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Going Interstellar
| Author: | Jack McDevitt Les Johnson |
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Baen, 2012 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Essays by space scientists and engineers on the coolest ways and means to get humanity to the stars along with stories by an all-star assortment of talespinners abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah A. Hoyt and more.
Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what's beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them?
Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some highly informative and entertaining answers.
Table of Contents:
- Foreword - essay by Les Johnson
- Introduction - essay by Les Johnson and Jack McDevitt
- Choices - short story by Les Johnson
- A Country for Old Men - novelette by Ben Bova
- Antimatter Starships - essay by Gregory L. Matloff
- Lucy - novelette by Jack McDevitt
- Lesser Beings - novelette by Charles E. Gannon
- Fusion Starship - essay by Gregory L. Matloff
- Project Icarus: A Theoretical Design Study for an Interstellar Spacecraft - essay by Dr. Richard Obousy
- Design Flaw - novelette by Louise Marley
- Twenty Lights to "The Land of Snow" - novella by Michael Bishop
- Solar and Beamed Energy Sails - essay by Les Johnson
- The Big Ship and the Wise Old Owl - novelette by Sarah A. Hoyt
- Siren Song - short story by Mike Resnick
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