Maybe, when I was a pre-teen, I figured out that date, but I know the story seemed to be eons in the future, nothing to do with me. Now, at the age of 72, I’ve re-read it yet again, this time in its original hardcover edition which was titled Star Man’s Son 2250 AD.Īnd, for the first time, I realized that, based on the text, the Great Blow Up - the nuclear war that ended the world of the Old Ones and gave birth to the dangerous world of the novel - occurred around 2050 AD. And it has remained a link to that pre-teen me who was about to venture out into the wider world. I can’t think of another book that was more important to me at that particular stage in my life. I mean, literally, I’ve had one or more copies of it during nearly all of the intervening six decades. If it seems I’m a little cloudy about the circumstances, all I can say is that it was sixty or more years ago. (Or maybe we gave our money and checklist to the classroom nun….) I remember the flimsy piece of paper on which I had to put my name and address and check off the book or books I wanted. I know that I got the book at a school book fair - actually, it involved sending some money away and, some time later, the book showing up in the mail.
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