For previous discussions, see here.
We recognize features of a particular kind of fictional future. There is a "'...Peace Command.'" (p. 36) This is an equivalent of the Space Patrol in Robert Heinlein's Adult and Juvenile Future Histories. There is also a "...World Union...," (p. 37) This is an equivalent of Heinlein's World Federation.
"The compound occupies a hill with a view over the medieval city, the river, green countryside, distant Alpine snowpeaks. Even stronger than seeing Earth from space, a scene like this brings to me the sense of home, that here is where we belong." (p. 38)
We remember other sf titles:
The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein
Earthman, Come Home by James Blish
Earth looks different to those who have left it and returned.
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Kaor, Paul!
And of course there's Anderson's World Federation in THE STAR FOX.
It's my belief that if/when mankind settles other worlds, those planets will become "home" to the descendants of the first colonists. But I can still some of these colonies revering Earth as "Manhome."
Ad astra! Sean
It's interesting that pre-space-flight most people didn't realize that from space earth would be predominantly blue and white -- white clouds, blue oceans (75% of the surface).
Even the continents usually don't look green, they look brownish.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Yes, but Heinlein's THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH is so much more poetic a title for a book than THE DUN HILLS OF EARTH!
Ad astra! Sean
I think that the Terrestrial tricolour should be blue, white and green.
From a distance, green places generally look sort of blue-ish. Forested mountains, for example.
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Paul: I would prefer the flag of a united Terra to be a sunburst in a royal blue field.
Mr. Stirling: The pictures I've seen of Earth from space are like that.
Ad astra! Sean
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