1,000-Year Voyage

by John Russell Fearn

The Dictator of Earth and his retinue have been banished into deep space on a 1,000-year voyage of no return to Alpha Centauri. The spacecraft has been completely automated to prevent tampering with the controls, and in any case, all of the original inhabitants of the craft will be long-dead by the time they reach their new home. Only their descendants will survive to propagate this brave new world. Or will they??? A grand space adventure.

117 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2011

About the author

A prolific author in various genres under his own name, John Francis Russell Fearn also used these pseudonyms: Astron del Martia, Brian Shaw, Conrad G. Holt, Dennis Clive, Frank Jones, Geoffrey Armstrong, Griff, Hugo Blayn, John Russell, K. Thomas Mark Denholm, Paul Lorraine, Polton Cross, Spike Gordon, Thornton Ayre, Vargo Statten, Volsted Gridban, Dom Passante, John Cotton, Ephriam Winiki, Lawrence F. Rose, Earl Titan, Ephraim Winiki.

John Russell Fearn was an extremely prolific and popular British writer, who began in the American pulps, then almost single-handedly drove the post-World War II boom in British publishing with a flood of science fiction, detective stories, westerns, and adventure fiction. He was so popular that one of his pseudonyms became the editor of Vargo Staten’s Science Fiction Magazine in the 1950’s! His work is noted for its vigor and wild imagination. He has always had a substantial cult following and has been popular in translation around the world.

Reviews

[Haiden Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book feels like a time machine back to the 1950s. It's a space adventure that explores the themes of power, self preservation, revenge, and isolation. It has awesome concepts that act as the novella's foundation and it has a rushed and flawed ridden execution make it a beautiful example of pulp science fiction. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves cheesy science fiction or books with themes on power and selfishness.

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great concept. Shorter story reminiscent of a bygone era. The biggest problem is character development. The characters can be both devious and oblivious. Often in the same paragraph and action. This assumes cluelessness goes a long way in spiking a pretty interesting effort.