Starburst (novel)

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Cover of the first edition, published by Del Rey Books. Art by David B. Mattingly.

Starburst is a science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl, published in 1982. It is an expansion of his 1972 novella The Gold at the Starbow's End.

Plot summary[edit]

A doomed astronaut crew become superpowered.[1]

Reception[edit]

Dave Langford reviewed Starburst for White Dwarf #54, and stated that "OK at novelette length but Pohl just hinted at the details of their offstage apotheosis: but the more you hear about it the less likely it sounds, and the book becomes a prolonged anticlimax. A smooth read, yes, but the original story is diluted to insipidity."[1]

Reviews[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Langford, Dave (June 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 54. Games Workshop. p. 24.
  2. ^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1125