THEY WANTED THE STARS... Fleeing a utopian Earth, searching for meaning, Jenorden and his friends take to the stars to save a helpless race from merciless telepathic aliens.But when travelers from another galaxy appear, offering to answer any question, reveal any secret and end any conflict, are their motives sinister......or sincere?---A huge hit when it was released in 1964, and one of the first science fiction novels to star a person of color, I Want the Stars is a hopeful tale of tomorrow, one that resonates today more than ever.This edition includes a "making of" essay, a window into the world of an SF writer in the Silver Age of the genre.