The year is 1997. The place the United States. The stardusters have already conquered Venus, Mars, and the Moon. Jupiter is their next goal. But the money for this expedition muust come from the government and any such appropriation bill is slated to meet tremendous opposition in Congress from the conservationists, who are earthbound in their views.
This is the sotyr of the two people most concerned with the Jupiter project - Max Andrews , a rocket mech, who wants to be director of the expedition, and Ellen Gallagher, the Senator from California, who introducs the bill in Congress. They are average human beings who have the Dream - the Dream to conquer the stars. And fortunately, they are in a position to do something more constructive than talk and think about it.
The Lights in the Sky are Stars is wuality scoence fiction. It is a daring flight of imagination and yet it is told in everyday, realistic terms. Some will call it fantastic, and yet who is to say that such things could not happen. This book will be a bridge for all imaginative readers who are yet unfamiliar with the great appeal of science fiction. At the same time, it is a natural for the already initiated for it combines thrills and adventures of the world of tomorrow with quality writing. Fredric Brown, long applauded for his superlative mystery stories, has never produced a better illustration of his creative talents.
