The Dead-Star Rover by Robert Abernathy
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"The Dead-Star Rover" by Robert Abernathy is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The narrative unfolds in a desolate, war-torn world where two races—the Terrapins and the Bird-People—struggle for survival amidst mechanical predators. The story follows Torcred, a Terrapin warrior, who encounters Ladna, a bird-girl, after shooting down her flying machine, and must confront moral dilemmas as he navigates their fraught relationship against the backdrop of cultural conflict
and personal transformation. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to a tense scene where Torcred races through the desert in his combat vehicle, the Terrapin, only to come under attack from a Bird-People aircraft. After a harrowing chase and skirmish, he shoots down the enemy plane, discovering Ladna, the pilot, among the wreckage. Rather than killing her, Torcred decides to take her prisoner, setting off a series of events that force both characters to grapple with their prejudices and the shifting dynamics between their peoples. As they journey together through the desert, their relationship evolves against the backdrop of a larger conflict involving their respective races and the predatory machines that threaten them all. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Abernathy, Robert, 1924-1990 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | McWilliams, Al, 1916-1993 |
| Title | The Dead-Star Rover |
| Series Title | Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1949 |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 64690 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-64690-9 |
| Release Date | Mar 4, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 478 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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