"E. C. Tubb - Dumarest 32 - The Return" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tubb E. C)

death. A harsh world as savage as the society in which he found
himself. A bleak, dead-end world. One devoid of charity, offering
no employment, no hope. Without money it was impossible to
book passage and escape to another world. Without money he
would starve,

Dumarest had learned in the hard school of experience and he
came equipped with certain attributes. He had very fast reflexes,
he carried a knife and knew how to use it, he wore traveler's garb
which, because of the metal mesh buried within the thermal
plastic, gave him protection against the lash of a claw, the rip of
thorns, the cut and thrust of edged weapons. Most important of
all, he had an overriding determination to survive no matter
what the cost.

On Gath that wasn't easy, but he managed and the book sold
and was liked and…and…

Dumarest refused to be forgotten. A year later he was back in
another story, Derai, 1968, which tested him to the limit, costing
him love and security and leaving him alone to follow his own
path. To continue his search for the world on which he had been
born and from which he had run when little more than a child.
Earth, now a world of legend, its existence denied, derided, no
almanac carrying the all-important coordinates of its spacial
position.

Toyman , 1969, followed a year later followed by Kalin in
which Dumarest gained both love and a secret which was to
dominate his future years. One so powerful and important that it
made him the prey of the Cyclan who hunted him across the
galaxy with ruthless efficiency. The Jester At Scar, (1970),Lallia
(1971), Technos, (1972), and Veruchia, (1973), followed. Then
things changed.

Don Wollheim who had published the Dumarest books while
at Ace moved to set up his own company, DAW Books, and
wanted Dumarest to go with him. I was agreeable, I'd already
written the next adventure, Mayenne, but there was a minor
snag. DAW wanted to use a longer length than Ace had used, an
extra 10, 000 words a volume. This was a big advantage as it
permitted more freedom to expand and develop the plot. So
Mayenne had to be lengthened. I doubt if anyone could find just
where and how.

With DAW Dumarest gained new life and vigor and a new
element entered the scene. As the series grew longer many
readers began to show concern that Dumarest, despite finding
many clues, had yet to find Earth. I received many letters on the
subject and it was seriously suggested that I should write the