The Starbusters by Alfred Coppel

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Author Coppel, Alfred, 1921-2004
Illustrator Vestal, Herman B., 1916-2007
Title The Starbusters
Note Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary "The Starbusters" by Alfred Coppel, Jr. is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The book explores themes of space travel and encounters with alien intelligences, as it chronicles the exploits of a crew aboard the aging warship T.R.S. Cleopatra. These characters navigate complex situations involving military orders and technological innovations all while threading relationships among them." The storyline follows Commander David Strykalski and his crew as they are unexpectedly assigned to the experimental Project Warp, intended to turn their ship into a hyper-ship capable of interstellar travel. As tensions rise due to an impending alien invasion by the warlike Eridans, the crew must confront their fears and loyalties while preparing for battle. After a harrowing encounter in an alien cosmos, where the very rules of physics seem altered, they discover that their ship's existence is a precarious balance of destruction and survival. Ultimately, they devise a bold plan to transport a contraterrene planetoid back into their own space as a weapon against the Eridan group-mind, leading to explosive and thought-provoking consequences that challenge their understanding of life, morality, and existence in the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject War stories
Subject Space ships -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 63855
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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