The Escape Orbit
This article does not cite any sources. (March 2019) |
The Escape Orbit (British title: Open Prison) is a science fiction novel by northern Irish author James White, first published in 1964 in the magazine New Worlds. It was a finalist at the Nebula Award.
It tells the story of a human, Warren, who is abandoned on a prison planet by an alien race, the Bugs, who are warring against Earth. Here he finds a society created by the other human prisoners. To avoid a civil war between the factions which have formed by the years, he organizes a successful escape from the planet.
Categories:
- 1964 British novels
- 1964 science fiction novels
- British science fiction novels
- Novels by James White (author)
- Novels first published in serial form
- Ace Books books
- Works originally published in New Worlds (magazine)
- 1960s science fiction novel stubs