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NEW STORIES AND ESSAYS FROM TOP AUTHORS AND EXPERT SCIENTISTS. Explorations of how interstellar travel may affect humanity by best-selling authors and scientists.
The stars will change us.
STELLARIS: PEOPLE OF THE STARS is a collection of original science fiction stories and nonfiction essays speculating about humanity’s far-term expansion into the universe beyond the limits of our solar system—with an emphasis on the changes humans will undergo as a species as we make this happen. Is interstellar travel so far beyond our current imaginings that it will take a fundamental transformation of humanity in order to make it possible? And, if so, will we remain Homo sapiens or become a new and unique species: Homo stellaris (the People of the Stars)?
Herein are original science fiction stories by award-winning authors such as Kevin J. Anderson, William Ledbetter, Todd McCaffrey and Sarah A. Hoyt, supplemented by accessible nonfiction essays describing the science behind the fiction from people who should know—Sir Martin Rees (Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom), Mark Shelhamer (Chief Scientist for the NASA’s Human Research Program), and more.
This collection of original stories and essays was inspired by a gathering of scientists, science fiction authors, and futurists at a series of annual meetings held by the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop. Let their speculations, imaginations and boundless sense of what’s possible take you on your own journey beyond the edge of the solar system in STELLARIS: PEOPLE OF THE STARS!
Stories and Provocative Speculation from
Sir Martin Rees
Kevin J. Anderson
Sarah A. Hoyt
Mike Massa
William Ledbetter
Todd McCaffrey
Kacey Ezell and Philip Wohlrab
Dan Hoyt
Les Johnson
Robert E. Hampson
Mark Shelhamer
Brent Roeder
Jim Beall
Cathe Smith
Cover Art by Sam Kennedy
TVIW logo created by Debbie Hughes and used with the permission of the TVIW
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Look for the final version on September 3, 2019
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-8425-1
Copyright © 2019 Les Johnson and Robert E. Hampson
“Foreword,” © 2019 Robert E. Hampson; “Burn the Boats,” © 2019 Sarah A. Hoyt; “Bridging,” © 2019 William Ledbetter; “The Future of Intelligent Life in the Cosmos,” © 2019 Martin Rees; “Stella Infantes,” © 2019 Kacey Ezell and Philip Wohlrab; “Maintaining Crew Health and Mission Performance in Ventures Beyond Near-Earth Space,” © 2019 Mark Shelhamer; “At the Bottom of the White,” © 2019 Todd McCaffrey; “Pageants of Humanity,” © 2019 Brent Roeder; “Home Stellaris—Working Track Report from the Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop,” © 2019 Robert E. Hampson and Les Johnson; “Time Flies,” © 2019 Kevin J. Anderson; “Our Worldship Broke!” © 2019 Jim Beall; “Nanny,” © 2019 Les Johnson; “Those Left Behind,” © 2019 Robert E. Hampson; “Securing the Stars: The Security Implications of Human Culture During Interstellar Flight,” © 2019 Mike Massa; “The Smallest of Things,” © 2019 Catherine L. Smith; “Biological and Medical Challenges of the Transition to Homo Stellaris,” © 2019 Nikhil Rao, MD; “Exodus,” © 2019 Daniel M. Hoyt; “Afterword,” © 2019 Les Johnson; “Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop,” © 2019 Joe Meany, Edward E. Montgomery, and John Preston
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