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I hope real interplanetary space ships have wood panelling.
by 100k 15y ago
I hope real interplanetary space ships have wood panelling.
- joeyh 15y agoI hope you've read Vinge's _A_Deepness_In_The_Sky_? :) I wonder if anyone has written an essay of the significance of wood as a medium of value in science fiction. I first noticed it with the burl in Niven's the _Integral_Trees_, but it also shows up in Cherryh and lots of other authors.
- 100k 15y agoHmmm, I have forgotten the significance. Another example: in Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon, "mirrorwood" from Harlan's World is prized on Earth, but used as a common building materia on its homeworld. Let me know if you find that essay!