The Killing Star
| The Killing Star | |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Zebrowski & Charles Pellegrino |
| language | German |
| genre | Science fiction |
| Original title | The Killing Star |
| publishing company | William Morrow & Co |
| Release Date | April 1995 |
| Media type | Hardcover , paperback |
| pages | 340 pages |
| ISBN | 0-688-13989-2 |
The Killing Star is a science fiction novel by George Zebrowski and Charles Pellegrino that describes the annihilation of humanity by hostile aliens .
content
The novel begins in 2076, nine days before the three hundredth day of independence : Mankind made great technical advances when, without warning, aliens bombed the earth with kinetic projectiles that were accelerated to almost the speed of light: a large part of humanity is wiped out within seconds .
The book follows the struggle for survival of the last people who are mercilessly hunted by the aliens:
Only two people survive on earth who survived the bombardment in a deep-sea submarine , people are also hiding in the corona of the sun , but who later destroy their habitat and the entire sun with high-energy weapons in order to keep the aliens out of their hands to fall.
After the survivors who had hidden on Ceres , Neptune and in interstellar space are killed in the course of the book, the last people on earth are also taken by the aliens.
When talking to an octopus-like creature, they discover that it was not the latter who initiated the invasion, but the spider-like robots that seem to serve them. - In fact, these have become conscious and now keep their creators as pets as they travel the universe and wipe out civilizations that could potentially be dangerous to them. - The extermination of the earth was "not meant personally".
Edition and issues
The book was first published in April 1995 by the American William Morrow and Company publishing house.
English editions
Charles Pellegrino, George Zebrowski: The Killing Star. William Morrow & Co, 1995, ISBN 0-68-813989-2 . Hardback edition
Web links
- The Killing Star in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)