STAR COLONY. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1981]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A short history of the founding of Colmar, humanity's first extraterrestrial colony, based on official Terran archives and written and oral accounts provided by the planet's early settlers. "Fix-up novel detailing the history of a colony whose misfortunes begin with the crash landing of the colonizing vessel and are compounded by the intervention of an indigenous hive intelligence before things really get difficult, when the colony is rediscovered by the galactic community." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-320. "Proficient thrills and spills of the type which this author always provides." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 343. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to black background ink along flap folds. (#145719).
Price: $35.00
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