The Dark Beyond the Stars - by Frank M Robinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A powerful epic of interstellar travel, alternate sexuality, and overpoweringobsession, "The Dark Beyond the Stars" is currently in development by FrancisFord Coppola for a major motion picture project. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>For two thousand years, the starship <i>Astron </i>has search the galaxy for alien life--without success. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction left to explore is across the Dark, a one-hundred-generation journey through empty space. <p/>The ship's captain--immortal, obessed--refuses to abandon the quest. He will cross the Dark, or destroy the ship trying. <p/>Only Sparrow, a young crewman uncertain of his own past, can stand against the captain, and against the lure and challenge of the dark beyond the stars....</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>For two thousand years, the starship Astron has searched the galaxy for alien life - without success. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction left to explore is across the Dark, a one-hundred-generation journey through empty space. The ship's captain - immortal, obsessed - refuses to abandon the quest. He will cross the Dark, or destroy the ship trying. Only Sparrow, a young crewman uncertain of his own past, can stand against the captain, and against the lure and challenge of the dark beyond the stars...<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A generation-ship masterpiece....Do not miss this novel." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"<i>The Dark Beyond the Stars</i> is the welcome return of a very talented writer." --<i>William Gibson</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Frank M. Robinson</b> (1926-2014) is the author of the classic thrillers, <i>The Power</i>, filmed in 1968, and <i>The Glass Tower</i>, which was one of the sources for the Irwin Allen blockbuster film <i>The Towering Inferno.</i> A U.S. Navy veteran of both WWII and the Korean War, he earned degrees in physics and journalism. He worked at a number of magazines, including<i> Science Digest, Rogue, Cavalier</i> and <i>Playboy</i> before becoming a freelance writer. He is the author of many novels and stories, a noted collector of pulp magazines, and was the executor of the estate of Harvey Milk. His novel <i>The Dark Beyond the Stars</i> won the Lambda Award.</p>
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