Is it proposed to transform and inhabit Deimos (see 10, p. 131, and Fenn's Futuristic Speculation) or Phobos (see 26, p. 338, and Israel And The Space Program)? I had to check which Martian moon was meant and found references to both. This was not meant to be a new post but it seemed easier to do it this way than as an addendum to the preceding post.
We will come to the details of how the cybercosm had planned to demoralize and demotivate mankind which is an abysmal story. More positive stuff is going to happen in the further future but the tetralogy ends with the thwarting of this dismal plot.
And now I will try to close down operations for tonight. Tomorrow, some gardening, some exercise, the Gregson and probably some more posts about The Fleet Of Stars. Good night.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
You seem to be disappointed by the "abysmal" plot that was the point of THE FLEET OF STARS. And that the "pure intellect" that was the cybercosm was just another scheming politician rather than a benign super guru. That was now I reacted, when I read the book, with me being both interested in the conflict and taking great satisfaction in the cybercosm's defeat. My view is that no one short of God and the angels/saints who dwell with Him can be unconditionally trusted. Which means I believe in the wisdom of being skeptical of anything like a "pure intellect," suspiciously wondering what its agenda was. E.g., Ps. 145.3 (LXX) comes to mind!
More simply put, most readers (my-self included) prefer stories having problems and conflicts needing to be resolved.
Ad astra! Sean
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