Dark Beyond the Stars: A Novel - Brossura

Robinson, Frank M.

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ISBN 10: 0312866240 ISBN 13: 9780312866242

Casa editrice: Tor Books, 1997

Riassunto

For two thousand years, the starship Astron has search the galaxy for alien life--without success. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction left to explore is across the Dark, a one-hundred-generation journey through empty space.

The ship's captain--immortal, obessed--refuses to abandon the quest. He will cross the Dark, or destroy the ship trying.

Only Sparrow, a young crewman uncertain of his own past, can stand against the captain, and against the lure and challenge of the dark beyond the stars....

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L'autore

Frank M. Robinson (1926-2014) is the author of the classic thrillers, The Power, filmed in 1968, and The Glass Tower, which was one of the sources for the Irwin Allen blockbuster film The Towering Inferno. A U.S. Navy veteran of both WWII and the Korean War, he earned degrees in physics and journalism. He worked at a number of magazines, including Science Digest, Rogue, Cavalier and Playboy before becoming a freelance writer. He is the author of many novels and stories, a noted collector of pulp magazines, and was the executor of the estate of Harvey Milk. His novel The Dark Beyond the Stars won the Lambda Award.

Product Description

From the author of THE GLASS INFERNO, a science-fiction novel which won the Lambola Award when it was originally published. For 2000 years a starship searches the galaxy looking for alien life, and despite the vessel's imminent collapse the ship's immortal captain refuses to abandon his quest, until challenged by a fated young crewman.

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• Editore: Tor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312866240
• ISBN 13: 9780312866242
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 420