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The Seedling Stars (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)

by James Blish (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (17 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575072393
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575072398
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 847,129 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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You didn't make an Adapted Man with just a wave of the wand. It involved an elaborate constellation of techniques, known collectively as pantropy, that changed the human pattern in a man's shape and chemistry before he was born. And the pantropists didn't stop there. Education, thoughts, ancestors and the world itself were changed, because the Adapted Men were produced to live and thrive in the alien environments found only in space. They were crucial to a daring plan to colonize the universe.


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James Blish (1921-75) studied microbiology at Rutgers and then served as a medical laboratory technician in the US army during the Second World War. Among his best known books are Cities in Flight, A Case of Conscience, for which he won the Hugo in 1959 for Best Novel, Doctor Mirabilis, Black Easter and The Day After Judgement.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent novel of Man's exploration of the universe and himself, 7 May 2009
Instead of terraforming (changing the environment to suit Mankind) the opposite technique has been used for the colonisation of the galaxy, Pantropy: the changing of Mankind to suit the environment. In this linked set of tales we follow the modified humans and the varying degrees of success they have in surviving.

These tales of survival are well worth reading. The central, and original, story is 'Surface Tension', which is one of the greatest ever sf short stories. In this tale a group of minute aquatic humans living in a small pond attempt an epic quest to explore space, which to them is the impossible journey to get out of the pond. This story represents the best qualities of sf: inventive, tragic and carried out with brevity that leads you eager for more.

The other stories are good, but not nearly as intriguing as this central story. But for Surface Tension alone this book is worth reading.
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