This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Wendell Drake, a humble designer of shopping malls, designs a space habitat in his spare time. But something seems to be physically pulling him into his creation. Is he going mad... or going someplace else?This science fiction short story describes some of the quality of life and recreational features which might become possible in orbital space habitats.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In a bizarre future where irrationality rules, a man is put on trial for conspiring with alien abductors.How sure can we be that the horrors of the dark ages cannot visit us once again?

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Famous space engineer Bruce Franklin and his partner Reggie Deitrich are stranded in space when Earth becomes ringed with a cloud of speeding space debris.Collisions at velocities in the miles-per-second regime cause unimaginable levels of destruction. Clever thinking will be required to overcome the increasing problem of space debris. But can any level of cleverness fix the problem once the dreaded Kessler Syndrome has occurred...

A man dies, goes to heaven, and meets God. Only God is not exactly what he'd expected.This story might be enjoyed by anyone interested in natural history.

Famous engineer Bruce Franklin and his partner Reggie Deitrich build a gigantic electromagnetic space launcher in Brazil. But as they attempt to man-rate the launcher, the question becomes: Will this be their crowning achievement, or their final end?

This is the adventure-filled story of a family which decides to homestead in the asteroid belt.The Anderson clan already live in a space habitat in high Earth orbit. But being discontent with social conditions there, they decide to purchase a mass-driver propelled space craft and head out to the asteroid belt to become one of the first families to homestead there.

A space psychologist is called upon to solve the mystery of a curious increase in violence at a remote lunar mining base.This story features telepresence and the mining of water ice at the lunar poles.

An astronomer makes a startling discovery in the depths of the outer solar system.This story might be enjoyed by anyone interested in mega-structures or in the speculations of Prof. Freeman Dyson.

In a distant future where the majority of humanity lives in space habitats, Dr. Tammerott, a historian specializing in the 20th century, goes to a dig on Earth.What malignancy of the human mind could have caused the failure of civilization on a planetary scale?Script format.

The humorous story of space construction worker Mark Fairbanks (a thrill-seeking character you might remember from The Bridge to Space) who must rescue an animal in a peculiar predicament in Bernal Alpha, the first orbital habitat."Gravity" in a space habitat won't quite be the same as on Earth, as it will actually be centrifugal force. Animals are quite adaptable, and will probably be able to adjust to the environment nicely. But one should never rule out the potential for trouble...

In a distant future where the majority of humanity lives in space, an investigator is sent to examine a most unusual space habitat.Most early space habitats will be as Earthlike as their makers can possibly manage. But later generations of orbital habitats might depart from environments like the one we now know in surprising ways.

Wendell Drake, a humble designer of shopping malls, designs a space habitat in his spare time. But something seems to be physically pulling him into his creation. Is he going mad... or going someplace else?This science fiction short story describes some of the quality of life and recreational features which might become possible in orbital space habitats.