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Author
Index
K |
Nancy
Kress |
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Title
Index
B |
Beggars
in Spain |
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| Year |
1993 |
| Publisher |
Roc
(Penguin) |
| ISBN |
0451185544 |
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Synopsis
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What
fabulous
achievements await
them, the ones who
never need sleep?
The time: a
not-so-distant
future. The
breakthrough: gene
scientists who
have discovered
how to produce
children who have
no need of
sleep. At
first, nothing
about their lives
seems
extraordinary.
But as the
Sleepless grow to
adulthood, a
disturbing pattern
begins to emerge.
Severed from
their last
evolutionary link,
the Sleepless are
free to realize a
potential no
ordinary human can
match: a potential
that will see them
banished from the
confines of Earth
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Review
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Beggars
in Spain,
Nancy Kress's
startlingly
original science
fiction novella,
won the Hugo
and Nebula Awards
in its first year
of
publication.
Now available as a
full-length novel,
it is a
far-sighted and
challenging
parable about
discrimination and
equality.
'Nancy Kress
has the true
story-teller's
gift'
Stephen
Donaldson |
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Credit:
NASA
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Clementine
Observes
the Moon,
Solar
Corona,
and Venus
In
1994,
during its
flight,
the
Clementine
spacecraft
returned
images of
the Moon.
In
addition
to the
geologic
mapping
cameras,
the
Clementine
spacecraft
also
carried
two Star
Tracker
cameras
for
navigation.
These
lightweight
(0.3 kg)
cameras
kept the
spacecraft
on track
by
constantly
observing
the
positions
of stars,
reminiscent
of the
age-old
seafaring
tradition
of
sextant/star
navigation.
These
navigation
cameras
were also
to take
some
spectacular
wide angle
images of
the Moon.
In this
picture
the Moon
is seen
illuminated
solely by
light
reflected
from the
Earth --
Earthsine!
The bright
glow on
the lunar
horizon is
caused by
light from
the solar
corona;
the Sun is
just
behind the
lunar
limb.
Caught in
this image
is the
planet
Venus at
the top of
the frame. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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