Leaping to the Stars - Hardcover

Gerrold, David

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ISBN 10: 0312890672 ISBN 13: 9780312890674

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2002

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In the conclusion to the trilogy that began with Bouncing Off the Moon and Jumping Off the Planet, Charles Dingillian learns that the Lunar Authority is threatening to cancel all interstellar launches to the colonies and decides to smuggle himself and his family out on a starship, along with the HARLIE unite that has made him an interstellar fugitive. 15,000 first printing.

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“Fans of Heinlein’s trademark blend of space-bound high adventure and serous political philosophy will feel right at home in the third and final book of Gerrold’s series detailing the adventure of Charles “Chigger” Dingillian.”—Publishers Weekly

“Gerrold has a fresh voice and the skill to realize such things as a magnetic star drive and colonies built from mud. Charlie’s coming-of-age debates with the relativistic HARLIE are also intriguing—even rather touching.”—Booklist

Having divorced his parents and escaped to the moon, Charles and his brothers find themselves faced with most difficult decision. Unable to return to Earth, where do they go? One option is the distant Earth colony Outbeyond. Complicating matters, he and HARLIE—a state of the art intelligence unit—have become valuable commodities in a Free Luna movement. A hijacking aboard ship, however, and suspicion’s of HARLIE’S true motives could doom the brothers’ bid for freedom . . . forever.

“Gerrold’s conclusion to the story begun in Jumping Off the Planet and continued in Bouncing Off the Moon features more derring-do in the style of early Heinlein. A good choice for adult sf collections.”—Library Journal

About the Author:

David Gerrold - a winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award - is the author of dozens of novels, including Jumping Off the Planet, Bouncing Off the Moon, The Man Who Folded Himself, When Harlie was One, and the incredibly popular The War Against the Chtorr series.

A prolific screenwriter as well as a novelist - he wrote the hugely popular The Trouble with Tribbles episode for the original Star Trek television series. Gerrold lives in Northridge, California, with his son.

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