Author: sroot
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The Naked Sun (Issac Asimov)
You’re probably noticing a trend of my recent reading… lot’s of Issac Asimov. While it’s true to say that these are all science fiction, they’re not just science fiction. This one is as much a crime thriller, it just happens to be set on another planet. It has some very clever extrapolations of how social…
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The Songs of Distant Earth (Arthur C.Clarke)
A wonderful novel, it tells the story of a star ship that leaves a dieing earth behind to continue human life on a new planet around a different sun. On the way they stop at a planet to make repairs and discover that human life is already there. There is a lovely part about how…
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Blast from the past!
Just heard from an old friend called Adam. We met some 15 years ago at Chatham Ski Centre. A group of blind skiiers were looking for guides so I volunteered (and ended up managing the log book of available guides for when someone wanted to go skiing). We’ve booked a ski session for a few…