James Follett EARTHSEARCH First edition 1981 and similar items

EARTHSEARCH James Follett London: British Broadcasting Corporation, (1981). First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by John Geary. Scarce hardcover issue of the novelization based on his BBC Radio 4 Serial, "Earthsearch." Created by James Follett (who also wrote Dawn of the Gods and Stardrive for Blake's 7), the first of the two seasons of "Earthsearch" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. "The crew of the Challenger were in an agonizing situation: they had been born on their starship and had never set foot on a planet and yet the Earth was their spiritual home. For years they had studied holograms and videos of Earth in the Challenger's library and had dreamed of a time when their ship would return so that they could walk under the Earth's blue skies, feel warm summer breezes on their faces and cool green grass beneath their feet. And now the Earth had vanished from the solar system. From clues discovered on the abandoned colonies of the other planets they learned that the people of Earth had taken their planet in search of a new sun — a sun that was not liable to become a nova. The crew decided to go in search of their lost planet. Even though the trail was half-a-million years cold..." FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS OF UNUSUAL AND RARE BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.