Wide-Open Planet & And Then the Town Took Off : Armchair Fiction & Music : 9781612871462 : 1612871461 : 24 May 2013 : Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel is "Wide Open Planet" by a well-known legend of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, L. Sprague de Camp. When Felix Borel landed on the planet Krishna, it was with one thought only-to pull off the biggest scam of his long career as a planet-hopping con artist. This time he had set his sights on the treasury of the Republic of Mikardand-a backwards, often violent kingdom that held lots and lots of gold in its treasury. After gaining a hero's status with his lucky slaying of a notorious river pirate, it seemed that pulling off his scheme was going to be almost too easy. Indeed, Borel had the local higher-ups eating out of his hand, seemingly ready to give him nearly anything he wanted. But then Felix Borel met the Lady Zerdai, a gorgeous Krishnan female, who fell head-ov