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    Space Prison (Serapis Classics)
    Space Prison (Serapis Classics)
    Space Prison (Serapis Classics)
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    Space Prison (Serapis Classics)

    By Tom Godwin

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    AFTER TWO CENTURIES.... The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly—the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire ... ... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSerapis Classics
    Release dateNov 12, 2017
    ISBN9783963134517
    Space Prison (Serapis Classics)

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    • 4/5
      Space Prison by Tom Godwin. A page turner, and a book easily read in two sittings.Godwin relates a story of a group of humans that are marooned on an alien planet for two hundred years. Hard Sci Fi this isn't, but an entertaining read all the same.
    • 4/5
      I can understand why this is called a sci-fi classic by many people. This is the first time I have read one of Tom Godwin's stories and I liked it. It's very grim and the body count is high. However, it is really a story of survival, determination, and endurance. I loved the little mockers. I really laughed when the humans first encountered them (the only time the story made me laugh). I highly recommend it. And if you don't want to read it or after reading it want to listen to it, Librivox has a version read by Mark Nelson (a professional voice over artist).

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