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On July 20th, 1969...by David Brin
tor.com - 7/21/2009
On July 20th, 1969...by David Brin
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As the father of three teenagers, I share with millions of other boomers a head scratching perplexity. Why don’t today’s youth care about outer space? The easy answer would be to seize upon a simple nostrum—about each era rejecting the obsessions of the one before it. But then, in that ...
subterraneanpress.com - 7/17/2009
Fiction: Moon Moon Moon by Kim Newman
— subterraneanpress.com — ‘Tell you one thing,’ said Major Gilbert Took-Flemyng, ‘this will bloody kill science fiction stone dead.’ Richard... Jeperson glanced away from the television set. Wednesday the 16th of July, 1969. London: about half past one in the afternoon; Cape ... (more) Fiction: Moon Moon Moon by Kim Newman

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Moon Landing Day & Tor.com’s One Year Anniversary
tor.com - 7/20/2009
Moon Landing Day & Tor.com’s One Year Anniversary
— tor.com — Tor.com turns one year old today, and in the finest hobbit tradition we are giving away presents... to you! Beginning imminently and over the next twenty-four hours, we will have a special prize (or prize package) every hour on the hour. These prizes ... (more) Moon Landing Day & Tor.com’s One Year Anniversary

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On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber
tor.com - 7/21/2009
On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber
— tor.com — On July 20, 1969, I was 16 years old, and I had a lot of things on... my mind. I was a chicken farmer for the Future Farmers of America at the time, and I remember I was having problems with possums going after my brood house. Then there was Douglas ... (more) On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber

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SF Signal:  SF Authors Remember the Moon Landing

Grasping for the Wind:  Tor.com Remembers the Moon Landing with SF Authors

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SF Authors Remember the Moon Landing
SF Signal — ... Kage Baker Stephen Baxter Ben Bova David Brin Jeffrey A. Carver C. J. Cherryh Greg Bear Gregory Benford Fritz W. Foy Joe Haldeman Harry Harrison Teresa Nielsen Hayden Geoffrey A. Landis David Langford ...

Tor.com Remembers the Moon Landing with SF Authors
Grasping for the Wind — I wanted to post this list earlier, as a way to find all the remembrances in one place. Kage Baker Stephen Baxter Greg Bear Gregory Benford Ben Bova David Brin Jeffrey A. Carver C. J. Cherryh Phyllis Eisenstein Fritz W. Foy Joe Haldeman Harry Harrison Parick Nielsen Hayden Teresa Nielsen Hayden Nancy Kress Geoffrey A. Landis ...

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