A Very Strange Trip
Original Story by L. Ron Hubbard
Novel by Dave Wolverton
A story from the mind of L. Ron Hubbard, a prolific science fiction author
in life and even more prolific afterward. Caught by police with moonshine in
the trunk of his car, Everett Dumphee is faced with the decision to spend
ten years in prison or enlist in the United States Army. He opts for what he
thinks is freedom – a hitch in the Army. Due to bureaucratic negligence,
Dumphee – incorrectly labeled as the fastest bootleg driver in West
Virginia – is issued the occupational specialty designation of Expert Truck
Driver. Subsequently he is selected for a top-secret assignment in a newly
designed and state-of-the-art All Terrain Vehicle. While transporting a
contraband Russian time machine and developmental weaponry from Trenton
Arsenal in New Jersey to the Experimental Weapons Battalion in Denver,
Dumphee finds himself cast into new settings when the device suddenly
activates. And the off-road fun begins.
Bridge Publications, Los Angeles CA, 1999, 300 pages, 6 ½" x 9 ½", gray
boards with darkblue cloth spine and light green metallic lettering, dust
jacket, map on endpapers.
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