F. L. Wallace 4 hr 46 min read

Outcasts too broken for a perfect Earth build one desperate hope of escape, the expanded novel of Wallace's exiles.

This 1955 Gnome Press novel grows F. L. Wallace's story 'Accidental Flight' into a full-length tale, following Docchi and the 'accidentals' who cannot belong on a flawless world and will risk everything to leave it. Humane, inventive social SF about disability, dignity, and the drive to find somewhere to belong. Read it for a moving golden-age novel that treats its damaged outcasts with real tenderness.

In its time

Published in 1952, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

4 hr 46 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Wallace Wood