Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!columbia!topaz!David_G._Opstad.osbunorth From: David_G._Opstad.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: was Einstein right? Message-ID: <3747@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 11:40:25 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3747 Posted: Mon Sep 23 11:40:25 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 12:15:24 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 15 From: Opstad.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA In reply to Mike Sellers' query about stories where humanity never makes it out of the Solar System, I seem to recall that John W. Campbell, Jr.'s short story _Twilight_ deals with humanity in the far future having evolved into mental giants who have no hope because no FTL methodology was ever discovered. Also, the method used in Forward's _The_Flight_Of_The_Dragonfly_ to reach Barnard's Star is definitely slower-than-light, more-or-less current technology. (This latter book gets my vote for best SF novel of the last decade, by the way--it's been a long time since I've so voraciously read a novel all the way through with such an inane grin on my face...) Dave Opstad (Opstad.PA@Xerox.ARPA) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com