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Black Star Rising

By Frederik Pohl

Black Star Rising

By Frederik Pohl

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SCIENCE FICTION-THE FUTURE THE U.S.A. AND RUSSIA HAVE DESTROYED EACH OTHER IN A CATASTROPHIC NUCLEAR EXCHANGE AND CHINA NOW RULES THE AMERICAS.THEN A MYSTERIOUS ALIEN SPACECRAFT APPROACHES EARTH AND DEMANDS TO SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.THERES BEEN NO SUCH PERSON FOR DECADES,BUT THE ALIENS WONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER,AND VAPORISE A PACIFIC ISLAND TO PROVE IT.A PUPPET PRESIDENT MUST BE FOUND TO GO INTO SPACE AND PLACATE THE ALIENS.PETTYMAN CASTOR A HUMBLE RICE CULTIVATOR FROM THE HEAVENLY GRAIN COLLECTIVE IN MISSISSIPI,IS CHOSEN TO PLAY THE PART,AND THE PEASANT TURNED PRESIDENT IS SOON ON HIS WAY TO AN ALIEN GALAXY-AND THE BIZARRE REVELATION THAT AWAITS HIM THERE WILL TURN HIS WORLD INSIDE OUT.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
1980-01-01
Publication Date:
1980-01-01
Publisher:
Futura Orbit
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0708882188
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