To Top
[ Books | Comics | Dr Who | Kites | Model Trains | Music | Sooners | People | RVC | Shows | Stamps | USA ]
[ About | Terminology | Legend | Blog | Quotes | Links | Stats | Updates | Settings ]

Book Details

The Starchild Trilogy

78.6% complete
1969
1981
Never (or unknown...)
Science fiction, American
See 6
The Reefs of Space
20 chapters
Rogue Star
18 chapters
Starchild
27 chapters
Book Cover
Has a genre Has comments Has a year read Has a rating In my library In a series 
13584
 Starchild Trilogy*
#0 of 3
Starchild Trilogy*     See series as if on a bookshelf
A science fiction series by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson.

The Starchild Trilogy
1) The Reefs of Space
2) Starchild
3) Rogue Star
The Reefs of Space copyright © 1963 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation.  Starchild copyright © 1965 by Frederik Pohl.  Rogue Star copyright © 1969 by Frederik Pohl.
No dedication.
The major snapped: "Check in, you Risks!
May contain spoilers
Welcome forever."
Comments may contain spoilers
The Reefs of Space was first published in World of IF Science Fiction.
A much shorter version of Starchild appeared in serial form in Galaxy Magazine.  Copyright, ©, 1964, by Galaxy Publishing Corporation.
A shorter version of Rogue Star appeared in serial form in IF Magazine.  Copyright, ©, 1968, by Galaxy Publishing Corporation.
The three novels that make up The Starchild. Trilogy were previously published in paperback as three separate volumes by Ballantine Books, Inc.
Extract not on file

 

Added: 25-Mar-2023
Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

Publications

 01-Dec-1977
Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Dec-1977
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.50
Pages*:
442
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
13135
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-671-82284-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-671-82284-2
Country:
United States
Language:
English
ON THE EARTH OF THE FUTURE,
ALL HUMANITY MUST
SERVE THE PLAN OF MAN
THE
STARCHILD
TRILOGY


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.

STARCHILD
A mysterious being of awesome powers, the Starchild has sent an ultimatum to Earth, demanding that the Plan of Man abdicate his control over humanity.  If not, the Starchild will extinguish the Sun and the Plan of Man's realm will become a frozen, lifeless waste.

ROGUE STAR
A passionate human love sets in motion forces of cosmic power and unleashes the Starchild, a creation that knows neither love nor hate and understands only "life."  But even "life" is not necessarily life as humans define it.

A SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB SELECTION
Cover:
Book CoverBook Back CoverBook Spine
Notes and Comments:
First Pocket Books printing December, 1977
3rd printing

Other book covers for this series run

Image File
01-Dec-1977
Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback

Related

Author(s)

 Frederik Pohl
Birth: 26 Nov 1919 Brooklyn, NY, USA
Death: 02 Sep 2013 Palatine, IL, USA

Notes:
From the "About the Author" page in "The Siege of Eternity":

A mutliple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, Frederik Pohl has done just about everything one can do in the science-fiction field.  His most famous work is undoubtedly the novel Gateway, which won the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards for best SF novel.  Man Plus won the Nebula Award.  His mature work is marked by a serious intellectual agenda and strongly held sociopolitical beliefs, without sacrificing narrative drive.  In addition to his successful solo fiction, Pohl has collaborated successfully with a variety of writers, including C. M. Kornbluth and Jack Williamson.  A Pohl/Kornbluth collabortation, The Space Merchants, is a long-time classic of satiric science fiction.  The Starchild Trilogy with Williamson is one of the more notable collaborations in the field.  Pohl has been a magazine editor in the field since he was very young, piloting World of If to three successive Hugos for Best Magazine.  He also has edited original-story anthologies, including the early and notable Star series of the early 1950s.  He has at various times been a literary agent, and editor of lines of science fiction books, and a president of the Science Fiction Writers of America.  For a number of years he has been active in the World SF movement.  He and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Hull, a prominent academic active in the Science Fiction Research Association, live outside Chicago, Illinois.

 Jack Williamson

Awards

No awards found
*
  • I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
  • When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






See my goodreads icon goodreads page. I almost never do reviews, but I use this site to catalogue books.
See my librarything icon librarything page. I use this site to catalogue books and it has more details on books than goodreads does.


Presented: 22-Nov-2024 10:09:00

Website design and original content
© 1996-2024 Type40 Web Design.
Contact: webmgr@type40.com
Server: type40.com
Page: bksDetails.aspx
Section: Books

This website uses cookies for use in navigating this site only. No personal information is gathered or shared with anyone. If you don't agree, then don't use this site.