Starman's Quest
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| Starman's Quest | |
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 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Robert Silverberg |
| Cover artist | Stan Mack |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
| Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 185 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC Number | 317947 |
Starman's Quest is a science fiction novel by author Robert Silverberg. It was published in 1958 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound. It was reprinted as a second edition in hardcover by Meredith Press in 1969.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel concerns twins, one of whom travels in a spaceship and is subject to the Fitzgerald contraction thus aging slower than the other.
[edit] Reception
Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale received the novel unfavorably, finding that while "exciting story elements abound, . . . too many happenstances and line-of-least resistance writing steal too much of its effectiveness."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1959, p.151
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 306.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 390. ISBN 0-911682-22-8.
