Short story about space worker geeks who zone out by 'listening' to radiation from starsShort story with post apocalyptic setting, people forbidden to enter radiation zoneShort story about an endless space shipShort-story about moving “cathedral” cities on a Mercury-like planetShort story about a paranoid space cadetShort story collection about Transporter “Doors”Identify sci-fi short story about mysterious dwarf starsShort story about space traveller who runs afoul of bee-like aliens who collect knowledge?Short story about a slower-than-light interstellar ship carrying the last seeds of humanityShort story about werewolf killing 'boy scout'-type campersRussian short story about a person who can't inhabit time and another who can't inhabit space
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Short story about space worker geeks who zone out by 'listening' to radiation from stars
Short story with post apocalyptic setting, people forbidden to enter radiation zoneShort story about an endless space shipShort-story about moving “cathedral” cities on a Mercury-like planetShort story about a paranoid space cadetShort story collection about Transporter “Doors”Identify sci-fi short story about mysterious dwarf starsShort story about space traveller who runs afoul of bee-like aliens who collect knowledge?Short story about a slower-than-light interstellar ship carrying the last seeds of humanityShort story about werewolf killing 'boy scout'-type campersRussian short story about a person who can't inhabit time and another who can't inhabit space
This is a short story by William Gibson or Bruce Sterling (80% sure it's one of these two). There's a part where some of the workers in a space setting (asteroid mining?) are described as listening to signals from stars or some such, as a form of entertainment or relaxation.
I desperately want to read this story again, but don't have the time (at this stage in life, at least) to go through all of William Gibson's and Bruce Sterling's short stories. And if the author isn't one of those two, then I'd really be stuck. Thanks for the help!
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This is a short story by William Gibson or Bruce Sterling (80% sure it's one of these two). There's a part where some of the workers in a space setting (asteroid mining?) are described as listening to signals from stars or some such, as a form of entertainment or relaxation.
I desperately want to read this story again, but don't have the time (at this stage in life, at least) to go through all of William Gibson's and Bruce Sterling's short stories. And if the author isn't one of those two, then I'd really be stuck. Thanks for the help!
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I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
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This is a short story by William Gibson or Bruce Sterling (80% sure it's one of these two). There's a part where some of the workers in a space setting (asteroid mining?) are described as listening to signals from stars or some such, as a form of entertainment or relaxation.
I desperately want to read this story again, but don't have the time (at this stage in life, at least) to go through all of William Gibson's and Bruce Sterling's short stories. And if the author isn't one of those two, then I'd really be stuck. Thanks for the help!
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This is a short story by William Gibson or Bruce Sterling (80% sure it's one of these two). There's a part where some of the workers in a space setting (asteroid mining?) are described as listening to signals from stars or some such, as a form of entertainment or relaxation.
I desperately want to read this story again, but don't have the time (at this stage in life, at least) to go through all of William Gibson's and Bruce Sterling's short stories. And if the author isn't one of those two, then I'd really be stuck. Thanks for the help!
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I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
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I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
– user14111
2 hours ago
I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
– user14111
2 hours ago
I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
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Perhaps you are thinking of Red Star, Winter Orbit which is written by both William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It takes place on a Soviet space station which, I believe matches the description you provided. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia:
The story takes place on the Soviet space station Kosmograd ("Cosmic City"), which consists of a number of Salyuts linked together. The station has both civilian and military roles; the military portion is a base for the operation for two large particle beam weapons for shooting down ICBMs. The civilian side, once a hub for space exploration, is now reduced to a maintenance role for the engineers running the station. Most of the story takes place in one of the Salyuts that has been set aside as the "Museum of the Soviet Triumph in Space". Its caretaker is cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Vasilevich Korolev, the first man on Mars. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star,_Winter_Orbit
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Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
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Perhaps you are thinking of Red Star, Winter Orbit which is written by both William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It takes place on a Soviet space station which, I believe matches the description you provided. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia:
The story takes place on the Soviet space station Kosmograd ("Cosmic City"), which consists of a number of Salyuts linked together. The station has both civilian and military roles; the military portion is a base for the operation for two large particle beam weapons for shooting down ICBMs. The civilian side, once a hub for space exploration, is now reduced to a maintenance role for the engineers running the station. Most of the story takes place in one of the Salyuts that has been set aside as the "Museum of the Soviet Triumph in Space". Its caretaker is cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Vasilevich Korolev, the first man on Mars. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star,_Winter_Orbit
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Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
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Perhaps you are thinking of Red Star, Winter Orbit which is written by both William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It takes place on a Soviet space station which, I believe matches the description you provided. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia:
The story takes place on the Soviet space station Kosmograd ("Cosmic City"), which consists of a number of Salyuts linked together. The station has both civilian and military roles; the military portion is a base for the operation for two large particle beam weapons for shooting down ICBMs. The civilian side, once a hub for space exploration, is now reduced to a maintenance role for the engineers running the station. Most of the story takes place in one of the Salyuts that has been set aside as the "Museum of the Soviet Triumph in Space". Its caretaker is cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Vasilevich Korolev, the first man on Mars. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star,_Winter_Orbit
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answered 3 hours ago
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Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
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Perhaps you are thinking of Red Star, Winter Orbit which is written by both William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It takes place on a Soviet space station which, I believe matches the description you provided. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia:
The story takes place on the Soviet space station Kosmograd ("Cosmic City"), which consists of a number of Salyuts linked together. The station has both civilian and military roles; the military portion is a base for the operation for two large particle beam weapons for shooting down ICBMs. The civilian side, once a hub for space exploration, is now reduced to a maintenance role for the engineers running the station. Most of the story takes place in one of the Salyuts that has been set aside as the "Museum of the Soviet Triumph in Space". Its caretaker is cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Vasilevich Korolev, the first man on Mars. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star,_Winter_Orbit
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Perhaps you are thinking of Red Star, Winter Orbit which is written by both William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. It takes place on a Soviet space station which, I believe matches the description you provided. Here is the synopsis from Wikipedia:
The story takes place on the Soviet space station Kosmograd ("Cosmic City"), which consists of a number of Salyuts linked together. The station has both civilian and military roles; the military portion is a base for the operation for two large particle beam weapons for shooting down ICBMs. The civilian side, once a hub for space exploration, is now reduced to a maintenance role for the engineers running the station. Most of the story takes place in one of the Salyuts that has been set aside as the "Museum of the Soviet Triumph in Space". Its caretaker is cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Vasilevich Korolev, the first man on Mars. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star,_Winter_Orbit
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Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
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Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
Maybe that's it. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia summary doesn't mention anything about geeks listening to space noise. Maybe you can find something like that in the text of the story? (I didn't see anything on a quick look-through with my weak eyes, but that doesn't mean much.)
– user14111
2 hours ago
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I don't have time to look through all of those guys' stories either, so could you possibly narrow down the time frame a little? Can you give us a definite "no later than" date? Do you remember if you read it in an anthology book, or if it was in an original magazine like Analog or Asimov's or Omni?
– user14111
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