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The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space: Apogee Books Space Series 12 (Apogee Books Space Series) 16 reviews
Gerard K. O'Neill
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2000
The Classic!
+ Memory update
+ High Frontier
+ Almost 30 years older...but not wiser
+ A review of reviews
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Nemesis 48 reviews
Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 1990
Nemesis
+ Fits With The Rest
Isaac Asimov was one the best science fiction writers I've ever read. He sends us a message to the future, maybe a possible future. Ana Maria Charlier Madeira
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Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel 9 reviews
Robert Zimmerman
Joseph Henry Press, 2006
Insight from the Russian Experience in Space
+ Eye-opening, romanticized view of space station research
+ A History of the First Space Stations
+ Leaving Earth
+ Crazed Cosmonauts out in the Cosmos!
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The Citizen's Guide to Lobbying Congress4 reviews
Donald E. deKieffer
Chicago Review Press, 2007
Handy read if you want to get on the scene...
+ Excellent intoduction to congressional affairs
+ Simple and excellent book
+ A Self Guided Text
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)200 reviews
Vernor Vinge
Tor Books, 2000
Vinge pens another instant classic.
+ Compelling Universe
+ SciFi fans of the 60s and 70s
Years from now, Vinge's "Zones of Thought" series (A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep) will be viewed as two of the top Sci-Fi classics of this era in literature. That's how good they are. I could leave my review at that, but I'll go into a bit more detail to back up my claim.
First ...
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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science2 reviews
Harcourt, 2000
Perfect blend of science and fiction
+ Sci Fi Foundations of Space Science
This is a terrific book, containing knowledgeable and reliable science explorations of the possibilities of living in space with some of the best hard science fiction writers' stories treating the same subject, like Greg Bear's WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN. SKYLIFE ought to be in every middle and ...
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The Rocket Company (Library of Flight Series)5 reviews
Patrick J. G. Stiennon
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast), 2005
An interesting case study
+ Peter Finch
+ Great Illustrations
+ good - but not perfect
+ My take on The Rocket Company
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Mining The Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book) 25 reviews
John S. Lewis
Basic Books, 1997
Makes One Think
+ Now I see how it can be done
+ Amazing and important book, even 10 years later
+ This needs to be required reading in schools
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Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel9 reviews
Robert Zimmerman
Joseph Henry Press, 2006
Insight from the Russian Experience in Space
+ Eye-opening, romanticized view of space station research
+ A History of the First Space Stations
+ Leaving Earth
+ Crazed Cosmonauts out in the Cosmos!
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The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space: Apogee Books Space Series 12 (Apogee Books Space Series)16 reviews
Gerard K. O'Neill
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2000
The Classic!
+ Memory update
+ High Frontier
+ Almost 30 years older...but not wiser
+ A review of reviews
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The Rocket Company (Library of Flight Series)5 reviews
Patrick J. G. Stiennon
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast), 2005
An interesting case study
+ Peter Finch
+ Great Illustrations
+ good - but not perfect
+ My take on The Rocket Company
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The Citizen's Guide to Lobbying Congress4 reviews
Donald E. deKieffer
Chicago Review Press, 2007
Handy read if you want to get on the scene...
+ Excellent intoduction to congressional affairs
+ Simple and excellent book
+ A Self Guided Text
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)200 reviews
Vernor Vinge
Tor Books, 2000
Vinge pens another instant classic.
+ Compelling Universe
+ SciFi fans of the 60s and 70s
Years from now, Vinge's "Zones of Thought" series (A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep) will be viewed as two of the top Sci-Fi classics of this era in literature. That's how good they are. I could leave my review at that, but I'll go into a bit more detail to back up my claim.
First ...
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Nemesis48 reviews
Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 1990
Nemesis
+ Fits With The Rest
Isaac Asimov was one the best science fiction writers I've ever read. He sends us a message to the future, maybe a possible future. Ana Maria Charlier Madeira
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Mining The Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)25 reviews
John S. Lewis
Basic Books, 1997
Makes One Think
+ Now I see how it can be done
+ Amazing and important book, even 10 years later
+ This needs to be required reading in schools
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Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science2 reviews
Harcourt, 2000
Perfect blend of science and fiction
+ Sci Fi Foundations of Space Science
This is a terrific book, containing knowledgeable and reliable science explorations of the possibilities of living in space with some of the best hard science fiction writers' stories treating the same subject, like Greg Bear's WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN. SKYLIFE ought to be in every middle and ...
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