Lancelot Biggs, Master Navigator - Restored Classics to Go Edition

On the aging freighter Saturn, radio operator Sparks is swept into the latest crisis caused by Lancelot Biggs, the brilliant, eccentric "master navigator" whose experimental devices seem to invite disaster. A bizarre uranium audio plate leads to a time-bending exchange with a spacerdrome officer, while Biggs' improvised command at launch saves fuel, infuriates Captain Hanson, and wins grudging respect from the crew. Behind the comedy lies a sharper the Saturn, an underdog freight ship, has been quietly entered in a secret government race for a major Venus-to-Earth contract, and its chances against the sleek Slipstream appear hopeless. As the race unfolds, Biggs' mix of poetry, theory, and practical genius drives the Saturn into danger and then into a mysterious space vacuole, where the ship is cut off from the universe and time seems to warp. Hanson, Sparks, Chief Engineer Garrity, and the rest of the crew are left bewildered while Diane steadfastly defends Biggs. Then the navigator reveals his audacious use the vacuole itself as a shortcut, ride its motion toward Earth, and escape by reversing the ship's gravity plates. The result is a fast, funny, romantic space adventure where confusion, technical ingenuity, and sheer nerve turn apparent madness into victory. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.