Russo's novel is similar to Robert Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky, which also tells the story of a lost generation ship which succumbs to barbarism and religious superstition. Its historical records have long been lost, and, despite the Churchs dogmatic insistence, no. Untold generations have lived and died aboard the starship Argonos. This hard-boiled thriller is the first volume of the critically acclaimed Carlucci Trilogy, consisting of Destroying Angel, Carlucci's Edge, and Carlucci's Heart. Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo (Ace, 12.95, 370 pages, paperback January 2001.) In Ship of Fools, Richard Paul Russo has compressed our world into a claustrophobic microcosm. Dick Award: in 1989, for his second novel, Subterranean Gallery, and in 2001 for Ship of Fools. Ship of Fools (Ace Books) by Richard Paul Russo has won the Philip K. The author succeeds in generating a sense of horror by describing the claustrophobia of a superstitious society from which physical escape is almost impossible, landfall on the planet Antioch where the population has been killed and their bodies stored like meat, and the encounter with an immense alien ship which kills one crew member of the Argonos after another when they try to explore its interior. Author Richard Paul Russo twice received the Philip K. Born physically disabled in a closed society that holds him in contempt, Aguilera must struggle to protect both himself and his ship. Merely the elected captain of the Argonos, which has been wandering for generation after a disaster killed many of its crew and destroyed valuable records of its past, Costa's leadership and Aguilera's physical safety is threatened by the ship's quasi-Christian religious faction, headed by Bishop Soldano. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Ship of Fools written by Richard Paul Russo which was published in 2001-1.

Nikos Costa, aboard the generation ship Argonos. Brief Summary of Book: Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo. The story follows the struggle of Bartolomo Aguilera, unofficial counselor and lieutenant to Capt. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. Ship of Fools is the 2001 Gothic space mystery written by Richard Paul Russo.

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