Star-Search: 4th in the 'Cageworld' series of books

Kapp, Colin

ISBN 10: 0450055310 / ISBN 13: 9780450055317

Published by New English Library / NEL, 1983

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© 1983: 4th in the 'Cageworld' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: To see the stars. This was the great and paradoxical dream. To stand and look upward into space, at the myriad pin-points of light, forever out of reach, just as their forebears on Earth had in the long gone days before the building of the planetary shells. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Shell had succeeded shell, each studded with it's captive caged worlds, each progressively populated by men who would look up only into a sky of artificial luminaries and space debris. Always Zeus, man-created prime mover, was at work beyond them, the giant space machines forming and working the next shell. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. The last shell. Again they journeyed: Maq Ancor, Master Assassin, Magician Cherry and Sine Anura, Mistress of the Erotic, to reach the outer shell, to return to the past when man could see the stars:- (original cost £1.25).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Star-Search: 4th in the 'Cageworld' series of books
• Publisher: New English Library / NEL
• Publication Date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0450055310
• ISBN 13: 9780450055317
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Gerry Grace
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

SCIENCE FICTION-TO SEE THE STARS THIS WAS THE GREAT AND PARADOXICALDREAM.TO STAND AND LOOK UPWARD INTO SPACE,AT THE MYRIAD PINPOINTS OF LIGHT,FOREVER OUT OF REACH,JUST AS THEIR FOREBEARS ON EARTH HAD IN THE LONG GONE DAYS BEFORE THE BUILDING OF THE PLANETARY SHELLS.MARS ,JUPITER,SATURN-SHELL HAD SUCCEEDED SHELL,EACH STUDDED WITH IT'S CAPTIVE CAGED WORLDS,EACH PROGRESSIVELY POPULATED BY MEN WHO COULD ONLY LOOK UP ONLY INTO A SKY OF ARTIFICIAL LUMINARIES AND SPACE DEBRIS.ALWAYS ZEUS,MAN CREATED PRIME MOVER,WAS AT WORK BEYOND THEM,THE GIANT SPACE MACHINES FORMING AND WORKING THE NEXT SHELL.URANUS,NEPTUNE,PLUTO-THE LAST SHELL.AGAIN THEY JOURNEYED:MAQ ANCOR,MASTER ASSASSIN,MAGICIAN CHERRY AND SINE ANURA,MISTRESS OF THE EROTIC,TO REACH THE OUTER SHELL,TO RETURN TO THE PAST WHEN MEN COULD SEE THE STARS.