Links for 18-03-2007
The case for space, SF Site’s Readers’ Choice list 2006, orbitals better than moonbases…
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1 – The SF Site: Readers’ Choice Best Read of the Year
A very different list to the contributors list, as they acknowledge in the leader.
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2 – Susan Sontag: Pay attention to the world
“In a previously unpublished essay, written just before her death in 2004, Susan Sontag makes a passionate case for the moral superiority of the novel in a mass-media age.”
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3 – Orbital Outposts: A Better Bet than a Moonbase?
“Orbital settlements are huge spacecraft [...]that provide radiation protection, a breathable atmosphere, nearly self-sufficient life support, and that rotate to provide something that feels much like Earth-normal gravity at the rim.”
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“When you think about it, so much of science involves putting our instruments into the right place at the right time.”
