Exiled from Earth

1971 Bova, Ben[jamin William] (1932-2020). Exiled from Earth. New York: E. P. Dutton. Rpt. in The Exiles Trilogy (New York: Berkley Books, 1980), 1-149. Rpt. New York: Baen, 1994. U.K. ed. (London: Methuen, 1984), 1-149.

First volume of a trilogy. A supposedly utopian world government uses authoritarian means to maintain the status quo. A new society is established in space by a scientist exiled from earth in an attempt to create a free world. The first volume focuses on the decision to exile the scientists and their imprisonment on a large ship circling Earth. The second volume, Flight of Exiles. New York: E.P. Dutton. Rpt. in The Exiles Trilogy (New York: Berkley, 1980), 151-288. Rpt. New York: Baen, 1994. U.K. ed. (London: Methuen, 1984), 151-288, focuses on the exiles leaving Earth orbit for the stars and their discovery of a planet to settle. The third volume, End of Exile. New York: E.P. Dutton. Rpt. in The Exiles Trilogy (New York: Berkley, 1980), 289-441. Rpt. New York: Baen, 1994. U.K. ed. (London: Methuen, 1984), 289-441, is concerned with the exiles’ settlement on a planet and the establishment of good society.