Tales of the Middle Stars Volume 1
Encounters

 

 

 

There are those today who believe the development of practical faster than light travel is now an engineering inevitability, and that, assuming the human race manages to avoid self-destruction, we will one day step forth into the domain of the stars as explorers, researchers, and settlers.
  Here are a dozen stories of the 22nd and 23rd centuries, in which the grand adventure of tomorrow unfolds—new worlds to discover, new civilisations to encounter, new life to learn of, new mysteries to fathom. In a sometimes uneasy relationship, the peoples of tomorrow find their place among a community of races in this corner of the galaxy, fulfilling the age-old aspiration of dreamers and theorists—that we are what the late Carl Sagan called “citizens of the cosmos.”
  From the prolific pen of longtime JayHenge contributor Mike Adamson come these first stories of an adventure that spans the centuries and the light years—an Odyssey without end: the realisation of humankind as a stellar civilisation.
   
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"Adamson's tales walk confidently between the tech-focused optimism of SF's Golden Age and the introspective, character-centered complexity of the New Wave, ultimately finding the best of both. In that liminal realm, Adamson's characters experience a range of events spanning cosmic horror, humor in mistranslations, and best of all, joy at living and exploring the wondrous universe we live in. For those looking for well-drawn characters and hope grounded in realism, Adamson's stories are a tonic for our times."
      - Brandon Nolta, SFWA member and author of No Refuge.