Gravity
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The future in space may be wondrous and unimaginably high-tech, but it's likely also to be messy, rebellious, and dangerous. “Gravity” is the first of several shorts that take place among the wild-and-wooly miners of the Asteroid Belt out beyond Mars. The story is my homage to Robert Heinlein's cheerful, no-nonsense, inspiring tales of plucky heroes, high danger, and ingenuity in the face of surprise. Also, I wondered what would happen to a spaceship marooned near… Product details and pricing info |
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- Asteroid Colony Rebels
- In his brief bio we learn that "Jim Hull wanders the world of arts and letters the way some people wander the earth." Reading that one cannot help but wonder how he wanders. Does he shuffle barefoot past dusty hovels or bolt down asphalt strapped in the seat of a nitro burning dragster? We may not know the answer about Mr. Hull's wandering, but in "Gravity" we meet journalist Robin Jackson who enjoys the "noisy little thrill ride of acceleration" in a spaceship.
The people of the asteroid colonies are trying to break away from the Mars government. In search of a scoop, reporter Jackson finds himself in the midst of fight aboard a battle cruiser of the asteroid rebels. Seeing casualties up close, he comes to question the romance of journalism.
It's a fun read though a disturbing comment on the futility of war which seems unchanging even when humans have colonized more of our solar system. Enjoy. - 2007-09-08, 1 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
