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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Publication date
August 1, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780312868253
ISBN-10
0312868251
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$13.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The Void Captain of the starship Dragon Zephyr encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In the Second Starfaring Age, humans travel the universe via a technology they barely understand, propelled by a space drive consisting of mysteriously complex mechanisms and, symbiotically linked to it, a living woman, the Void Pilot. Pilots are rare, and the ability to be a Pilot also entails physical wasting and a shortened life.
But Pilots live only for the timeless moments of Transition, when their ships cross the emptiness of space in an instant. Now Void Pilot Dominique Alia Wu has begun to catch a glimpse of something more, something transcendent in that eternal moment . . . and she needs the cooperation of her Captain to achieve it permanently. Even at risk to the survival of the Ship.
Norman Spinrad has been one of SFâs most adventurous writers since the 1960s, an internationally praised peer of such writers as Harlan Ellison, Michael Moorcock, and Samuel R. Delany. His stories of the Second Starfaring Age, The Void Captainâs Tale and the later novel Child of Fortune, form a single epic praised by the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as âan eroticized vision of the Galaxy . . . an elated Wanderjahr among the sparkling worlds.â
But Pilots live only for the timeless moments of Transition, when their ships cross the emptiness of space in an instant. Now Void Pilot Dominique Alia Wu has begun to catch a glimpse of something more, something transcendent in that eternal moment . . . and she needs the cooperation of her Captain to achieve it permanently. Even at risk to the survival of the Ship.
Norman Spinrad has been one of SFâs most adventurous writers since the 1960s, an internationally praised peer of such writers as Harlan Ellison, Michael Moorcock, and Samuel R. Delany. His stories of the Second Starfaring Age, The Void Captainâs Tale and the later novel Child of Fortune, form a single epic praised by the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as âan eroticized vision of the Galaxy . . . an elated Wanderjahr among the sparkling worlds.â
Editions
Hardcover
from Simon & Schuster (December 1, 1982)
9780671434830 | details & prices | List price $13.95
About: The Void Captain of the starship 'Dragon Zephyr' encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world
About: The Void Captain of the starship 'Dragon Zephyr' encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world
Paperback
from Createspace Independent Pub (June 18, 2013)
9781490447940 | details & prices | 242 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.61 in. | List price $14.99
About: In the Second Starfaring Age, humans travel the universe via a technology they barely understand, propelled by a space drive consisting of mysteriously complex mechanisms and, symbiotically linked to it, a living woman, the Void Pilot.
About: In the Second Starfaring Age, humans travel the universe via a technology they barely understand, propelled by a space drive consisting of mysteriously complex mechanisms and, symbiotically linked to it, a living woman, the Void Pilot.
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Reprint edition from St Martins Pr (August 1, 2001)
9780312868253 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $13.95
About: The Void Captain of the starship Dragon Zephyr encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world.
About: The Void Captain of the starship Dragon Zephyr encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world.
Reprint edition from Bantam Books (August 1, 1986)
9780553259957 | details & prices | List price $3.50
About: The Void Captain of the starship 'Dragon Zephyr' encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world
About: The Void Captain of the starship 'Dragon Zephyr' encounters numerous obstacles, adventures, and triumphs in search of a new and alien world
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