Growing Up Weightless Author:John M. Ford Story of a lost generation coming of age in a sterile lunar colony. Matt Ronay and his posse of hacker friends pass the time in the 21st century by playing virtual reality games and making fun of Terran tourists, while dreaming about future employment on starships. They're a spirited, funky bunch, like their ancestors who declared independence f... more »rom Earth years ago. Although they speak in a Russian/English/Japanese jive -- passed down from the settlers -- the sound of self-pitying adolescence rings true.