TY - BOOK AU - Leinster,Murray AU - Freas,Kelly TI - The Pirates of Ersatz T2 - Produced from Astounding Science Fiction February, March and April 1959 AV - PS PY - 2007/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - Engineers -- Fiction KW - Space pirates -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Zan; Release date is 2007-12-26; Produced by Greg Weeks, V. L. Simpson, Bruce Albrecht and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Pirates of Ersatz" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel serialized in 1959. It follows Bron Hoddan, a former engineer who embarks on a career as an interstellar pirate to achieve more legitimate ambitions. Nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel, this space opera adventure presents a unique twist on the genre's pirate stories. Critics praised Leinster's ability to breathe fresh life into familiar territory, delivering entertaining adventure yarning with an unconventional protagonist navigating the stars. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24035 ER -