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series=[[Virgin | |image = Another Girl Another Planet.jpg | ||
number= | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
featuring= | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
enemy= | | |number in range = 76 | ||
|number = 76 | |||
writer= | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
publisher= | |featuring = | ||
release date= August | |enemy = | ||
format= Paperback Book, | |setting = [[Dellah]] and [[Dimetos]] [[2595]] | ||
isbn= ISBN 0-426-20528-6 | | |writer = Martin Day, Len Beech | ||
|cover = [[Fred Gambino]] | |||
next | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date = 20 August 1998 | |||
|format = Paperback Book, 245 Pages | |||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20528-6 | |||
|prev = The Sword of Forever (novel) | |||
|next = Beige Planet Mars (novel) | |||
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'''''Another Girl, Another Planet''''' was the seventy-sixth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was the first novel not to feature "The New Adventures" and "NA" titling and logo on the cover. It was also the first novel to feature new font and titling and computer-aided design on the cover. | |||
==Publisher's | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"I'm being stalked. I'm sure of it now. I'm frightened, and I need a friend."'' | |||
Lizbeth Fugard is an archaeologist working on a backwater rock of a world. She's bankrolled by a government she despises, and has recently split up with her partner. And, just when she thinks life can't get any worse, someone starts following her | [[Lizbeth Fugard]] is an [[archaeologist]] working on a backwater rock of a world. She's bankrolled by a government she despises, and has recently split up with her partner. And, just when she thinks life can't get any worse, someone starts following her — keeping to the shadows, but always there. Watching. Waiting. [[Eye]]s boring into her [[soul]]. The most beguiling eyes she has ever seen — and the most terrifying. | ||
All she can think of is to call on the help of her old friend Professor Bernice Summerfield, and Bernice is only too happy to get away from her own work and see a bit more of the galaxy. | All she can think of is to call on the help of her old friend [[Bernice Summerfield|Professor Bernice Summerfield]], and Bernice is only too happy to get away from her own work and see a bit more of the [[galaxy]]. | ||
But on arrival she is soon immersed in sabotage, political secrets, gun-running, and an age-old love affair that ended | But on arrival she is soon immersed in [[sabotage]], political secrets, gun-running, and an age-old love affair that ended in disaster and disgrace. To end a cycle of [[violence]] and [[hate]], Bernice and Lizbeth must discover the truth — but doing so could have implications far beyond this obscure world. | ||
== Chapter titles == | |||
*In | * [Start] | ||
* | * Track 1: Coded Messages, Poison Letters | ||
* Track 2: Fragments from a Lover's Discourse | |||
* Track 3: No More 'I Love You's | |||
* Track 4: An Archaeologist in the House of Love | |||
* Track 5: Love Is: 'I Gave You Everything!' | |||
* Track 6: La Folie | |||
* Track 7: Song to the Siren | |||
* Track 8: Let Me Watch You Make Love | |||
* Track 9: In Praise of Tears | |||
* Track 10: It's a Wonderful Life | |||
* Track 11: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | |||
* Track 12: You Always Hurt the One You Love | |||
* [Finish] | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
Karl Csokor | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |||
* [[Lizbeth Fugard]] | |||
* [[Alex Mphahlele]] | |||
* [[Karl Csokor]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Corporations === | |||
* The [[Spinward Corporation|Eurogen Butler Corporation]] colonised [[Dimetos]] in [[2142]]. | |||
* The [[Eurogen Butler Corporation]] colonised [[Dimetos]] in [[2142]] | |||
== | === Individuals by profession === | ||
* | * Lizbeth Fugard is an [[archaeologist]] who specialises in [[recent industry]]. She becomes a professor at [[Youkali]] University. | ||
== | === Music === | ||
* | * Benny's audio tapes include: ''[[Outta My Way Monkey-Boy]]'' and ''The Greatest Hits of [[Johnny Chess]]''. | ||
== | === Theories and concepts === | ||
[ | * The [[Jauza]] adapted [[morphic field]] technology for a variety of military applications. | ||
== Notes == | |||
* This débuts the new cover layout which dispenses with the New Adventures layout and logo. The cover is more "computer illustrated" than before. The title is in a new font which is carried through for the rest of the novels. The NA logo is retained on the spine. The "New Adventures" word branding — which had previously been used on the cover — was retained for the inside title page. | |||
* The title is a reference to a 1978 {{w|Another Girl, Another Planet|song of the same name}} by English rock band The Only Ones. | |||
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | == Continuity == | ||
* Eurogen Butler first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]''. | |||
== External links == | |||
{{dwrefguide|who_na76.htm|Another Girl, Another Planet}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|na76|Another Girl, Another Planet}} | |||
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