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(Venus Equilteral Station from 'QRM: Interplanetary') Compare to the Interplanetary Radiograph Station from On The Martian Way (1907) by Harry Gore Bishop and the messagecraft from The Faithful Messenger (1969) by George Scithers. As a space station, compare to the brick moon from The Brick Moon (1869) by Edward Everett Hale, the city of space from The Prince of Space (1931) by Jack Williamson, the New Moon Casino from One Against the Legion (1939) by Jack Williamson, the asteroid space station from Misfit (1939) by Robert Heinlein, Wheelchair from Waldo (1942) by Robert Heinlein, the space transfer station from Between Planets (1951) by Robert Heinlein, the Sargasso Asteroid from The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester, the tether space station from Tank Farm Dynamo (1983) by David Brin and the high orbit archipelago from Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) by William Gibson. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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