1st Publication date 27th October 1994 United Kingdom Severn House.
Hardback Publication date 27th October 1994 ISBN 0727846892 256pp 222 x 141mm
Paperback Publication date not known
Cover by Martin Buchan
From book cover
The "Challenger" crew were all born on their starship, had never set foot on a planet but knew that Earth was their spiritual home. So when it vanished from the solar system, their search began to locate the planet that the inhabitants had taken to find a new sun - one that would not become a nova.
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The crew of the Challenger were in an agonizing situation: they has been born on their starship and had never set foot on a planet and yet the Earth was their spiritual home.
For years they had studied holograms and videos of Earth in the Challenger's library and had dreamed of the time when they could walk under the Earth's blue skies, feel warm summer breezes on their faces and cool green grass beneath their feet.
And now the Earth has vanished form the solar system. From clues discovered on the abandoned colonies of other planets they learned that the people of Earth had taken their planet in search of a new sun- a sun that was not liable to become a nova.
The crew decided to go in search of their lost planet. Even though the trail was a half a million years cold....
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Earthsearch a lost Gem
Earthsearch is without doubt one of those books that for those in the know is a very well kept secret on a very good series of stories that span 10 1 hour radio plays 3 books and soon to be a TV series.
This book is about a group of travellers looking for Earth and the events that they get tied up in set very far into the future.
The good guys are a very likable lot and you find yourself liking them very early into the book. The bad guys are such that you soon want some very serious harm to come to them.
The book is based on the BBC Radio 4 series broadcast in the early 1980's and is still to this day the second most popular radio series every produced by the BBC, the number one series?
Is that little known series called the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
This book is very easy to get into, the scenes are well written and because of the way it was written you find it very easy to see the scenes as the author wants you to see them. You will soon find yourself turning pages at a fast rate, just to find out if the good guys or the bad guys win.
So if you want to get into a very well kept secret this is the book read.
Press comments
'James Follett's serial...is a delight' Observer
'....it's sober-minded stuff with an intriguing premise...' Time Out
Dave's comment
This was a book that I liked a lot. The only thing I did not like was finding out that I missed the radio broadcast, as the BBC production of plays tends to be very good. The BBC have released this series on tape. This is the first novel in the "Earthsearch" saga. This book edition has been fully revised and rewritten with substantial alterations and new material from the original BBC Radio 4 series broadcast and published in 1981 by the BBC.
Author James Follett comments
None given at this time ( DW )
You could look at the original book Earthsearch Deathship
or even Mindwarp:Prelude to Earthsearch.
There is also the audio tapes Earthsearch I and Earthsearch II also Mindwarp
And finally the original radio series Earthsearch I and Earthsearch II
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