The Killing Star - Softcover

Pellegrino, Charles; Zebrowski, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380770261 ISBN 13: 9780380770267

Publisher: Avon Books, 1996

Synopsis

The only survivors from Earth after an alien species attempts to wipe out all life, a small group of people frantically studies the destructor's technology in the hopes of escaping the same fate. Reprint.

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About the Author

Dr. Charles Pellegrino is the author of twelve books, including Unearthing Atlantis and Her Name, Titanic. He is a paleontologist who designs robotic space probes and relativistic rockets. In his spare time, Pellegrino writes mindbending technothrillers. Jan de Bont, the director of Speed and Twister, has recently signed on to direct the film adaptation of Pellegrino's Dust. Dr. Pellegrino lives in New York.

From Booklist

Pellegrino and Zebrowski hang a whirlwind of ideas within the framework of the traditional sf concept of first contact with intelligent aliens. Their yarn is full of action and danger to the human race, too--and without dividing the cast into good guys and bad. Among their double handful of ideas are concepts concerning enhanced human intelligence, several superweapons, new energy sources, and the Titanic disaster (on which Pellegrino is a recognized expert). All of this does not make the book's plot easy to follow. On the other hand, all the idea mongering shows so much creativity and knowledge that you almost wind up not caring whether the book has a plot. Pellegrino and Zebrowski are working territory not too far removed from Arthur C. Clarke's, and anywhere Clarke is popular, this book should be, too. Roland Green

Edition details

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0380770261
• ISBN 13: 9780380770267
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340