Año 2000: Fin del Mundos

Catalog Description This 1971 Spanish-language science fiction pulp serial, "Año 2000: Fin del Mundo" (Year 2000: End of the World) by Keith Luger, presents a romantic adventure set in a militarized space command at the century's turn. Captain Frank Connors and Lieutenant Patty Gibbons are caught in a romantic encounter and summoned before the strict General Emerson, who enforces absolute discipline among personnel at orbital and planetary bases. Both officers face reassignment—Connors to the Arctic Station 3-R, Gibbons to an Amazonian base. The general reveals that Lieutenant (Doctor) Eva Harlow, a brilliant young psychologist working in psychological investigation, had been secretly observing Connors. Their subsequent confrontation in the base bar reveals mutual antagonism; Connors, departing for the Arctic station, kisses the composed Harlow without permission, earning her disdain. The narrative combines military protocol conflicts with romantic tension amid futuristic space operations.