The Star Rover
Published in 1915, The Star Rover is an adventure fiction and Victorian science fiction novel by Jack London. The story is set in San Quentin, Calif.. It deals with Reincarnation, death row inmates, prisoners and prisons.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 27 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 63 editions across 4 languages.
At about 329 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.
About The Star Rover
"In The Star Rover London indicts the savagery of prison life: San Quentin death row inmate Darrell Standing can escape his confinement and torture only by withdrawing into dreams of past lives during what he calls his "eternal recurrence on earth." Thus the fantastic becomes a vehicle for exposing social inequities and religious hypocrisy. Leslie Fiedler, Samuel Clemens Professor of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an essayist, poet, and critic, provides an important introduction to this often neglected classic."--BOOK JACKET.
Opening line
“ALL my life I have had an awareness of other times and places.”
Quick answers
Who wrote The Star Rover?
The Star Rover was written by Jack London and first published in 1915.
What genre is The Star Rover?
It is usually shelved as Adventure and Victorian Science Fiction.
How long is The Star Rover?
The median edition has 329 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Star Rover?
Readers who like it often enjoy She, The Wanderer's Necklace and Wisdom's Daughter.
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