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BORUŃ Krzysztof; TREPKA Andrzej - Cosmic brothers. A fantasy novel. 1st ed.

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Author: BORUŃ Krzysztof; TREPKA Andrzej.

Title: Space Brothers. A fantasy novel

  • Place of publication: Warsaw
  • Year of publication: 1959
  • Publisher: ISKRY
  • Number of pages: 383, [5].
  • Illustrations, maps: illustr. in the text
  • Size: 20.5 cm
  • Binding: publisher's soft
  • Condition: scuffs of binding
  • ISBN: ---

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Edition 1. Third part of the space trilogy. Cover, illustrations and graphic design by Bohdan Bocianowski.

An expedition of Earthlings flies from the Proxima Centauri star system (the nearest known star) to the Alpha Centauri double system. The Earthlings know that the Urpian civilization has moved to this system. The smaller group is using a photon-powered Satelot ship, built on Urpian technology. The larger group uses the slower Astrobolide, built on Earth. The Satelot is damaged and in danger of burning up due to its proximity to a star. In addition, the crew inadvertently destroys the Urpian ship. However, the unmanned Urpian ships eventually rescue the Satelot and allow it to continue its flight. The Satelot reaches the planet, where technical activity is apparent. It turns out that there are no living beings, and the planet is just a huge factory. The satellite crashes and the people are left in just spacesuits. They are saved from death remotely by the Urpians and transferred to Juventa (the planet where they themselves live). There are good living conditions here, but the Urpians take away from the Earthlings all the achievements of civilization. Earthlings have to start by hunting animals and making clothes from grass. At the same time, the Urpians conduct experiments, as a result of which the youngest of the Earthlings - Zoe becomes pregnant. Zoe gives birth to Lu, a fast-growing child endowed with a radio sense - just like the Urpians. The Astrobolide reaches Yuventa. Eventually, uneasy contact is made with the Urpians. They are three-legged, large-headed creatures. The Urpians, with their instruments, have observed the activities of humans while still in the Proxima system, and even have data from the solar system. Lu, along with her supportive husband Daisy Brown, using the Urpians' technical means, take control of the rest of the expedition and want to breed more Lu-like individuals. Daisy manages to thwart these attempts. After resolving these misunderstandings, which are mainly due to the diametrical psychophysical differences between representatives of different cultures, the humans return to the Solar System. They are accompanied by Urpian A-Cis.

Meanwhile, Earth is overwhelmed by an invasion of silicon-organic silicococci - bacteria directed by intelligent beings - Silihomids. Fighting them is extremely difficult, even requiring the vaporization of large tracts of land with hydrogen bombs. Humans suffer defeat after defeat and prepare for a complete migration to Venus and Mars. From the final defeat on Earth, they are saved by the sacrifice of A-Cis, who, paying with his life, repairs the urpian computer (Perpetual Memory), damaged by the fanatics, specially designed to fight the silicoco.

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