The Man Without a Planet
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 Cover from first publication, in The Man Without a Planet/Time to Live | |
| Author | Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Peter Michael |
| Language | English |
| Series | History of the Great Imperium |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 113 |
| OCLC | 6215401 |
| 813.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.A7823 |
| Followed by | Star Rogue |
The Man Without a Planet is a science fiction novel by American writer Lin Carter, the first in his History of the Great Imperium series. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in December 1966 together with the unrelated John Rackham novel Time to Live as the "Ace Double" anthology, The Man Without a Planet/Time to Live. The anthology was reissued in trade paperback by Wildside Press in August 2018. The Carter work has since appeared in stand-alone editions from Moewig (in German translation) in January 1985 and Gateway/Orion (as an ebook) in May 2020.[1]
The Man Without a Planet is set in the Year 407 of the Great Imperium (A.D. 3468), "in the fifth year of the empery of Arban IV, of the House of Tridian."[2] Raul Linton, late space navy commander and hero of the Third Imperial War, wanders the Inner Cluster of stars, disillusioned and seeking a new purpose. He is shadowed by Pertinax "the Snake," a spy of the Imperium Government convinced Linton is a traitor. Meanwhile Sharl of the Yellow Eyes seeks to recruit Linton into a scheme to restore the exiled Queen Innald of Valadon to her throne, which may make him a traitor in truth.