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"Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Beta Beam Satellite | ||
| The Beta Beam satellite had never been used in war; but when I was seven years old, the Pentagon had arranged a demonstration. They'd turned it loose on a Perseid meteor shower. Lines of light had filled the sky one summer night, a glorious display, the first time I'd ever been allowed up past midnight. The Beta Beam had shot down over a thousand rocks. |
| Technovelgy from Limits,
by Larry Niven. Published by Del Rey in 1985 Additional resources -
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This is from the short story Folk Tale - one of the Draco Tavern stories by Niven.
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