James H. Schmitz 1 hr 39 min read

For twelve years the Seventh Star Hotel floated at the crossroads of three shipping routes, a great golden sphere of luxury and scandal, until something very dangerous got loose aboard it.

James H. Schmitz's 1961 story is a fast, clever space-opera adventure of intrigue and menace at a glamorous space resort. Sharp, entertaining golden-age SF. Read it for a rousing tale of a deadly threat prowling a floating pleasure-palace at the heart of the Hub.

In its time

Published in 1961, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

1 hr 39 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

John Schoenherr