Going Interstellar eBook Jack McDevitt Les Johnson
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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.
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Going Interstellar eBook Jack McDevitt Les Johnson
I'm a big fan of short-story collections such of this, and given the subject it was only a matter of time before it migrated from my Wish List to my Cart. I just finished it the other day.This is a good collection, very solid. I had expected it to be a collection of short stories devoted to aspects of interstellar travel and those ARE there, but it's more than that....there's a focus (which I didn't know prior to purchase) on stories that used *known* physics and current or near-current technologies....no warp drives or Stargates here! Interspersed are various essays on starship design, various propulsion options (solar sails, fusion, anti-matter), etc. Because the focus is on known or plausibly-known propulsion options, the stories themselves revolve around expeditions to nearby stars only....the "early days" of interstellar travel as it were.
The stories themselves are the usual mixed lot, some so fascinating I couldn't wait to turn the page and others so "weird" (for lack of a better phrase) that I skipped them after a few pages. This is typical for any collection such as this, and the ones that didn't work for me might very well be favorites for somebody else...there's plenty to go around here.
The design essays were generally very solid with some interesting designs postulated; they formed an excellent background for some of stories.
Recommended for anybody who likes this type of focus and a little different take from the more space opera style stories one often finds.
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Going Interstellar eBook Jack McDevitt Les Johnson Reviews
I bought this book a few months ago and enjoyed it. It is a good combination of science fiction and chapters on real science. It is a good read and I think you will enjoy it.
Fine collection of essays and stories.
the book is a collection of short stories and factual essays. A few of the stories were interesting, but the essays were about stuff I have known for years. It is probably a better fir for someone new to this field.
Since this is a collection of sci-fi short stories they are all surprises and interesting concepts! I enjoyed it thoroughly!
There are some pretty good stories in here. Recommended for reading. This reminds me of the old Asimov books combining stories and educational chapters. These chapters are definitely worth reading!
Science Fiction has long led space exploration, both as inspiration for generations of scientist, engineers and explorers and also pointing out roads to travel down technically and philosophically. Going Interstellar is an outstanding blend of Science Fiction by top authors as well as leading edge work by expert scientists on actual star travel. Solid reviews of the main types of more possible starships (fusion, anti-matter, sails) and the real design work of Project Icarus are the science/engineering bedrock of the book and are a great way to start to transition from purely a science fiction reader into the burgeoning field of real, practical interstellar travel planning. The science fiction is also thought provoking all around - I particularly like Ben Bova's contribution - A Country for old men - a giant of the field who has already inspired at least a generation. Overall, a great interdisciplinary work on space travel.
I've reviewed other novels by McDevitt and enjoyed them quite a bit, so when this anthology came out, I was quick to buy it. Overall, it was pretty good, but its mixed nature made it inconsistent.
I enjoyed all the essays. They were full of facts, history, and a reasonable amount of hard science. They even had a few diagrams, so I'm glad I bought it in dead-tree edition rather than e-book. Mostly the essays dealt with various proposals for real interstellar spacecraft that would plod along at slower than the speed of light. While that can make for weak fiction, it's actually possible by our current understanding of the universe. No magic physics is required.
The fiction was hit or miss for me. I did really enjoy one of the stories by McDevitt, and it truly did make me care about the main character, an AI computer that finally got a shot at the big game. A couple of others left me flat, and one truly disappointed me. It dealt with a multi-generation colony ship, and I found it lacking compared to my own novel of a similar colony ship. That's not really fair to this story, of course, but that's how it hit me.
So, if you want some info on real interstellar proposals, get this for the articles, and maybe check out the fiction.
I'm a big fan of short-story collections such of this, and given the subject it was only a matter of time before it migrated from my Wish List to my Cart. I just finished it the other day.
This is a good collection, very solid. I had expected it to be a collection of short stories devoted to aspects of interstellar travel and those ARE there, but it's more than that....there's a focus (which I didn't know prior to purchase) on stories that used *known* physics and current or near-current technologies....no warp drives or Stargates here! Interspersed are various essays on starship design, various propulsion options (solar sails, fusion, anti-matter), etc. Because the focus is on known or plausibly-known propulsion options, the stories themselves revolve around expeditions to nearby stars only....the "early days" of interstellar travel as it were.
The stories themselves are the usual mixed lot, some so fascinating I couldn't wait to turn the page and others so "weird" (for lack of a better phrase) that I skipped them after a few pages. This is typical for any collection such as this, and the ones that didn't work for me might very well be favorites for somebody else...there's plenty to go around here.
The design essays were generally very solid with some interesting designs postulated; they formed an excellent background for some of stories.
Recommended for anybody who likes this type of focus and a little different take from the more space opera style stories one often finds.
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