Book description
The Wide syndrome It is the not-too-distant future. The space colony
Lagrangia, on the moon's orbit, is an idyllic utopia of parks,
mountains, streams and blue skies. Lulled by its beauty, citizens can
sometimes forget that the 'stream' are recycled water, and the 'blue
skies' are titanium strips bound together. But there are a few who can
never forget. There are the victims of the Wide syndrome - a terrifying
form of contagious, claustrophobic madness that can strike anyone - at
any time on Lagrange Five. Mack Reynolds (1917-1983) Dallas McCord
('Mack') Reynolds was born in California in 1917. His father was the
Socialist Labor Party Presidential Candidate on two occasions, and
Reynolds' life and work were deeply affected by his political
upbringing. After early careers in newspapers and computing, Reynolds
returned from the Second World War and began to write science fiction.
Based in Mexico but travelling widely in his role as Travel Editor for a
men's magazine, he started slowly but surely to sell his work. Mack
Reynolds wrote the first Star Trek novel, Mission to Horatius, and was
once voted Most popular SF Author by the readers of Galaxy Science
Fiction magazine. He died in 1983.
