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  <default-description> When the sun explodes all life will end. No one will survive the blow-up; except the men and women who crowd into a few starships and fly away into space while there is still time, to look for a new home in the infinite void, a new planet on which to settle.
 Jorn, unskilled, unemployed, seemingly a reject from society, finds that he has what it takes to become one of the brave survivors, blasting off in hastily built ships that have never flown before. Jorn and his companions begin a long search, threatened by repeated disasters and despair, but ultimately leading through to an unexpected climax for which no one is prepared.
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      <name><![CDATA[James Blish]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[As is so often the case with Blish, poor novel with a great ending. As one reviewer said: &quot;I loved the final sentence, and I don't mean that ironically&quot;.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1982</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a better-than-average science fiction novel with a poignant twist.  Blish is usually better-than-average.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Typical end-of-the-world SciFi popular in the 50s and 60s.  Doesn't really develop and fades out.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had forgotten how much I loved James Blish.  Damn.]]></body>
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