tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3141167659304364282..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Early Extrasolar Colonization IIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-36672062635047449982016-04-14T15:49:40.663+01:002016-04-14T15:49:40.663+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I certainly hope something like Pourn...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I certainly hope something like Pournelle's Alderson Drive in the CoDominium or Anderson's Technic History hyperdrive is invented SOON! Not likely, I admit.<br /><br />We already know THOUSANDS of planets exist, most of them admittedly very likely to be unsuitable for colonization. But those planets are largely the ones EASIEST to be detected at our current level of technology. Terrestroid planets are, it seems, going to be smaller and more difficult to detect. Plus, on absolute terms, terrestroid are going to be few compared to uninhabitable worlds. Still, I think it is reasonable to believe there will be some worlds human beings can colonize.<br /><br />Even given nanotechnology we may still see humanly colonized terrestroid worlds at least temporarily "backward" or primitive due to new colonies not having, yet, the capital needed for advanced industrialization. So, the examples you cited from Anderson's works in the link you gave (Hermes, Aeneas, Dennitza) might still give us valid examples.<br /><br />Can't recall the passage you had in mind from the Psychotechnic series. I'm currently rereading "Starship," one of Anderson's earliest (1950) stories. VERY readable while still showing signs of how it's one of PA's earlier works.<br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com