Destination: Void

Book Details

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Author(s):

Frank Herbert

First Pub:

1966

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 3

Prologue

31 chapters

Epilogue

Internal ID:

2736

Series:

The Jesus Incident ->

Pandora*

#1 of 4

Pandora*

A series of science fiction books by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom.

View this series in the book list

1) Destination: Void
2) The Jesus Incident
3) The Lazarus Effect
4) The Ascension Factor

Copyright:

First Sentence:

It was the fifth clone ship to go out from Moonbase on Project Consciousness and he leaned forward to watch it carefully as his duty demanded.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"You must decide how you will WorShip Me."

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

A different version of this novel appeared in Galaxy, under the title "Do I Sleep or Wake."
Copyright © 1965, by Galaxy Publishing Corp.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 12-Jan-2020

Last Updated: 21-Nov-2023

Publications

01-Dec-1979

Berkley Medallion Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Dec-1979

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.95

Pages*:

276

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2675

Publisher:

Berkley Medallion Books

ISBN:

0-425-03922-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-425-03922-9

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Paul Alexander - Cover Artist

DESTINATION: VOID
THE COMPLETELY REVISED
AUTHOR'S EDITION OF THE
CLASSIC DEEP-SPACE ADVENTURE!

"When the publishers announced that they were going to bring out a new edition of DESTINATION: VOID, they offered me the opportunity to make any changes I felt were necessary. Because of the tighly interwoven scientific premises behind this story and rapid development in fields related to these premises, it would be extraordinary if discoveries across thirteen years did not dictate certain revisions.

"You will find, therefore, that this newly-published version of DESTINATION: VOID contains significant additions, rewritten portions, changes in character development and certain deletions." - FRANK HERBERT

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Berkley Medallion Edition, June, 1966
Revised Berkley Edition, DECEMBER, 1978
Third Printing
No number line

All Covers for this edition of the series

Blackstone Audio, Inc

Audiobook

Date Issued:

28-Oct-2014

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$9.95

Length:

9 hrs 42 min (272 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 20 Aug 2023 - 21 Aug 2023

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23302

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio, Inc

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Scott Brick - Narration

From audible.com:

The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three organic mental cores - disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions - go insane. The emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: build an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer that can guide them to their destination - and hope it doesn't destroy the human race.

Don't miss Frank Herbert's classic novel that begins the epic Pandora Sequence.

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Notes and Comments:

Author(s)

Frank Herbert
Birth: 08 Oct 1920 Tacoma, Washington, USA
Death: 11 Feb 1986 Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Awards

No awards found

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