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Title: Star Colonies Title Record # 36527
Editors: Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers
Date: 2000-06-00
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Language: English
Synopsis: From the Back Cover of the DAW Books First Edition: From the time the first Homo sapiens looked up at the night sky the stars were there, sparkling, tempting us to reach out and seize them. With the passing millennia and the development of technology, they evolved from brilliant points of light to suns, planets, moons, solar systems, and galaxies - a vast universe waiting to be explored, if only we could find the means to get there. Though humankind's push for the stars has at times slowed and stalled, there are still those who dare to dream, who work to build the bridge between the Earth and the universe. But while the scientists are still struggling to achieve this goal, science fiction writers have found many ways to master space and time, offering us such original and imaginative voyages of exploration as: - They'd traveled for over a millennium to claim an untouched paradise only to learn that the lights on the ground came from cities! - It was an isolated world with only it own sun for company, located far past the point any other star's light could reach, yet they had braved the vast emptiness to make it their home. And when they discovered they were not home alone, there was no going back! -As the initial contact and survey team, they'd never had an easier assignment. The natives were friendly, the herd creatures tame and tasty, the climate comfortable - and then, just to make life interesting, the migration began....
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Awards

Place Year and Award Category
15 2001 Locus Best Anthology

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Star Colonies 2000-06-00 ed. Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, John Helfers DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1155) 0-88677-894-8
$6.99?$: US dollar
xii+
304
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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