Ace (F-425) 1966 paperback. Cover by Kelly FreasK, frontispiece by Jack Gaughan; 125 pages. Condition is VG+ or better : tight and square with flat spine; line next to spine; price written in pen at upper left of cover (gets lost in the black background - below the word "Poul"); slight rubbing wear front and back; interior has no stamps, marks or writing; age tanning is mild and uniform, insides of covers are darker.

World Without Stars, by Poul Anderson. Serialized as "The Ancient Gods" in Analog June & July 1966. The starship Meteor crashlands on a planet in the vast gulf between the galaxies. The native Ai Chun insisted that their planet was the only world - created by themselves, the omnipotent god-race of the universe. They feel the Earthmen's claim to come by starship from another world light-years away is blasphemous...