SHIPWRECK
by Charles Logan
I wish I’d written this ...
... because it’s one of my all-time favourite SF novels!
This is a forgotten gem — a Robinson Crusoe-style tale of an astronaut castaway on an alien planet. Pre-dating Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN by thirty-four years, it has less science but more emotion. Reading it will make you feel all the loneliness and isolation of its protagonist ... and you'll feel the inevitable and grim climax creeping closer and closer as you turn each page. This is not a happy story but it's a marvellously-told one that stuck in my memory from my teens right through to my 'fifties, which is when I read it again and enjoyed it just as much.
From the publisher
When an atomic explosion destroys a huge expedition ship, Tansis becomes the sole survivor. A skilled space pilot, he manages to land his scout craft on the nearest planet. The alien world in which he finds himself is not hostile but has no means of supporting human life. Desperate for intelligent contact, Tansis establishes a telepathic relationship with the extraordinary seal-like creatures who live in the planet's oceans. But just as things seem to be going smoothly, the craft computer warns Tansis that the energy supply is running out and he is forced to take drastic measures to safeguard his own survival ...
