Space Winners

By Gordon R. Dickson

Book Overview

Stranded on the Quarantined World of Quebahr, the first high-school students selected to leave Earth for study in the Galactic Federation must overcome their lack of training and learn to adapt and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812535588
• ISBN13: 9780812535587
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Intelligent YA Science Fiction

I read this modest but memorable SF novel in high school. The fact that I can remember the plot after 20+ years should tell you something!Humanity is in a embarassing predicament: Rather than being the galaxy-exploring, empire-building lords of creation, it is restricted to Earth by an advanced and rather patronizing Galactic federation.Three teens from varied backgrounds are offered an opportunity to recieve an education off-world. They accept, but an accident results in their being stranded on a primitive world inhabited by three races: One rough, robust and kangaroo-like, one vaguely humanoid, the last lizard-like.With the guidance of a friendly Federation member, the disguised trio make their way across the watery world, hoping to find and use an experimental radio transmitter._The Space Winners_ has a wonderful, optimistic feel to it. It celebrates competency, skill, and diversity.