Starborne

Starborne is a 1996 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, an expansion of his 1973 story "Ship-Sister, Star-Sister".

Starborne
First edition
AuthorRobert Silverberg
Cover artistBruce Jensen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBantam Spectra
Publication date
June 1996
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages291
ISBN0-553-10264-8
OCLC33277388

Plot summary

Fifty men and women set out on the Wotan to discover new habitable worlds and break free of a stagnant utopia. They are connected with Earth via a telepathic link between a crew member and her sister. However, the link is broken, stranding the Wotan far from home, where they encounter an alien presence and begin to reconsider their assumptions about life and death and the universe.

Literary significance and reception

Reviews of the novel were mixed: Publishers Weekly praised Silverberg's "compelling prose" but faulted its "meandering and talky" execution.[1]

Kirkus Reviews found it "another polished and agreeable presentation" but ultimately felt that the scenario was "overly familiar."[2]

gollark: The whole thing *is* impressively small, but it's just bees.
gollark: And there are some longstanding minor but annoying issues.
gollark: I ran into some issues with the EXTREMELY limited VFS layer working on some features elsewhere.
gollark: No, I do actually have reasons other than "IT COULD BE NICER".
gollark: I thought to myself, "foolish apioid, you could rewrite this much more elegantly".

References
  1. "Fiction Review: Starborne by Robert Silverberg". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  2. "Starborne". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2013-03-02.


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