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Starchild Trilogy
AuthorFrederik Pohl & Jack Williamson

The Starchild Trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels written by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. In the future depicted in this series, mankind is ruled by a brutal totalitarian government known as the Plan of Man, enforced by a computerized surveillance state.[1]

The books in the series were:

An omnibus edition titled The Starchild Trilogy was first published by the Science Fiction Book Club in October 1977.

Reception

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Algis Budrys praised The Reefs of Space as "a most rewarding piece of science fiction . . . full of inventions [and] the constant generation of science-fiction ideas and science-fiction characters." However, he criticized its ending as "anticlimactic" and for its failure to resolve themes involving several prominent characters.[2]

References

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  1. Brown, Alan (2018-09-13). "A Hit and Two Misses: The Starchild Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson". Reactor. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  2. "Galaxy Bookshelf," Galaxy, February 1965, pp.158-59.