Birth of Fire

Jerry Pournelle

earliest edition we have, 1976 Pocket, 1978 paperback

The choice was simple: Earth and prison -- or Mars and slavery For Garrett Pittson, wrongly convicted of murder, the choice was no choice. The struggling Mars settlement needed miners. At least there he wouldn't be behind bars. As it turned out, he might as well have been: the mining corporations were running a veritable penal colony. Appalling conditions prevailed. No work meant no food. As an extreme punishment,...

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Birth of fire edition · 1987 · Baen Books · 229 pages
Birth of Fire paperback · 1987 · Baen Books · 9780671656492
Birth of Fire paperback · 1980 · Pocket · 9780671416140
Birth of Fire paperback · 1978 · Pocket · 9780671821975
BIRTH OF FIRE edition · 1976 · Pocket Books · 9780373720231

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