![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is really a question, instead of an answer. What I wanted to try in the novel was thinking, Could that still be true with Earth completely messed up by climate change? And I'm not sure. Not fully utopian, obviously, but that we have a growing industrial and technological and scientific power, and that when we wield it, if we could wield it, then we could get really a good civilization out of it. I felt like there was a need for a new look at the medium future, seen in a positive light. It's somewhat of a blank spot in our vision of the future. I agree with you, and I think it's a project that hasn't been tried by science fiction novelists for too long. : The whole book struck me as a really optimistic, hopeful take on the future: We might have to put a lot of trust into computer systems, into society in general, but here's a plausible picture of how this could actually all work out. This artist's illustration depicts a 'Plymouth Rock' asteroid mission with astronauts and NASA's Orion spacecraft as envisioned by Lockheed Martin. ![]()
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