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Starship (Paperback)

by Brian Aldiss (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking sf.., Jun 15 2004
By Peter LaPrade (worcester ma) - See all my reviews
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Brian Aldiss's "Starship" is a fine example of his early science fiction works. It follows a hunter named Roy Complain, who along with three others sets out from an area called "Quarters" to a mythical area called "Forwards". As he makes this journey, he begins to discover that he is on a moving starship(hence the title), and he and a few other companions he meets, try to find the control room, and stop the journey. In the book itself, you can see the consequences of an extra amino acid, and the consequences of losing the past. It also makes you wonder just what is human? Good work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A sleeper, May 8 2004
By Jack Purcell (Placitas, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This book was written long before most readers of this review were born. Maybe that's the reason this great work of science fiction lies dormant and almost forgotten. The book is absorbing, fires the imagination, is both believable and original. I don't believe, of all the thousands of books of science fiction I've read over half a century, I've ever read one similar to this (and few better).

The basic story involves a starship the size of a small city on a voyage lasting hundreds of years. Many generations prior to the time of this plot a cataclysmic event and internal disruptions caused the crew to break into factions and isolate themselves. Thereafter the population forgot itself, what it was, and struggled to survive and understand, by the time of this plot, in a strange world.

If you'd like to discover a 'new' old one you'll treasure and read many times through your life this is a good shot at finding one, while it can still be obtained. Take good care of it.

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