Nearly Neptune

Nearly Neptune
Nearly Neptune  
Author(s) Hugh Walters
Cover artist Leslie Wood
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Faber
Publication date 1969
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 165
ISBN 0571091113
Preceded by The Mohole Mystery
Followed by First Contact?

Nearly Neptune is a juvenile science fiction novel, the twelfth in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in the UK by Faber in 1968, in the US by Washburn Books in 1969 under the title Neptune One is Missing.

As one of the best of the series, it is very collectable and changes hands at sums of £100-£200 on trading sites[1][2].

Plot summary

The book begins by announcing the death of Chris Godfrey and his three fellow astronauts after a fire and apparent break-up of their spacecraft as it approaches the orbit of Neptune as observed from Earth. The crew have however survived but are stranded as their hypothermia equipment is irreparably damaged.

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