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Geoffrey Landis , the writer of the subject article, may be known to some HN readers as a science fiction author. One of his SF stories, and one of my favorite
by JoeDaDude 10y ago
Geoffrey Landis , the writer of the subject article, may be known to some HN readers as a science fiction author. One of his SF stories, and one of my favorites in recent times, is available for free on the web. See "The Long Chase", available here:
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-long-chase/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-long-chase/
- sudoscript 10y agoWow. I just stayed up late to read that. Completely worth it. What else has he written?
- JoeDaDude 10y agoHis first novel is Mars Landing (I have not read it myself). He lists his SF bibliography on his website [1]. It consists mostly of short stories which appeared in various magazines, but a couple of stories are available free on the web [2], [3]. [1] http://www.geoffreylandis.com/G_Bibliography.html http://www.geoffreylandis.com/G_Bibliography.html [2] http://www.geoffreylandis.com/time_prime.htp http://www.geoffreylandis.com/time_prime.htp [3] http://www.geoffreylandis.com/interlude.htp http://www.geoffreylandis.com/interlude.htp
- regehr 10y agoAnyone who enjoys this story will likely also enjoy _Tau Zero_ by Poul Anderson.
- toth 10y agoThat's a great read, thanks for linking. I am little peeved by the maneuver at the beginning of the story though. You cannot use a slingshot maneuver around the sun to gain speed relative to the sun - that's simple conservation of energy. I know Geoffrey Landis is NASA scientist, so hard to understand how he could get that wrong, but it seems he did.