A novel by the four-times winner of the Hugo Award. Earth has become overcrowded. Humanity has spread throughout the solar system, but the planets are frozen or burning or airless, unsuited to homo sapiens. As the demand for living space grows, it becomes ever more urgently "time for the stars".
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A novel by the four-times winner of the Hugo Award. Earth has become overcrowded. Humanity has spread throughout the solar system, but the planets are frozen or burning or airless, unsuited to homo sapiens. As the demand for living space grows, it becomes ever more urgently "time for the stars".
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Add this copy of Time for the Stars to cart. $15.24, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by Pan Books.
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Add this copy of Time for the Stars to cart. $17.99, fair condition, Sold by Ladylisabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chester, , UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by Pan.
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Used: Acceptable. Paperback in average condition. Pages yellowing, two indentations to front cover, one goes to page 20, does not effect reading. Bottom of spine half inch peeling. 1968 1st Pan edition. -used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. ISBN 0-330-02028-5 0330020285.
Science fiction books must be a pleasure to read even if they are not funny.
The particular one was good. The idea that is based on, is original and intruiging. The first "earth" part is exceptional, mixing sci-fi with every day life, children's thoughts, problems and emotions, making it realistic and believable.
The second part is problematic, since this balance is missing. It would be easy to excuse, since it is the "space" part, put i had the constant feeling that an unsucceesful editing took place. The smart ideas were there but somehow the writer choses to ignore them. The events and situations are not dramatic enough to justify their appearence or, if they are, they are not developed into an integral part of the narration - story, giving the impression that they could be replaced easily with something else and it would not make any difference.
This fact, somehow, weakenss the clever solution of the story and leaves a bittersweet feeling to the reader.
