{"id":24333,"date":"2021-09-18T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24333"},"modified":"2021-09-18T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:21:47","slug":"books-going-interstellar-edited-by-les-johnson-jack-mcdevitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24333","title":{"rendered":"Books: “Going Interstellar” edited by Les Johnson & Jack McDevitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baen Books<\/a> tells me of the release of a second edition of Going Interstellar<\/strong><\/a><\/em> in trade paperback<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what\u2019s beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them?<\/em><\/p>\n

Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some highly informative and entertaining answers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Download the comprehensive Teacher\u2019s Guide here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A sampling of the stories<\/a> is available.<\/p>\n

\"Going<\/a>Co-editor Les Johnson<\/a> is a NASA physicist and author.\u00a0 Check out the list of his books at Baen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And the other co-editor Jack McDevitt<\/a> is the Nebula Award\u2013winning author of The Academy<\/a><\/em> [Amazon link] series, including The Long Sunset<\/a><\/i> [Amazon link]. McDevitt posted about the new release of the book in paperback:\u00a0 Blog #80<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

As co-editor, I am of course not objective about the collection. Nevertheless I can\u2019t avoid mentioning that the fiction is compelling. What might it really be like to board an interstellar vehicle on a mission to a nearby star that will take years or decades? That some of us would realize, going out, that we would not live long enough to return? And what would it feel like to actually visit another star?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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