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Title: Farthest star: The saga of Cuckoo by Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson ISBN: 0-345-24330-7 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1975 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.50

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: from the book cover...
Comment: CUCKOO WAS COMING...No one knew what it was--but everyone knew it was trouble. Designated Object Lambda when it first appeared on the fringes of the galaxy, 20,000 light-years away, it was traveling at one-sixth the speed of light. The astrophysicists said that it was vast...light....and had the potential for utter destruction. So an existing space probe was reoriented to intercept; it was staffed with replicates of both humans and aliens. Then the probe began to leak radiation....

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Tachyon transmission was a marvelous invention. A man could send infinite replicates of himself anywhere in the galaxy---wherever duty called. If one of the copies got killed, so what? The original would still be alive and well back on his home planet, and he could always send replacements. Such a man Ben Pertin, who lived on Earth. And then there was:

Ben Charles Pertin---stationed on Sun One, central headquarters of the intelligent races in the galaxy.

Ben James Pertin--sent to the probe ship Aurora after Ben Frank Pertin was reported missing on board.

Ben Linc Pertin---dispatched to the artificial satellite orbiting Cuckoo.

Ben Yale Pertin---one of the several Pertins sent to explore the surface of Cuckoo. Some returned---many did not. And most of them were in love with the same woman!"

Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting concepts and characters.
Comment: An alliance of humans and alien species form a mission to investigate a Dyson Sphere, codenamed Cuckoo. Storyline involves the investigative team's moral/ethical problems involving Tachyonic Replication, the method of travel used to reach Cuckoo. (From the book cover, "Tachyonic replication was a marvelous invention. A man could send copies of himself anywhere. If one got killed, so what? He could always send replacements!") Additionally, the story involves the struggles of a young Cuckoo inhabitant named, "Fifteenth", against the cannabalistic masters of Cuckoo. All in all, it's an interesting read with fine concepts and characters.