Late night non-blog-related rereading of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy has been interrupted by the acquisition, from the Old Pier Bookshop, of a John Grisham novel that I had not read yet. Grisham is so up-to-date with communications tech that his novels read like sf.
Satellites are no longer sf and hopefully soon Lunar and Martian bases and space habitats will no longer be either. Such habitats need to become self-sustaining as Earth advances into the Chaos and the shadow. But I also hope that Earth can be salvaged. These were some of Poul Anderson's concerns although this post has ventured into other fiction, then onto Earth Real. Good night or morning, depending on where you are on Earth.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I've read a few of Grisham's lawyer novels, such as THE STREET LAWYER, and they were not bad at all. Altho some of the intricacies of US law and legal practice must seem strange to many Britons.
The stories from the UK that seems most analogous to me would be "The Rumpole of the Old Bailey" mysteries. Albeit I think we see more humor in them than in Grisham's works.
Ditto, what you said about the URGENT need for bases and colonies OFF Earth. I recommend Robert Zubrin's THE CASE FOR SPACE for an up to date discussion of such issues. And my fear is the US may well collapse into anarchy and chaos. Which won't help the rest of the world, aside from hostile powers like China and Russia.
Ad astra! Sean
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