http://csi.asu.edu/books/overview/
"A collection of science fiction stories, art, and speculative timelines
exploring the near future of the stratosphere. From Star Trek and 2001: A Space
Odyssey to The Martian, great science fiction stories have shaped how we think
about voyages into deep space—but what kinds of gripping confrontations and
adventures might unfold in near space, above the clouds?"
Via
David Brin, who wrote:
Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere is a collection of fiction,
illustrations, and speculative timelines exploring the near future of near
space. It is available here to download, entirely free and available in EPUB
and MOBI formats, and through the Apple iBooks store. I collaborated in one
of the stories, [about] a heroine who has to leap from balloon to balloon at
100,000 feet near the boundary of space!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics