The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd

››› Get audio book for free. ‹‹‹ Original Title: The Last Starship from Earth ISBN: ISBN13: Autor: John Boyd (pseud.)/Boyd Bradfield Upchurch Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars (1428) counts Original Format: Paperback, 182 pages Download Format: PDF, RTF, ePub, CHM, MP3. Published: 1972 / by Berkeley Medallion / (first published January 1st 1967) Language: Genre(s): Science Fiction- 18 users Fiction- 10 users Science Fiction >Dystopia- 4 users Science Fiction >Alternate History- 3 users Science Fiction Fantasy- 3 users Anthologies >Collections- 3 users Science Fiction >Time Travel- 2 users Literature >American- 2 users

Description: Haldane IV and Helix were a part of an ultra-rational society where mathematicians did not write poetry, where mathematicians did not fall in love with poets, and where most specifically, Haldane IV, young mathematician, couldn't possibly marry Helix, the attractive poet of his choice. It was in the best interests of the human race, said the State, that mates be selected for all professional people according to strict scientific principles.

About Author: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. John Boyd was the primary pen-name of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, an American science fiction author.

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Rewiews:

Jun 15, 2014 Kay Rated it: liked it I chose to read this book because I was seeking classic science fiction from a time when ideas were more important that character development or even plot development. In this, this book succeeds although it is dated and certainly not forward thinking in many areas. Some ideas are so hurried that it becomes a wild ride by the end where I was left wondering how it even got there. The tale is about a very specialized society where professional fields (and apparently everything else) are highly seg I chose to read this book because I was seeking classic science fiction from a time when ideas were more important that character development or even plot development. In this, this book succeeds although it is dated and certainly not forward thinking in many areas. Some ideas are so hurried that it becomes a wild ride by the end where I was left wondering how it even got there. The tale is about a very specialized society where professional fields (and apparently everything else) are highly segregated. A young mathematician meets a beautiful poet class girl and of course becomes obsessed with her. Their forbidden romantic relationship is a crime against the state, apparently run by sociologists. Science has assumed prominence over religion as the pope in this book is a computer. (That certainly sounds naive in our time where the schism between science and religion seems to be growing for the most part.) Science and religion get mixed even more strangely but to my disappointment, it's really a rushed, almost afterthought to the more straightforward story of a forbidden love in a society that doesn't permit unions across these very segregated divisions. I guess it isn't a spoiler to state that the ultimate outcome does involve a starship from Earth. It's just too bad the part after that was so rushed. I expect this was daring enough when published in the late 1960's that the author just didn't develop it further. I would have liked to have seen more. 3 likes