Mission to Mercury
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Author | Hugh Walters |
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Cover artist | Leslie Wood |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A |
Genre | Science fiction novel |
Publisher | Faber |
Publication date | 1965 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 160 |
Preceded by | Journey to Jupiter |
Followed by | Spaceship to Saturn |
Mission to Mercury is a juvenile science fiction novel, the ninth in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in 1965 in the UK by Faber and in the US by Criterion Books. Also published under the name Missão Mercúrio in Portugal by Galeria Panorama.
Plot summary[]
The manned expedition to Mercury is complicated by the fact that strong solar radiation makes communication with Earth impossible. U.N.E.X.A. decide that telepathy may be the answer. Telepathic twins Gill and Gail volunteer; one accompanying Chris Godfrey and the crew on the mission; the other remaining on Earth. As they near their objective, Gail notices increasingly disruptive personality changes in the crew caused by the radiation, their only chance of survival is to land on the 'dark' side of the planet; however the near absolute zero conditions lead to massive heat-loss. Can they be rescued before freezing to death...
In the same year this book was published, radar observations of Mercury showed that it did not have a synchronous orbit and that the same face was not always in darkness.
External links[]
- 1965 British novels
- 1965 science fiction novels
- Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series
- Faber and Faber books
- Novels set on Mercury (planet)
- 1960s young adult novel stubs
- 1960s science fiction novel stubs