The starmen by Leigh Brackett

"The Starmen" by Leigh Brackett is a science fiction novel first serialized in 1951 and published in book form in 1952. This space opera centers on a unique race—the only humans capable of surviving the extreme demands of traveling between the stars. As interstellar tensions mount, their rare abilities make them both invaluable and vulnerable in a galaxy where such powers determine who controls the future of space travel itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Brackett, Leigh, 1915-1978
LoC No. 52013840
Title The starmen
Original Publication United States: Gnome Press, Inc., 1951, copyright 1952.
Note Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starmen
Note Later abridged as The galactic breed. Complete text reissued as The starmen of Llyrdis.
Credits Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Interstellar travel -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 70310
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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