Stellaris : people of the stars

Book 2019

"Stellaris: People of the Stars is a collection of original science fiction stories and nonfiction essays speculating about humanity's far-term expansion into the universe beyond the limits of our solar system--with an emphasis on the changes humans will undergo as a species as we make this happen. Is interstellar travel so far beyond our current imaginings that it will take a fundamental transformation of humanity in order to make it possible? A...

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Forecasting

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Interstellar travel

Interstellar travel Fiction

Science fiction, American

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Science fiction Short stories

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ISBN:

9781481484251
1481484257

Description:

pages cm

Contents:

Foreword: Becoming the people of the stars / Robert E. Hampson
Burn the boats / Sarah A. Hoyt
Bridging / William Ledbetter
Future of intelligent life in the cosmos / Martin Rees
Stella Infantes / Kacey Ezell and Philip Wohlrab
Maintaining crew health and mission performance in ventures beyond near-Earth space / Mark Shelhamer
At the bottom of the white / Todd McCaffrey
Pageants of Humanity / Brent Roeder
Home stellaris / Robert E. Hampson and Les Johnson
Time flies / Kevin J. Anderson
Our worldship broke! / Jim Beall
Nanny / Les Johnson
Those left behind / Robert E. Hampson
Securing the stars / Mike Massa
Smallest of things / Catherine L. Smith
Biological and medical challenges of the transition to Homo Stellaris / Nikhill Rao
Exodus / Daniel M. Hoyt
Afterword / Les Johnson
Tennessee Valley Interstellar workshop / Joe Meany, Edward "Sandy" Montgomery and John Preston

LCCN:

2019020168

Control Number:

2977652

Other Authors:

Hampson, Robert E., editor
Johnson, Les (Charles Les), editor

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