A multi-generational ship that has travelled from one galaxy to
another (!) results in a race that is predominantly agoraphobic. So
much so that anyone that can look through a portal at the stars
without curling up into a tight ball is considered a sick freak. The
(huge) ship is supposed to be designed to unfold around a dead planet
and instantly terraform it, but beliving that the population would not
be able to handle the change, the leaders subvert the technology to
strip mine an entire planet and create a second ship.
I forget which novel it is (there's been about 30), but it's an
enjoyable read for fans of the series.
CJ.
(Larry, do you want to forward this to carlsagan for me...?)
---Larry Klaes <lklaes@bbn.com> wrote:
>
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> >From: Gregory David Stempel <fyrframe@ptinet.net>
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> >Subject: Re: Heinlein did it first--RE: [ASTRO] One million humans to
> > the stars?
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> >Reply-To: Gregory David Stempel <fyrframe@ptinet.net>
> >
> >An interesting concept reaching into the world of paradigms.
> >
> >If you are born on a spaceship and grow up in this cylindrical
world for
> >thirty years, landing on a planet to start a colony may not be so
easy.
> >You would not be conditioned for such an environment.
> >
> >Living aboard a spaceship would require some very serious regulatory
> >exhistances, once back on earth or living in a colony like earth,
your
> >freedoms would change. Like leaving a small child in a forest?
> >
> >Take care
> >Gregory david Stempel
> >
>
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