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? Alan Corday is about to find out. Corday is shanghaied aboard a futuristic starship bound on an interstellar journey. . . on a trek at the speed of light, the world he leaves behind fast vanishing into the past through unexpected time travel. And nothing in the dark, forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592121756
• ISBN13: 9781592121755
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Galaxy Press (CA)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"

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.