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The Last Starship from Earth (v5) by John Boyd, Boyd, John is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Last Starship from Earth (v5) about?

The Last Starship From Earth is a dystopian novel set in 1968 and 1969, but not the 1968 and 1969 that I remember, or lived through. In the world of this story, Jesus did not die on the cross, but was killed leading an assault on Rome. He was the Messiah that people expected. The government of John Boyd's world is a global government run by Christians along "scientific" lines, where psychologists and sociologists in conjunction with the Church and an AI Pope rule the world. People marry and mate because of their genes, sort of like the film Gattaca, and the hero of our story is Haldane IV, M-5, 138270, 3/10/46, a math student of great promise, being the fourth in line of great mathematicians. Unfortunately Haldane gets the hots for Helix, a mere poet. By law and social custom Haldane is expected to have nothing to do with her, but as you'd expect he falls in love with her.

Who reads The Last Starship from Earth (v5)?

Author

John Boyd, Boyd, John

Publisher

Pan Books

Published

1972

Language

EN

ISBN

9780330231763

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.64 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14