
June 2005 : Library Binding
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September 1997 : Hardback
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September 1992 : Hardback
 | Title: Only You Can Save Mankind (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy) Author(s): Terry Pratchett ISBN: 0-385-40308-9 / 978-0-385-40308-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday & Co Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2006 : Paperback
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August 2006 : Paperback
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July 2005 : Paperback
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May 2004 : Paperback
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April 2004 : Paperback
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2004 : Mass Market Paperback
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1994 : Mass Market Paperback
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September 1993 : Paperback
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January 1993 : Mass Market Paperback
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Paperback
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Audio Editions
October 2007 : Audio CD
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October 1997 : Audio Cassette
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May 1995 : Audio Cassette
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Other Editions
April 2007 : Kindle edition
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