The Voyage of the Space Beagle
Ratings5
Average rating3.8
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Ratings5
Average rating3.8
What unimaginable dangers, what terrifying alien creatures, what unexplored worlds exist in the vast stretches of the universe not yet penetrated by man? The expeditionary ship Space Beagle had been sent to find out. Its crew, eminent scientists from every field of human knowledge had been specially trained and equipped to overcome any danger they might encounter. But their greatest peril was aboard ship -- where advanced technical knowledge, in the hands of ruthless men, could become an irresistible force for destruction.
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I thought this would be a nice read (3 star) mainly for it's influence on later books, but it was much more enjoyable than I was expecting.
Plot summary: These are the voyages of the starship “Space Beagle”, it's five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!
This is very obviously the granddaddy of the later series called “Star Trek”.
A couple of additional notes:
* While the story is very episodic (think original series Star Trek), there is an over-all plot thread about the science of “Nexialisim”, the moral of the story is clearly that we make a mistake by putting knowledge into boxes and specialities. We need to cooperate more.
* These guys are going where no man has gone before. It is actually a ship full of men. That was explicitly stated so as to reduce tensions on board. I would have thought this would be counter productive.
I'm glad I read this, mainly for the historical interest - but also a fun story with some interesting ethical conundrums.
