Re: Bullard of the Space Patrol

Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> writes:

On 8/14/2024 11:24 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:

Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
mostly short stories and novellas.
 

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 I remember reading this when from the library, so many years
 ago. This talk about it reminds me that there was another
 novel/collection of stories out at about the same time, that was
 similar - the (mis)adventures of a young Space officer. Anyone recall
 this other set of stories? I remember there was one story where the
 young officer subdued a gang of space pirates by dosing them with
 oxytocin, which made them too friendly to continue with taking the
ship.
>
--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason@comcast.net

Could this be the "John Grimes" of the Survey Service series by
A. Bertram Chandler? Similar space opera circumstances, but Bullard was
confined to the Solar System, whereas Grimes had FTL and many more
planets to explore.
  -Don-