THE INTERPLANETARY HUNTRESS' LAST CASE
2003
First Published
136
Number of Pages
Part of Series
WHAT IS THE FEARFUL ACT THAT ENDED GERRY CARLYLE’S CAREER?“Classic SF at its best!”Gerry Carlyle, the Interplanetary Huntress - who brought 'em back alive from the jungles of Mars, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter in the golden days of the science fiction pulps - returns for a final outing, up against the most dangerous challenge of in the nine planets! Sexist Professor Erasmus Kurtt insultingly bets he can prove a "better man" than Gerry on a race to Saturn and back to capture the planet's deadliest lifeform. And whoever returns to Earth with it first will be declared the winner.Gerry's blood boils – and its off for Saturn, with her fiancée, Tommy Strike, at the helm of her atom-powered rocketship, The Ark. But, Erasmus Kurtt is no professor, instead he is a ruthless-schemer with a secret plan of his own. Soon, the Interplanetary Huntress soon finds herself marooned on Saturn, her ship sabotaged, while she must lead her crew into barehanded battle against the sharp-clawed, ten-foot Dermaphos, the eight-legged Kite, and the superdeadly Gora. Treachery, secrets, a friendly alien race, and a last minute battle against monsters that tests Gerry Carlyle's knowledge and skills to the limit show why Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine said, "“This will take you back to the good old days of S-F …The heyday of Gerry Carlyle, the fabulously gorgeous interplanetary hunter ... sizzling stuff ... surprisingly readable. If you like a huge collection of assorted BEMs and well-thought-out gimmicks in tight situations, you will assuredly go for this.” Out-of-print for over fifty years The Interplanetary Huntress' Last Case is the third and final volume in the FuturesPast Editions republication of the adventures of the fabulous Gerry Carlyle.“Interesting, not the least because of the strange lifeforms and intelligences that we meet in the course of her adventures. There are the Venusian Murri, grayish brown in color, whose large brown eyes are sad as they murmur, constantly, constantly, "Murri-Murri-Murri." There are the Gora, the starkly evil slavers of Titan who one day would rule Saturn's strange satellite. And there are the Proteans, the strange and lonely intelligences who live on Almussen's comet… Recommended.” -Fantastic Universe
