![]() However, Kirby’s era appears to be much further in the future than Stark’s. In this regard Kirby, the ruggedly virile protagonist of Alpha Centauri Or Die! is similar to Brackett’s more famous creation Eric John Stark in that he was a recurring character. In other words, Brackett didn’t weld together two unrelated stories the two Planet Stories novellas did indeed feature the same characters in a continnuing storyline. I have the original pulp stories but haven’t read them – I glanced through them, though, and found that for the most part they were basically the same as what’s printed in this paperback. ![]() Here we have another Leigh Brackett novel which started life in the pulps, a decade before Alpha Centauri Or Die! collects “The Ark Of Mars” ( Planet Stories, September 1953) and “The Teleportress Of Alpha C” ( Planet Stories, Winter 1954-1955), Brackett presumably tinkering with the narrative to make the two stories into one longish tale. Alpha Centauri Or Die!, by Leigh Brackett
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