The novelization pads out the original nine sections of the novella and adds five new chapters with Barrett’s backstory as a revolutionary, right to the point where he’s sent back to the station. I didn’t get much from the new chapters, and between the novel and the original story, I would recommend reading the original only.
So Hawksbill’s machine did work, and the rumors were true, and this was where they sent the troublesome ones. Was Janet here too? He asked. No, Pleyel said. There were only men here. Twenty or thirty prisoners, managing somehow to survive.

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  1. Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg (Doubleday, October 1968).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Silverberg