Boyd, John

What happens when two U.S. naval astronauts land on the planet Harlech, where there is no government, no law--indeed--no concept of sin! For on Harlech, public nudity is a way of life and the paternalism of children is of little interest to the mothers.

The world of the recent future... theoretical mathematicians are at the top of society; geneticists determine mate selection; the Pope is a computer. Hell is a distant planet. Space travel has been conquered and abandoned. Haldane IV, a young mathematician, falls in love with Helix, a poetess — a forbidden union. They are discovered and sent for trial...

A science fiction thriller about a beautiful alien girl and her crew.

This is the novel of Ireland in the tumultuous years from the mid-19th-century famine to the Easter Rebellion. The Irish peasants were scraping the earth to stay alive, when Alice found herself thrown into a world of plenty through her marriage to the wealthy landowner, Samuel Flaherty. She grew to love her husband for his fairness and gentility. She grew to understand the need for peace. But Alice never outgrew her passion for Morgan, the patriot who was ready to fight for all he loved.