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Space Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series)
Space Travel - Science Fiction Writing Series Author:Ben Bova, Anthony R. Lewis Ben Bova and Anthony R. Lewis take you on a tour of space, to help you set your stories among the stars. — Space Travel explains science, to help you make your fiction plausible. You'll engineer your rockets with accurate technical data. Show your characters' physical response to weightlessness. Know the environment of space, how inhospitable it ... more »is--and how it's opening for business. Build an Earth-orbiting habitat for your story's setting. Discover our solar system...and the staggering immensity of interstellar space. Consider the prospect of near-light-speed travel. Imagine the conflicts, legal and military, your fictional missions might spark.
In this book, you'll see what is real today--and what may become real tomorrow.
Space Travel is a flight plan. Use its facts and write fiction that breaks the bonds of Earth and lifts your readers into space at the speed of thought.« less