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Lifeboat Earth
Volume Two of Stanley Schmidt's Classic Tale of the Planet in Peril -- back in print at last! Earth herself has escaped the doomed Milky Way -- but who will survive a journey that could be as deadly as the radiation blast that will wipe out all life in the Galaxy? Includes a new afterword by the author.
- GenresScience Fiction
262 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1978
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Stanley Schmidt
505 books7 followersStanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
magazine.
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September 19, 2021
Lifeboat Earth is a sequel to The Sins of the Fathers, but it's not necessary to have read that one in order to enjoy this one. It's a fix-up novel comprised of five novelettes that originally appeared in Analog Magazine in the late 1970's, with new interstitial linkage. They're good, hard-science sf stories, following the progress of mankind that's been forced into an emergency evacuation of the galaxy. Schmidt thinks big, but the characters remain sympathetic and it's a fun, thought-provoking read.
May 30, 2023
An old-fashioned end-of-the-world story, and a new beginning on a new planet in a new galaxy . . .
A book I somehow missed, back in the day, and bought on impulse in a used bookshop: Bart's in Ojai, California, which advertises itself as the world's largest outdoors bookshop, and is well-worth visiting should your travels ever take you that way.
There's been a core explosion at the heart of the Milky Way! Deadly radiation is headed our way, and will sterilize the Earth if something isn't done. Fortunately, the alien Kyrra appear, offering a possible escape. They can convert the Earth into a gigantic starship, and pilot it to a nearby galaxy, to find a new home for both Humans and Kyrra. As you can imagine, it's a VERY bumpy ride, with many twists and turns. And a human enemy emerges enroute . . .
This is a fix-up novel, from a series of stories Schmidt published in Analog magazine in 1976-1978:
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?... has the details. The book was published in 1978, and I bought the paperback original.
It's a good story. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I hadn't realized until now that it was a fixup. Recommended reading: 3.5+ stars.
A book I somehow missed, back in the day, and bought on impulse in a used bookshop: Bart's in Ojai, California, which advertises itself as the world's largest outdoors bookshop, and is well-worth visiting should your travels ever take you that way.
There's been a core explosion at the heart of the Milky Way! Deadly radiation is headed our way, and will sterilize the Earth if something isn't done. Fortunately, the alien Kyrra appear, offering a possible escape. They can convert the Earth into a gigantic starship, and pilot it to a nearby galaxy, to find a new home for both Humans and Kyrra. As you can imagine, it's a VERY bumpy ride, with many twists and turns. And a human enemy emerges enroute . . .
This is a fix-up novel, from a series of stories Schmidt published in Analog magazine in 1976-1978:
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?... has the details. The book was published in 1978, and I bought the paperback original.
It's a good story. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I hadn't realized until now that it was a fixup. Recommended reading: 3.5+ stars.
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