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3 volumes ; 18 cm |
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v.1. The reefs of space. Far beyond the orbit of Pluto, half-mythical bodies circle the Solar System--the Reefs of Space, unknown, shrouded in mystery, the goal of human conquest, the obsession of the Plan of Man, tyrannical ruler of Earth. The Reefs of Space brings humanity to the brink of the stars. Steve Ryeland, enslaved by Earth's tyrannical Plan of Man computer, is given the world's most important job--to develop a "jetless drive," an extraordinary new space propulsion mechanism. Yet the most important thing on Steve's mind was not his work, but the iron collar locked securely around his neck. Filled with a lethal charge of explosives, it could be detonated any time the Plan of Man considered him too much of a risk. That's why he had to obey every order, and succeed at his experiments. Only then, perhaps, could he use the jetless drive himself...and escape to the safety of the half-mythical Reefs of Space, strange formations rumored to exist somewhere beyond the orbit of Pluto. But if he failed, the next step would be the Living Body Bank--a scientific horror chamber from which no one ever returned. |
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v.2. Starchild. The novel is set in a dystopian future on an Earth where mankind is ruled by a brutal totalitarian government known as the Plan of Man, enforced by a computerized surveillance state. In The Reefs of Space, the main character is a genius scientist, Steve Ryeland, who is trying to build a new type of rocket drive. In Starchild there is an unknown person or group called "Starchild" who stands up to the "Plan of Man" computer. The "Starchild" leads a bloody campaign against the computer and sabotages "Plan of Man" technologies. Another mystery is how a "Plan of Man" agent named Boysie Gann can travel across space in a flash. The reader learns more about the Reefs of Space, areas which have only a few habitable zones. When refugees from the "Plan of Man" state, try to escape to the Reefs of Space, the "Plan of Man" tries to blockade the Reefs, but this is not effective. |
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v.3. Rogue star. From the stuff of creation the star was made. In its own way, it was sentient--and after the manner of sentient beings, it needed companionship--and other life to feed on. Its creator could not stop the star. They could only watch, helpless, as its power grew and grew. And then one day, they were no longer there to watch. For they too had added their mite as fuel to the power of the star. This was the beginning..."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The reefs of space -- v. 2. Starchild -- v. 3. Rogue star. |
| Subject |
Outer space -- Fiction.
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Dictators -- Fiction.
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Stars -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Williamson, Jack, 1908-2006.
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