Usually there are two "reasons" why something is done; the
reason why it needs to be done, and, quite separate, the reason
people want to do it. The foul-up starts when the
reason-for-wanting is satisfied ... and the need remains. . .
The fleet numbered fifteen, more than half the interstellar
ships humankind possessed. But Earth's overlords had been as
anxious to get rid of the Constitutionalists (the most stubborn
ones, at least; the stay-at-homes were "ipso facto" less likely to
be troublesome) as that science-minded, liberty-minded group of
archaists were to escape being forcibly absorbed by modern society.
Rustum, e Eridani II, was six parsecs away, forty-one years of
travel, and barely habitable: but the only possible world yet
discovered. A successful colony would be prestigious, and could do
no harm; its failure would dispose of a thorn in the official ribs.
Tying up fifteen ships for eight decades was all right too.
Exploration was a dwindling activity, which interested fewer men
each generation.
General
Imprint: |
Aegypan
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Authors: |
Poul Anderson
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
36 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60664-549-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
LSN: |
1-60664-549-8 |
Barcode: |
9781606645499 |
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