Reviews

Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon by James Benford, Gregory Benford

speljamr's review against another edition

4.0

Starship Century is a collection of science and science fiction focused on both what it would take to reach the stars and what it might be to journey on such voyages. It's writers include all-stars in both the and science fiction community. The articles are well thought out explorations of technologies, ranging from what we could achieve within decades, to more exotic technologies that, if possible, are potentially much further in our future. Most of the science discussed here is not new though; I have seen most of it in other online articles and magazines. The science fiction stories included between the non-fiction portions of the book expand on the ideas and put a human perspective on the concepts. Overall this is an inspiring collection that should make you walk out at night and long to reach for the stars.

All proceeds from this book go towards interstellar exploration research. More information can be found online at http://www.starshipcentury.com/ and http://2014.symposium.100yss.org/

raphyduck's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fascinating read. The mix of science and science fiction really stirs our imagination and allow us to dream a bit about a possible

The only issue, and it is a serious, are the numerous typos. There really was a spellchecking work that has not be done.