“Space is deep, Man is small and Time is his relentless enemy.”
That single opening sentence expresses the theme of To the Stars and suggests the implications of one of the most perplexing concepts of modern physics—time-dilation theory. For those who journey between the stars at or near the speed of light, time slows down relative to time as experienced by those who remain behind. Days or weeks spent traveling in space equate to many years back on Earth.
Amazon is doing a daily deal to celebrate the 75th anniversary of To the Stars. It is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written and has influenced and helped spark the space travel movement around us today.
I highly recommend picking this up on Monday the 10th of February when it is featured. Click here: bit.ly/TTS-75
This great story will inspire you to write your next short story, I am sure of it!
Just picked this up on the subtle suggestion of a popular mentor. At least that is what I thought she expected me to read between the lines. I also read the blog post here: (I tried to insert the link from galaxy press dot com and the system removed it) written by Dr. Gregory Benford. It gave great, but brief synopsis of the story and caused me to immediately click the link to purchase. Thanks for throwing the suggestion out there.
https://galaxypress.com/dr-gregory-benford-on-to-the-stars/
