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My estimation of Arthur C. Clarke's book "Earthlight" (1955)

"Earthlight" Arthur C. Clarke (1955) http://kirjabloggaus.blogspot.com/p/my-estimation-of-arthur-c-clarkes-book.html Kimmo Huosionmaa "Earthlight" is the novel, what Arthur C. Clarke wrote in 1955, and it is the very futuristic story about the war between the Earth and it's colonies. The book is full of technical things, like the train, what travels on the surface of the moon. This fictional moon train is a quite conventional electric train, what is modified as the space capsule, and it would travel to the station, and then the airlocks would be connected to that system, what allows people to travel on the surface of the Moon. The combat systems that are used in this book, are the probably triangle-shape spacecraft, what have thrust to every side of those vehicles, and that would make those ships, what fictional colony would be used capable to fly like some UFO. Because the war between colonies, what are known as "Federals" is expected, t...