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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Taming the High Frontier
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:40:28 -0500
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On 2/5/25 10:19 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Taming the High Frontier: Five Works Featuring Space Colonies
> 
>  From Babylon 5 to RPGs, everybody loves space colonies!
> 
> https://reactormag.com/taming-the-high-frontier-five-works-featuring-space-colonies/


Neat collection of examples! I have the O'Neill, and I have both leafed 
through it and read certain sections; but I can't say that I've read the 
whole thing.

Babylon 5 remains one of my favorite shows, though I am nervous about 
re-watching for fear that the Suck Fairy will commandeer the experience.

I thought of Banks' Orbitals from his Culture books, and Reynolds' 
Glitter Band from his Revelation Space universe. Of course, some of your 
commenters thought of these as well.

I haven't read it in a good while, but I'm thinking Leiber's Ship of 
Shadows would fit here.

Neither here nor there:
Babylon 5 is the reason I ended up reading & participating here in 
rasfw. Shortly before the B5 pilot aired[1], a friend of mine told me 
about these things called "newsgroups", and that the creator of Babylon 
5 was actually on a few of them talking about the show (and other 
things). I discovered many of the posters on the B5 group(s) were on 
this group, and I eventually joined it myself.

Tony
[1] Per wikipedia, February 22, 1993, which boggles my mind. Sheesh.