by Leigh Brackett · Miraguano Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478130528
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«La estrella escarlata» is the science fiction novel by Leigh Brackett, published by Miraguano Ediciones in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
Eric John Stark, an adventurer raised as a savage on Mercury and hardened on Mars, travels to the planet Skaith, on the edge of the known universe, to rescue his adoptive father Simon Ashton, kidnapped by the Lords Protectors. A science fiction adventure that pits human reason against animal instinct in a hostile world.
First book in the Skaith series, published in the Futuropolis collection (number 18). Translated by Francisco Javier Arellano Selma; original title: The Ginger Star.
Recommended for readers of classic science fiction and planetary adventures, and for followers of Leigh Brackett's work.
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production.
