Crashing Suns (1965 novel)

Crashing Suns is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Edmond Hamilton. Originally published in the pages of Weird Tales from August to September 1928,Hamilton, Edmond - The Science Fiction Encyclopedia - Retrieved 11 June 2024 the book is one of the foundational texts of the space opera genre.
==Synopsis==
From mighty Canopus, capital of the Federated Stars, to the outer fringes of our great galaxy, the Interstellar Patrol was on the watch. Rogue suns, marauding alien intelligences, man-made comets driven by their makers for the conquest of unsuspecting worlds, diabolical conspiracies hatched in the depths of unmapped nebulae - it was the business of the Patrol's mighty spaceships to guard against such cosmic dangers.
Crashing Suns is the epic account of this future space legion, where volunteers from a thousand worlds man the mighty starcraft of a hundred thousand years to come. It's interplanetary adventure on the classic scale, by the master hand of Edmond Hamilton.Crashing Suns - Goodreads - Retrieved 11 June 2024
== Characters ==
=== Interstellar Patrol ===
* Jan Tor
* Hal Kur
* Ran Rarak
== Receptions ==
=== Retrospective ===
G. W. Thomas, writing for Dark Worlds Quarterly, stated that if one were to enjoy "Crashing Suns" and the rest of the series, it would be best to do so while imagining that space opera was not an existing concept.Edmond Hamilton’s Interstellar Patrol - G. W. Thomas - 18 June 2020 - Dark Worlds Quarterly - Retrieved 11 June 2024
James Davis Nicoll, writing for Reactor, mocked the Patrol's constant behaviour of ensuring doomed races trying to survive their end meet their deaths.Five Thrilling SF Stories About Patrolling Space - James Davis Nicoll - 15 January 2021 - Reactor - Retrieved 12 June 2024
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