A Step Farther Out, Jerry Pournelle. (Paperback 0441785867)

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A Step Farther Out
Author: Jerry Pournelle

This book is not Science Fiction--it is Fact. Let the finest science fiction writer of our time, co-author of the smash bestseller LUCIFER'S HAMMER, take you on a guided tour of the wonders of our age, and of ages to come. We live in an age of marvels. We could still go to space. We could still mine the asteroids.&nbs... more »p; We could still take part in developing mankind’s vast future. Indeed, it is easier to do now than it would have been when I wrote these essays. We have computers and the Internet. There is free exchange of ideas throughout most of the world, and the information revolution relentlessly expands that area. We still face the threat of famine, but it is not as acute as it was in the times when these essays were written. Communications, transportation, electronics, rocket technology, it’s all better now. We can still go to the planets.

Read about: The monstrous Black Hole that may be slowly devouring our galaxy; The Fact and Fancy of flying Saucers; How micro-cybernetic and bio-implants will one day give you a photographic memory and the calculating power of an Einstein; Turning venus into a second Earth--and the Asteroids into our own Back Yard; How Western Civilization can not only survive--but survive with style! All this and much much more. Every chapter is State of the Art, every idea A Step Farther Out.

Contents:

Non-Fiction by Jerry Pournelle (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Preface: The Freedom of Choice (A Step Farther Out) (1979) • essay by Larry Niven
Foreword (A Step Farther Out) (1979) • essay by A. E. van Vogt
Introduction (A Step Farther Out) (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part One: Survival with Style) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 1] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Survival with Style [A Step Farther Out] (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Blueprint for Survival [A Step Farther Out] (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
How long the Doomsday (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
That Buck Rogers Stuff [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part Two: Stepping Farther Out) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 2] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Here Come the Brains [A Step Farther Out] (1974) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
The Big Rain [A Step Farther Out] (1975) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Flying Saucers (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Building the Mote in God's Eye [A Step Farther Out] (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part Three: A Step Farther In: Black Holes) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 3] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Gravity Waves, Black Holes, and Cosmic Censors (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Fuzzy Black Holes Have No Hair [A Step Farther Out] (1975) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Crashing Neutron Stars, Mini Black Holes, and Spacedrives (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
In the Beginning ... (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Afterword to Part III (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part Four: Space Travel) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 4] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Halfway to Anywhere [A Step Farther Out] (1974) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Those Pesky Belters and Their Torchships [A Step Farther Out] (1974) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Ships for Manned Spaceflight [A Step Farther Out] (1974) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Life Among the Asteroids [A Step Farther Out] (1975) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
What's It Like Out There? (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part Five: A Generation of Wonder) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 5] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
A Potpourri (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Highways to Space (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Come Fly with Me (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
The Tools of the Trade (And Other Scientific Matters) (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Commentary (A Step Farther Out: Part Six: The Energy Crisis) [Commentary (A Step Farther Out) • 6] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Fusion Without Ex-Lax [A Step Farther Out] (1979) • essay by Jerry Pournelle (variant of Fusion Without Exlax 1976)
Can Trash Save Us? [A Step Farther Out] (1977) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
The Moral Equivalent of War [A Step Farther Out] (1978) • essay by Jerry Pournelle
Some Futures [A Step Farther Out] (1977) • essay by Jerry Pournelle

ISBN-13: 9780441785865
ISBN-10: 0441785867
Publication Date: 6/1/1981
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Ace Books/PenguinPutnam
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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William T. (Klaatu) reviewed A Step Farther Out on 2/24/2007 + 73 more book reviews

Dr. Jerry Pournelle is more than just a science-fiction writer. Here is a collection of essays that will demonstrate that his ability to write science is every bit as great as his ability to write fiction.

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