it can approach it to within an infinitesimal degree", & another year to decelerate. Why is it traveling so far rather than something closer? Because ship takes a year to accelerate to "speed of light minus epsilon. Prof Antelle is the "principal organizer of the enterprise - to which he devoted the whole of his enormous fortune the leader of our expedition, he himself had conceived the spaceship and directed its construction." This is the first human interstellar ship ever. Their target is "the region of space where the super gigantic star Betelgeuse reigns supreme" - 300 light years from earth. Ulysse is the hero of the story, narrator, & also the author of bottle message. Professor Antelle, his "disciple" Arthur Levain, & a jounalist Ulysse Merou "who had met the professor as a result of an interview", are on board a starship. And it tells its author's experiences - the main story. The message is a warning to humans - avoid certain planets because they are dangerous. Interstellar travel is common.Ī couple, Jinn & Phyllis, are floating in space in their photonic-powered yacht on a holiday when they see a bottle floating through space! They pick up the bottle, & it contains a message on many sheets - like old fashioned romantic movies (only movies had shorter messages). Story summary.Novel is structured as a frame-story. I saw the movie years back, & in fragments, on TV - what little I recall doesn't quite match the novel. I cannot really compare it with Hollywood movie of the same name. Weak point of this story is scientific detail - flimsy, often implausible, & sometimes just plain illogical. But even without anything intellectual, it would have made a good story. Most of this very interesting satire is essentially a mirror - on some common beliefs about what is human & about our place in the universe.
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