Aurora
An ecological novel disguised as hard sci-fi.
Jan 14, 20181 min read
An ecological novel disguised as hard sci-fi. A generation ship is headed toward the nearest earth-like planet. They must keep their little terrarium in balance.
Abstract climate concerns become concrete problems when you shrink the biosphere by many orders of magnitude. It's a story about carrying capacity, island ecology, inbreeding, sick building syndrome, eutrophication, and ecological niches.
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