Les orphelins du ciel
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782266051040 (2266051040)
Publish date: 1981
Publisher: Presses Pocket
Edition language: French
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Sci Fi Fantasy,
Space Opera,
Speculative Fiction
This novel is about a generation ship traveling to another star--one where they've forgotten they're even on a ship. Due to an early mutiny, the ship is divided, with barbarian mutants still rampaging centuries later. Scientist Hugh Hoyland rediscovers the truth and sets out to restore the original ...
his was my first book of this author. Famous for Starship Troopers. This book is small with only 209 pages. I don't know if I like it or not. Lol. This is unusual but the book as some good things and some bad.First I must say that this book was written in 1951. I read another site which said at 1961...
I rather like this religious allegory. They've been on a huge spaceship ("The Ship") for many generations, and all they can remember of Earth are distant legends kept alive in an oral tradition. According to these myths, the Ship was built by "Jordan". Once, there had been a Golden Age, when the shi...