Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 2 in the Astra series (aka) Pax
& Also appears in ACE
Double Book with & A Planet for Texans by H. Beam Piper and John J.
McGuire (1958)
Bibliography ~
¯ (1957) * Published by World, HC, # HC257, LCCN 57005898, $2.75, 212pg ~ cover by Virgil Finlay {Black Cloth Boards}
¯ (1957) * Published by Nelson, Foster & Scott, HC, $3.25 ~ Canadian printing ~ cover by Virgil Finlay
¯
(1963) * Published by
ACE, PB, # F-192, $0.40, 186pg ~ cover by
Ed Emshwiller
¯
(1973) * Published by
Gollancz, HC, 0-575-01501-2, £1.40, 212pg ~
UK printing ~ cover by
David Smee
¯
Star Flight (2007) *
Published by BAEN,
HC, 1-416-55506-4,
$24.00 ~ cover by
Steve Hickman ~ Omnibus containing Star
Born (1957) & The Stars
Are Ours (1954)
¯ NOTE: This Title has entered the “Public Domain” and is therefore open to any publisher that wants to print it. Many “Print on Demand” publishers have started to release this title. It is my decision as creator of this site to ignore these published versions. A good place to find them is Amazon.com however now that Amazon is releasing this title for their electronic reader “Kindle” they are not listing all of the published editions either.
Non English
Editions
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¯ (19??) Published in Munich, Germany; by Moewig, OCLC: 73741674, Terra SF 343, 66pg ~ German title Flammen über Astra
Synopsis ~
When the oppressive global dictatorship of Pax took
over the Earth they put a stop to space exploration. Still, a few rebels
escaped in the sleeper ships to found free new colonies- or perish in the
attempt. Those few colonies that reached inhabitable worlds and survived were
cut off for centuries. It was during these centuries of isolation and freedom
that they were able to develop the mysterious mental powers that
"civilization" had all but destroyed. Finally, when Pax had been
eradicated from Earth by the Federation of Free Men, the rockets began to rise
once more. This time they possessed the faster than light drives that would
enable them to make up for lost time. One such ship was the RS-10. This ship
and its crew stumbled upon the world of Astra and it's strange, ruthless,
degenerate, inhuman inhabitants. The Terrans did not trust these creatures but
there was much that they could learn from them. Making a temporary alliance the
expedition accompanied the aliens to a strange treasure city to help exploit
its wonders. It was there that they discovered that the aliens had good reason
to fear going to the treasure city alone. It was protected by Free Men who had
arrived centuries before.
Non-English Covers
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