For the Mind Voyages Challenge, I am choosing The I'm going to Pluto because Pluto is still a planet as far as I'm concerned Voyage.
Hugo Winners
Farmer in the Sky - Robert Heinlein (1951)
The Demolished man - Alfred Bester (1953)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (1954)
They'd Rather Be Right - Mark Clifton (1955)
Double Star - Robert Heinlein (1956)
The Big Time - Fritz Leiber (1958)
A Case of Conscience - James Blish ( 1959)
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein (1960)
A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller (1961)
Stranger in a Strange Land (1962)
Dune - Frank Herbert (1966)
To your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip Jose Farmer (1972)
The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold ( 1991)
Side Tripping 70's Style with Clifford Simak
A choice of Gods - Clifford Simak
Project Pope - Clifford Simak
Robert Heinlein Quest
Friday -Robert A Heinlein
Glory Road -Robert A Heinlein
Philip K. Dick Quest
The Man in the High Castle (hugo 1963)
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
My ship is all fueled up, I have my provisions packed and I'm ready to blast off and explore the galaxy. Come take a Mind Voyage with me and discover a few new stars for yourself.
So many books!
ReplyDeleteI have absolute confidence that you will make it to Pluto!!! Have Fun!
ReplyDeletePluto is still a planet. Only four percent of the IAU voted on the controversial demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was immediately opposed in a formal petition by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. One reason the IAU definition makes no sense is it says dwarf planets are not planets at all! That is like saying a grizzly bear is not a bear, and it is inconsistent with the use of the term “dwarf” in astronomy, where dwarf stars are still stars, and dwarf galaxies are still galaxies. Also, the IAU definition classifies objects solely by where they are while ignoring what they are. If Earth were in Pluto’s orbit, according to the IAU definition, it would not be a planet either. A definition that takes the same object and makes it a planet in one location and not a planet in another is essentially useless. Pluto is a planet because it is spherical, meaning it is large enough to be pulled into a round shape by its own gravity--a state known as hydrostatic equilibrium and characteristic of planets, not of shapeless asteroids held together by chemical bonds. These reasons are why many astronomers, lay people, and educators are either ignoring the demotion entirely or working to get it overturned.
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