# The Starmen

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{{Short description|1952 novel by Leigh Brackett}}
{{about|the 1952 novel by Leigh Brackett|other uses|Starman (disambiguation)}}
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| name          = The Starmen
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| translator    = 
| image         = Starmen brackett.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author        = [Leigh Brackett](/source/Leigh_Brackett)
| illustrator   = 
| cover_artist  = Ric Binkley
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) 
| publisher     = [Gnome Press](/source/Gnome_Press)
| release_date  = 1952
| english_release_date =
| media_type    = Print ([Hardcover](/source/Hardcover))
| pages         = 247 
| oclc          = 1722293
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'''''The Starmen''''' is a [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) novel by American writer [Leigh Brackett](/source/Leigh_Brackett). It was published in [1952](/source/1952_in_literature) by [Gnome Press](/source/Gnome_Press) in an edition of 5,000 copies.  It was also published by [Ballantine Books](/source/Ballantine_Books) in 1976 under the original magazine title of '''''The Starmen of Llyrdis'''''.  [Ace Books](/source/Ace_Books) published an abridged edition under the title '''''The Galactic Breed'''''.  The Ace edition was published as an [Ace Double](/source/Ace_Double) with ''Conquest of the Space Sea'' by [Robert Moore Williams](/source/Robert_Moore_Williams).  The novel was originally serialized in the magazine ''[Startling Stories](/source/Startling_Stories)'' in 1951.

==Plot introduction==
The novel is a [space opera](/source/space_opera) concerning the only race that is able to endure the rigors of interstellar travel.

==Reception==
Contemporary reviews were lukewarm to mildly positive.  In ''[F&SF](/source/F%26SF)'', [Anthony Boucher](/source/Anthony_Boucher) and [J. Francis McComas](/source/J._Francis_McComas)  described ''The Starmen'' as "an able job of writing a completely routine and uncreative space opera."<ref>"Recommended Reading," ''[F&SF](/source/F%26SF)'', February 1953, p.74</ref>  In'' [Galaxy Magazine](/source/Galaxy_Magazine)'', [Groff Conklin](/source/Groff_Conklin) called the novel "a pleasurable way to pass a couple of hours" and noted that Brackett "writes well, moves her plot along at a suitable pace, and maneuvers her characters in a lifelike manner."<ref>"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", [Galaxy Magazine](/source/Galaxy_Magazine), April 1953, p.116</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | author-link=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings  | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=301 | year=1998}}
*{{cite book | last=Corrick | first=James A. | author-link=James A. Corrick | title=Double Your Pleasure: the ACE SF Double | location=Brooklyn, NY | publisher=Gryphon Books | pages=18–19 | year=1989|isbn=0-936071-21-4}}
*{{cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | author-link=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[Advent](/source/Advent_(publisher)) | pages=61 | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1}}

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Category:1952 American novels
Category:1952 science fiction novels
Category:Fiction set around Aldebaran
Category:Novels by Leigh Brackett
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Category:Space opera novels
Category:Works originally published in Startling Stories
Category:Gnome Press books

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