explorer / books · 1987
The Ragged Astronauts
Bob Shaw’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1986 by Gollancz · 310 pages
Hugo · 1987
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This book is recorded on the Hugo ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
On the world of Land, humanity faces extinction from the ptertha, deadly airborne creatures waging biological war against all people. In desperation, the inhabitants devise an audacious plan to migrate by hot-air balloon to Overland, their twin planet that shares the same atmosphere just thousands of kilometers away, in a harrowing journey through the sky between two worlds.
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Details
- Series
- Land and Overland · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United Kingdom
- ISBN
- 9780575036390