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  • (ReacTor) Taming the High Frontier

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 5 15:19:01 2025
    Taming the High Frontier: Five Works Featuring Space Colonies

    From Babylon 5 to RPGs, everybody loves space colonies!

    https://reactormag.com/taming-the-high-frontier-five-works-featuring-space-colonies/
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Feb 5 21:49:19 2025
    In article <vo0utc$2k76i$[email protected]>,
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2/5/2025 9:19 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Taming the High Frontier: Five Works Featuring Space Colonies

    From Babylon 5 to RPGs, everybody loves space colonies!

    https://reactormag.com/taming-the-high-frontier-five-works-featuring-space-c
    olonies/

    "Orbital Decay (Near-space)" by Allen Steele

    Wasn't that just a space station? OTOH, his _Clarke County, Space_ was
    set in space colony.

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    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Feb 13 22:14:27 2025
    In article <volosc$332ar$[email protected]>,
    Tony Nance <[email protected]> wrote:

    I thought of Banks' Orbitals from his Culture books, and Reynolds'
    Glitter Band from his Revelation Space universe. Of course, some of your >commenters thought of these as well.

    It suddenly occurs to me to wonder if Reynolds ever read Vinge's
    Heaven Belt stories.
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