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"Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have."
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![]() Niven paints a great picture in this story, one of his earliest.
Compare to the city of space, from a Jack Williamson story Prince of Space in 1931. Also, see can city from Hyperion (1989), by Dan Simmons.
Jack Williamson had the idea of space miners who lived in their suits; see osprey space armor from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'This was their world, their planet — this swift-traveling, yet seemingly moveless vessel.'
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