The Ballad of Beta 2
$ 10.00
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Publisher: Ace 4722
Year: 1965 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.60
Condition: Book Grades. Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 124
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Centuries ago, a group known as the "Star Folk" left Earth in 12 massive generation ships on a multi-generational mission to colonize distant star systems. However, after their departure, humanity invented faster-than-light (FTL) travel. As a result, the target planets were already settled by humans by the time the slow-moving generation ships finally arrived. While 10 of the ships successfully navigated the journey, two ships—the Sigma-9 and the Beta-2—met a mysterious, disastrous fate that remained unsolved for hundreds of years.
