Aufbruch zu den Sternen: Science Fiction-Roman
ISBN:
9783404220489 (340422048X)
Pages no: 207
Edition language: Deutsch
I've always liked this book, since I first read it in the 70s. Written in 1947 and first published in 1951, it plays on the wonder of space travel that died with the men and women aboard the Challenger. But it isn't the typical science fiction novel, set in the far future, when space travel is taken...
Space travel as imagined by ACC in the 50's was a far different thing than what actually occurred. For myself, I think I would prefer Clarke's "reality" to that of today. Great Britain was a serious world power, particularly in space travel; there was no "space race" per se--countries actually coope...