Larger Than Worlds
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George Zebrowski is one of those excellent science fiction authors who just don't do enough writing. I first encountered some of his work in the Laser series of books. A few years later I came across Macrolife, a fantastic work about living in space (not on planets, but living in artificial communities, as suggested by J.D. Bernal, Olaf Stapledon, Gerard K. O'Neil and many others). Coupled with a cover and interior (black-and-white) illustrations by Rick Sternbach, the book blew me away. Years later, after several more Zebrowski volumes were purchased, I was lucky enough to find a copy of Macrolife in hardcover (autographed!).
The book has been out of print for years. Until now. Get thee to the book store and buy this volume! In fact, I'll make it the first entry in my list of favorite fiction volumes!
An older interview with the author.
Addendum (May 16, 2007): The book at the publisher's site.
Posted by Fred Kiesche at May 16, 2007 06:19 PMIf you haven't read Killing Star, by him and Charles Pellegrino, read it at once. Immediately. Really.
Best alien invasion story ever, because it is not like any other alien invasion story. Actually, real soon now, I'll be posting something about that book combined with Travis' "planetary defense" based on what I've seen of what you've written, you might dig it. The first part is here: (Url edited to dodge your spam filter - add in perfidy.org before all of this)
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Posted by: buckethead at May 22, 2007 06:24 AM