tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post2852823432952484029..comments2024-03-06T09:25:30.769-08:00Comments on Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera: Until the Earth is Far (1962) (part 1)John Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18232677016091921767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-29471166634904181262016-10-20T13:14:23.685-07:002016-10-20T13:14:23.685-07:00Yep, every one of children was at liberty to inven...Yep, every one of children was at liberty to invent ONE superability for his/her avatar, so one boy invented tail (cause it's cool), the girl went with wings, and the alter ego went with sleeping every 1/3 of second so essentially never sleeps at allAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035956142754606278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-51477482437782155592016-10-07T12:57:41.044-07:002016-10-07T12:57:41.044-07:00They are three school friends (Victor, Gennady and...They are three school friends (Victor, Gennady and Lena). With Lena's grandfather (Alexander Petrovitch) they play the game to explore universe, to find planets with life. Lena's grandfather offered to invent them new nickname, new body, new abilities. So they have wings and tails, sleepless eyes. They invented our spaceship “Luch” (it’s translate as “Ray”)<br />p.s. sorry for my englishAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765759058774279378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-16519555008425112482016-09-17T09:47:44.282-07:002016-09-17T09:47:44.282-07:00It was my favourite book series when I was a kit.
...It was my favourite book series when I was a kit.<br /><br />Three children and a granddad of one of them play a game. They imagine that, they are from a different solar system far far away and they travel on a starship. Eventually they arrive to our system. <br />Due to a very long travel time in low gravety they develop some useful adaptations -'wings and tails.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00963236906205137296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-49436768953537456322016-09-16T19:16:11.809-07:002016-09-16T19:16:11.809-07:00Nice book! About the wings: in his 1920s book on s...Nice book! About the wings: in his 1920s book on space exploration Hermann Oberth speculated that because of the sun's intense heat, space suits would need big reflectors--more like heat sinks--to keep them from overheating. I wonder if these wings are intended for the same purpose.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.com