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Arthur L-F. Askins Collection of Andre Norton
In the year 2500 tyranny stalks Terra , a monstrous police state built out of the ashes of an atomized world. This is the story of how a small group of enslaved scientists and their families make their slow and painful escape to another world.
"Andre Norton's latest book is a graphic picture of a hard won trial at new life in another planetary system. Part I of her story is set on an Earth ravaged by atomic weapons and under the tight rule of an Orwellian power that has stifled free thought. Under these conditions, the underground movement of Free Scientists has managed to construct a ship that takes a small party to another planet and we see the trip through the eyes of young Dard Nordis whose older brother has helped with the preparations."--Kirkus Reviews.
Publishing dates and cover art information (Ed Valigursky) from ISFDB, publication record #47871.
"A checklist of recent Ace science-fiction": [9] p. at end.
One of the Cushing Library/Science Fiction copies (1963 printing) received as part of Andre Norton’s Collection of Her Own Works, as donated by Vic Horadam and signed by the author.
One of the Cushing Library/Science Fiction copies (1963 printing) donated by the Ballard and Mayhar families.
Originally published: First edition Cleveland ; New York : The World Publishing Company, [1954]
Donated by the Ballard and Mayhar families 20120228
Cleveland ; New York : The World Publishing Company, [1954]