"FICTION / General" . . "Outer space" . . . . . . "Science fiction"@en . "Science fiction" . "Islands of Space" . "Islands of Space"@en . . . . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . "Islands of space"@en . "Electronic books"@en . . "Electronic books" . "Islands of space" . . . . "As Earth's faster-than-light spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, Arcot, Wade, Morey and Fuller could see below them, like a vast shining horizon, the mass of stars that formed their own island universe. Morey worked a moment with his slide rule, then said, \"\"We made good time! Twenty-nine light years in ten seconds! Yet you had it on at only half power ... \"\" Arcot pushed the control lever all the way to full power. The ship filled with the strain of flowing energy, and sparks snapped in the air of the control room as they raced at an inconceivable speed through the d."@en . . . . . . .