Starcross

A work by Dave Lebling

MICHAEL’S HISTORY WITH THIS WORLD

Second sealed copy — lesser condition

CONDITION ASSESSMENT

NMNear Mint

Sealed

An exceptionally clean sealed copy with only slight signs of age or handling.

Photo + owner inspection · not third-party certified

Dave Lebling sends you into the far future with a lightship, a grappling line, and the very bad judgment required to board an abandoned alien starship. The vessel is immense, sterile, and full of evidence that its makers had no interest in human scale: unfamiliar machinery, living specimens, and puzzles that keep asking whether you understand the same thing the ship understands. Starcross belongs to Infocom’s first, purest run of science-fiction worlds—no comic lens, no fantasy exit—just a strange object drifting in the dark and a player forced to make contact with it. The package promised an expert-level challenge. It was not bluffing.

THE ARCHIVE DRAWER

The world beyond the box.

Open archival scans Feelies Map Manual

Front photograph of Michael’s sealed IBM PC copy, with its original Babbage’s price label and the bright magenta-striped science-fiction border intact. Historical materials remain with the preservation projects that made them available.