The RUNAWAY ASTEROID is professionally printed, since the printer for Assault on Mars, Fred Woodworth, was able to donate his materials only for the first volume.The story is 20% longer than the first book, which makes it roughly 50% longer than an average Hardy Boy or Rick Brant series book. The extra length has enabled us to explore our story in more detail and the result is a story that, according to the readers who read the manuscript, is even better than Assault on Mars!
Like Starman #1, this book has deep blue endpapers depicting a faraway galaxy, but the endpapers in this book are slightly different: because the endpapers we used for the first book were unavailable, we are using a new, higher quality image of deep space: we hope to keep this scene for the remainder of the series. We've also decided to make the boards of this book a deep blue, similar to the color of the endpapers; the lettering on the cover and spine will be in attractive gold foil. Like the first book, THE RUNAWAY ASTEROID will also have a full-color wrap dust jacket, and will have a frontispiece.
Fans of the Dig Allen series will be interested to know that Paul Greene wrote the introduction for Starman #2! For those of you who don't know who Paul Greene is, Paul is the son of Joseph Greene, the now-deceased author of the six-volume Dig Allen series that eventually lead to the Starmen. Paul has written an introduction unlike any we have seen before; I think you'll enjoy it.
Finally, as an added bonus, we have placed an excerpt from book #3, Journey to the Tenth Planet, at the end of this book! This is the only place you'll find a preview of book #3, so be sure not to miss it!
If you have any questions, please feel free to write and ask.
sincerely,
The Starman Team
scooper1@wv-cis.net
http://www.starmanseries.com/
For additional information on Paul Greene's father and his influence on the Tom Corbett Series, check out http://www.solarguard.com/greene1.htm on the Solar Guard Website.
Starman Introduction
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