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Stellaris

People of the Stars

Les Johnson Hampson E Robert

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BAEN BOOKS
25 August 2020
"BECOMING THE PEOPLE OF THESTARS

Fundamental transformation. Thatis what it may take to reach our final destination. And we may not have a choiceas dangers from without and pressure from within human civilization force us toadapt to a new star-traveling heritage. We may find that Homo sapiens is on itsway to becoming a new and unique species—Homo stellaris: people of thestars.

A BOUNDLESS SENSE OFWHAT’S POSSIBLE

Inspired by agathering of scientists, science fiction authors, and futurists at a series ofannual meetings held by the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop, here areoriginal science fiction stories and accessible speculative pieces by topscientists that will take you to that future! Enjoy stories from award-winningauthors such as Kevin J. Anderson, William Ledbetter, Todd McCaffrey, and SarahA. Hoyt, plus essays on the science behind the fiction from Martin Rees,Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom, Mark Shelhamer, Chief Scientist forNASA’s Human Research Program, andmore! 

About Stellaris:

People of the Stars:

""[A]thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculativefiction solutions. . . . Readers will enjoy this collection that is aseducational as it isentertaining.""—Booklist

""Thiswas an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing thestars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality washigh.""—Tangent

About Missionto Methone, by LesJohnson:

""The spirit of Arthur C.

Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson’s old-fashionedfirst-contact novel, set in 2068. . . . includes plenty of realistic detailand puts fun new spins on familiar alien concepts. . . . There’s a greatdeal here for fans of early hard SF.""—PublishersWeekly

""With equal parts sciencefiction and international intrigue. . . . an exciting, fast-paced read that youwill not want to putdown.""—Booklist

About RescueMode, by Ben Bova and LesJohnson: "". . . a suspenseful andcompelling narrative of the first human spaceflight toMars.""—Booklist"
Edited by:   ,
Imprint:   BAEN BOOKS
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9781982124892
ISBN 10:   198212489X
Pages:   448
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Les Johnson is a physicist and author. He is the author of Rescue Mode, coauthored with Ben Bova, as well as Back to the Moon and On to the Asteroid, both coauthored with Travis S. Taylor. He is the coeditor of the science/science fiction collection Going Interstellar. His first solo novel was Mission to Methone. He was technical consultant for the movies Europa Report and Lost in Space and has appeared on the Discovery Channel series Physics of the Impossible in the How to Build a Starship episode. He has also appeared in three episodes of the Science Channel series Exodus Earth. By day, he serves as Solar Sail Principal Investigator of NASA's first interplanetary solar sail mission and leads research on various other advanced space propulsion technologies at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Robert E. Hampson, Ph.D., turns science fiction into science in his day job, and puts the science into science fiction in his spare time. He has consulted for more than a dozen SF writers, assisting in the (fictional) creation of future medicine, brain computer interfaces, unusual diseases, alien intelligence, novel brain diseases (and the medical nanites to cure them), exotic toxins, and brain effects of a zombie virus. His science writing ranges from fictional depiction of real science and the mysteries of the brain to surviving the apocalypse or living in space. His recent forays into short fiction have appeared in the US Army Small Wars Journal (TRADOC Mad Science Writing Contest), Science Fiction by Scientists (Springer), Black Tide Rising anthologies (Baen), and Four Horsemen Universe (Chris Kennedy Publishing). Some of his prior fiction and nonfiction appeared under the pseudonym Tedd Roberts. Dr. Hampson is a professor of physiology/pharmacology and neurology with more than thirty-five years' experience in animal neuroscience and human neurology. His professional work includes more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles ranging from the pharmacology of memory to the effects of radiation on the brain--and most recently, the first report of a neural prosthetic to restore human memory using the brain's own neural codes. He is a member of the SIGMA Forum and the Science and Entertainment Exchange--a service of the National Academy of Sciences. He is married with two grown sons and lives outside Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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