Rogue in Space
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Rogue in Space is a science fiction novel by Fredric Brown. It was first published in 1957.
[edit] Plot
In the book a sentient and powerful asteroid arrives in the solar system's asteroid belt after countless aeons of wandering interstellar space. Passing by another asteroid, the living asteroid makes its first ever encounter with other living beings - a likeable criminal involved in a life-and-death struggle with a corrupt and power-mad judge.
The judge is eventually killed, but so too is his beautiful wife who had allied herself with the criminal, the couple falling in love. The god-like living asteroid takes pity on the couple and resurrects the woman before collecting all of the asteroids in the belt together to form a planet. The living asteroid places itself at the centre of the new planet, and makes it into a paradise for the human couple.
