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La scomparsa del "Rimfire"

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Il Rimfire è la più potente, costosa astronave che sia mai stata costruita, ed è la prima che possa tentare il fatidico balzo dalla nostra galassia alla galassia più vicina. Lo Stranden 47 è invece un vecchio rimorchiatore, con due sole persone a bordo, che funziona da stazione di controllo a duecento anni luce dal più lontano pianeta abitato. Ma è in prossimità dello Stranden 47 che il Rimfire scompare improvvisamente senza lasciare la minima traccia. O forse una traccia c'è? Forse la grande astronave è finita in qualche vortice galattico da cui sarà possibile recuperarla? Per i due a bordo del rimorchiatore, la questione non si pone soltanto in termini umanitari: perché chi recupera un relitto secondo il codice di navigazione spaziale, ha diritto a una forte percentuale sul valore del relitto stesso...

Copertina di Gino Marchesi

122 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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Zach Hughes

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Zach Hughes is a pseudonym of American writer Hugh Zachary.

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205 reviews6 followers
April 30, 2026
Average sci-fi. A somewhat far-fetched plot and characters lacking depth, though it’s a quick and not unpleasant read.
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1,269 reviews48 followers
March 6, 2018
This one is about Pete and Jan Jaynes, a husband and wife team on a deep space rescue tug. There job is to wait at a Blink route and monitor for distress calls from other spaceships. They are about halfway through a three year contract when they receive a mysterious signal. They soon learn that the U.P.S. Rimfire, a new Explorer Class spaceship has went missing. They embark on a mission to try to find the huge ship and earn a large reward. They have competition from another tug and a hostile planet to contend with before they can accomplish their goal. This is a great example of Space Opera and a very good read.
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817 reviews80 followers
July 30, 2016
This is a solid Sci-fi story: two competing space salvage operators search for a ship lost while making a hyper-drive leap into uncharted space. If you think this sounds like a good Star Trek episode, you wouldn’t be far off. The author (a pen name for Hugh Zachary) has established a future world where the imaginary space travel ‘physics’ is believable—which he uses in multiple novels. Here, the story moves along quickly, the flashbacks minimal, the action complimentary to the story line, and the character worth investing your time. This is a short novel, and a nice entertaining diversion from your day.
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4 reviews
December 25, 2025
Riletto a distanza di quasi 30 anni, quando ero un ragazzino in procinto di affacciarsi alla fantascienza. Come racconto è un bel po' invecchiato, ma calarsi nel fascino che suscitava il genere allora è stato fantastico. Un classico da ripescare!
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205 reviews11 followers
April 28, 2017
Good old-fashion space adventure, but written more skillfully than the old pulps.
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5,185 reviews
August 11, 2013
Rispetto agli altri romanzi di Zach Hughes, questo è decisamente il meno riuscito ed il più debole.
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