The Last Starship From Earth by John Boyd HC no DJ 1968 1st Printing
Published by Weyright And Talley, New York.
181 pages Hard Cover, No Dust Jacket.
Condition: Used. Very Good. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. No Dust jacket.
The novel is set in a dystopian society in the very near future. Although it is not obvious at first, this is also an alternate history story.The central character is Haldane IV, a mathematician, in a caste-based society. He forms a forbidden relationship with Helix, a poet. He also becomes interested in investigating Fairweather, a famous mathematician who lived shortly before his time, and his son Fairweather II, whom he discovers led a rebellion, which was defeated. Eventually he is given a show trial and deported to another planet, where he meets Fairweather II.