For twenty years, the crew of the Dark Star has endured mind-numbing boredom as they reflexively continue to fulfill their mission to keep the galaxy safe by destroying unstable planets. Their captain is dead and kept in cryogenic sleep, leaving commanding officer Lieutenant Doolittle, Sergeant Pinback, Corporal Boiler, and Talby to keep a rapidly failing spaceship afloat. To prevent themselves from going mad, they engage in trivial pursuits like chasing the alien mascot, Beachballus Carpenterbannoni, around the ship, target shooting, playing music, and practical jokes. When an electromagnetic storm accidentally arms intelligent Bomb #20, the crew has only a short time to convince it not to detonate.

Alan Dean Foster’s novelization of John Carpenter’s science fiction film was first published in 1974. This edition explores the narrative space beyond the screenplay, focusing on the internal lives of the crew.

This Centipede Press edition of *Dark Star* is the first hardcover edition of the novel ever published. It features a new introduction by Alan Dean Foster, original poster reproductions, original artwork reproductions, and film stills throughout the text. The book includes new dustjacket artwork by Ben Baldwin, is fully bound in European cloth with multiple color stamping on the spine and front board, and features a ribbon marker and Smyth sewn binding.