The Stars, My Brothers
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · April 15, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a man revived after centuries in space
- Themes
- Human–animal distinction, Environmental protection
- Genres
- Alien Contact, Space Exploration Fiction
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He was afraid -- not of the present or the future, but of the past. He was afraid of the thing tagged Reed Kieran, that stiff blind voiceless thing wheeling its slow orbit around the Moon, companion to dead worlds and silent space. . . .
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Hamilton was a thoughtful SF writer, and you can surely see that here: this is the tale of a man dead in space for centuries -- and revived by folks who approach an alien world a lot the way out nuttier environmentalists approach the defense of trees. There are creatures on this alien world, see, that look like people -- and act like chimpanzees. But chimps are animals, aren't they? Aren't they. . . ?
Where it sits
| Alien Contact | 53% |
|---|---|
| Space Exploration Fiction | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hard Sci-Fi
- Space Opera
- Alien Contact
- Authors
- Edmond Hamilton
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- April 15, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Human–animal distinction · Environmental protection
- Reading lane
- Hard Sci-Fi