THE BALLAD OF BETA-2 by Samuel R. Delany, Ace Books 1971 PB

Description: BOOK TITLE: The Ballad of Beta-2 AUTHOR: Samuel R. Delany PUBLICATION: Ace Books #04722, 1971"The Ballad of Beta-2" was originally published as an Ace Double M-121, together with "Alpha Yes, Terra No!" by Emil Petaja in 1965. This Ace Books #04722 edition is the first stand-alone edition.CONDITION: front cover has very minor wear; back cover has significant rubbing/scuffs and creases; tanned pages with light foxing, otherwise clean inside with no markups; good binding. We do our best to describe and list items accurately; however, items may contain flaws or imperfections unseen by our staff during listing. BOOK SYNOPSIS: Centuries ago, the Star Folk had left Earth on twelve spaceships on a generations-long mission to colonize the distant stars. Ten of the ships had reached their destinations. Two had failed-and nobody, in the hundreds of years since the disaster, had the slightest inkling of what had happened.~ ~~ ~Joneny, a student of galactic anthropology, was assigned the problem. It had seemed routine to him. Just some faster-than-light travel to the two wrecked ships, a bit of poking around, and then writing up his findings.~ ~~ ~But he was ill-prepared for what he found in space at the site of the two ancient wrecks. One, the Sigma-9, was not subject to the laws of time-stasis (the only exception to a universal law), and it was covered entirely with a mysterious green fire that shimmered so much that it seemed alive! And the other ship, the Beta-2, was nowhere to be found. Only a fragment of a mysterious poem could possibly provide a clue. All our books are packaged and shipped in boxes so that they get to you in the best condition possible!

Price: 7.99 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

End Time: 2024-11-30T08:00:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD