Tag: space travel
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Sue Burke: Semiosis
Could you have any shared values with a plant? Semiosis is an original first contact novel in the sense that it describes first contact with a plant species. The immediate parallel jumping to mind is Wyndham’s “Day of the Triffids” [10 Best SF books] – but there humans confront plants on Earth proper, and there’s…
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Hiking on Pluto
Hiking on Pluto would bear similarities to hiking in the Himalaya on Earth. The tallest peaks on Pluto are even named after the first climbers to reach Mount Everest – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The highest peak, at 6200 meters, is also comparable to Mount Everest if we consider this height base-to-top. It is…