6 thoughts on “Summer Reading”

  1. Boy, I thought you really mean solar power themed fiction. There’s that Heinlein book about that, if anyone can remember its title. I was going to ask for space whaling fiction next. 🙂

  2. I was going to ask for space whaling fiction next. 🙂
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    Star Trek
    The Captain’s Table
    book six

  3. Sorry Karl, I can’t think of the Heinlein SBSP story. The only one that comes to mind is ‘Sunstroke’ by David Kagan, which really isn’t a juvenile.

    In this case we’re talking about science fiction set in the Solar system, which according to the 3 Laws of Hobbyspace means set in our own solar system, is hard science fiction, and relatively near-future. Clark’s got a whole slew of titles at:

    http://www.hobbyspace.com/SolarSciFi/index.html

    Thanks for the shout-out, Rand.

  4. Ken was right!
    Sunstroke is a sensational solar themed novel. Hard Science SF. Art Bell’s favorite author. Heard Mr. Bell interview Dr David Kagan on his Coast to Coast radio show. Bought it and read it three times. Wish he’d write more.

  5. Sunstroke by Dr David Kagan is now becoming reality. Japan and the US are building Space Based Solar Power Systems that Kagan predicted. Hope they won’t end up as horrific.

  6. To follow up on this great Transterrestrial Musing Site, to further education in the NOW of these Historic Times, News agencies in the U.S. have been recently writing and posting articles about “the power from above”, meaning deploying very large satellites in geosynchronous orbit to harness energy from the Sun and beam it down to Earth in the form of intense microwaves for instant conversion into electricity. If all goes well, these solsats could supply entire cities with enormous amounts of power, and at the same time be utilized as space-based weapons systems.
    Sound like science fiction? Yes, especially considering the fact ( This is real stuff–not Fiction) there is a really good Sci-fi book titled Sunstroke written by David Kagan (The Berkely Publishing Group, NY), that depicts the deployment and operation of Solsat X-1, involving some unforeseen and most devastating results. Sort of like placing the environment into a gigantic microwave oven set on high, with many surprises along the way.
    Here are direct links to a brand new articles regarding a true-life Solsat X-1 to be deployed in orbit by the U.S. Pentagon within the next seven years.
    http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/06/post.html
    http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070919_sps_airforce.html
    Also one Superb article from:
    http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/07/350320.aspx
    Dr David Kagan is also publishing his newsletter on Solar Energy in Doomwatch Legacy (Google for recent updates.).

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