To the Stars

By L. Ron Hubbard

Book Overview

Space is deep

Man is small

and Time is his relentless enemy...

How far is too far?
What price do we pay for expanding our knowledge to the limit, for
exploring the farthest reaches of the universe, for extending our reach To the Stars?

Alan Corday, a smart yet desperate young man, is
about to find out. His family fortune
squandered and the woman he loves unattainable, Corday will go to almost any
length to change his luck. But his
desperation leads him into harm's way--and into the hands of one Captain Jocelyn
and his crew.

Shanghaied from the spaceport at New Chicago,
Corday is taken aboard the Hound of Heaven, a craft bound for the stars...on a
journey through hell.

186,000 miles per second. The speed of light. The Hound of Heaven approaches this speed to
reach its distant destinations. But three months traveling at that speed is equal
to half a century on earth--and the world they left behind is fast vanishing
into the past.

Everything Corday loves, everything he believes
in--is history. He is a wanderer in
eternity, and nothing in the cold, dark forbidding reaches of space can prepare
him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his long-awaited return from
the stars.

"Just as timely, just
as awe-inspiring, just as profoundly moving as it was in 1950."
―i>Barnes & Noble Explorations Blog

"Remarkably powerful
novel.”; --John W. Campbell, Jr., Astounding
Science Fiction

"One of his finest works.
Hubbard brilliantly evokes the vastness of space and the tragedy of those who
would conquer it." --Publishers
Weekly starred review

You will love To the Stars because
you'll experience space exploration in a way you will not forget.

Get it now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592121756
• ISBN13: 9781592121755
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of the best I have read

This book took me on a journey to places I have never been and introduced me to colorful characters I which I could only hope to meet. If you like adventure, if you like Sci Fi with a real science backbone and if love not being able to predict the end of a story, you will love this one. Enjoy!

Keeps you interested

I loved reading To the Stars. It made me think about space travel in a way I never had before. The characters are interesting and the book made me really appreciate how good we have it living here on Earth. It kept my interest throughout.

A great book from a classic writer

I read "To The Stars" some years ago and it still stays in my mind as one of the best Sci-Fi books I've read. I just enjoyed it and found it hard to put down and will be reading it again soon. Read it! You won't be disappointed.

Another winner from Hubbard

L Ron Hubbard is an excellent SF writer and I have enjoyed his other stories - like Battlefield Earth. The book was awesome. To the Stars, written 50 years ago, illustrates how innovative and forward thinking Hubbard was as an SF writer. His ability to tell a story and bring his characters so vivdly to life is unsurpassed. I was immediately drawn into the dilemma of Alex Corday and the crew. And the fact that he was one of the first to use the time/speed idea highlights his position as one of the greats of SF.

Ahead of its Time

Science Fiction is not my typical reading genre but I was interested in the problem posed by the book about space travel as it nears the speed of light. I was very pleasantly surprised by the depth of the story and how fascinated I was with Alan Corday's increasingly difficult situation. Mr. Hubbard has a unique way of making the characters more important than the science fiction. I really loved reading this book and have recommended it to several people. I'd love to see a movie based on this. I'd also to comment that this story was written over 50 years go and must be one of the first if not the first to use the time dilation problem in a story.