Cover artist David B. Mattingly Language English Publication date January 12, 1983 Originally published 12 January 1983 Page count 275 | Country United States Series Saga of Cuckoo Pages 275 Preceded by Farthest Star Publisher Del Rey Books | |
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Genres Novel, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Jack Williamson books, Science Fiction books | ||
Wall Around a Star is the second book of the Saga of Cuckoo series, following Farthest Star. The author is Frederik Pohl, in collaboration with Jack Williamson. The book was published by Del Rey Books on January 12, 1983, with an ISBN of 0-345-28995-1. The cover art for the 1983 edition was done by David Mattingly.
In this novel linguist Jen Babylon is called on to translate alien records which may explain the nature of "Cuckoo", a sphere built around a star, and thus save the galaxy.
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