GNOME PRESS. AGENT OF VEGA BY JAMES A SCHMITZ HARDBACK

CONDITION GOOD
AUTHOR:  JAMES A SCHMITZ

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER  GNOME PRESS 1ST EDITION 1960

GNOME PRESS

AN AMERICAN SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY KNOWN FOR PUBLISHING MANY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS.  GNOME WAS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT OF THE FAN PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE FICTION PRODUCING 86 TITLES IN ITS LIFESPAN.  GNOME HELPED TO TRANSITION SCIENCE FICTION FROM MAGAZINE PHENOMENON TO MASS MARKET PUBLISHING BUT PROVED TO BE TO UNDERFUNDED TO MAKE THE LEAP FROM FAN BASED PUBLISHING TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.  AFTER 10 YEARS IT FADED DUE TO ITS INABILITY TO COMPETE WITH MAJOR PUBLISHERS.

SYNOPSIS 

IN ANY WAR, ITS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO TELL FRIEND FROM ENEMY.  IN A GALACTIC WAR, ITS HUNDREDS OF TIMES MORE DIFFICULT AND THERE ARE ADD PROBLEMS AS WELL - LIKE THE PROBLEM OF TAKING EFFECTIVE ACTION IN A BATTLE THATS OVER SPLIT SECONDS AFTER IT BEGAN.