David_G._Opstad.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA (09/23/85)
From: Opstad.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA In reply to Mike Sellers' query about stories where humanity never makes it out of the Solar System, I seem to recall that John W. Campbell, Jr.'s short story _Twilight_ deals with humanity in the far future having evolved into mental giants who have no hope because no FTL methodology was ever discovered. Also, the method used in Forward's _The_Flight_Of_The_Dragonfly_ to reach Barnard's Star is definitely slower-than-light, more-or-less current technology. (This latter book gets my vote for best SF novel of the last decade, by the way--it's been a long time since I've so voraciously read a novel all the way through with such an inane grin on my face...) Dave Opstad (Opstad.PA@Xerox.ARPA)