Starburst (novel)

Cover of the first edition, published by Del Rey Books. Art by David B. Mattingly.

Starburst is a science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl, published in 1982. It is an expansion of his 1972 novella The Gold at the Starbow's End.

Plot summary

Starbust is a novel in which an astronaut crew goes from being doomed to becoming superpowered.^[1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Starburst for White Dwarf #54, and stated that "OK at novelette length but Pohl just hinted at the details of their offstage apotheosis: but the more you hear about it the less likely it sounds, and the book becomes a prolonged anticlimax. A smooth read, yes, but the original story is diluted to insipidity."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Jeff Frane (1982) in Locus, #254 March 1982^[2]
• Review by Jim England (1982) in Vector 110
• Review by Algis Budrys (1982) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1982
• Review by Tom Easton (1982) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1982
• Review by Baird Searles (1982) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1982
• Review by Doug Fratz (1984) in Thrust, #20, Summer 1984

References

1. Langford, Dave (June 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 54. Games Workshop. p. 24.
2. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1125