Re: Variations on a theme

In article <frn0gm$2qb9$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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David Goldfarb <goldfarb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <frm3s2$qob$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>In article <S76dnUNbc6yo4UDanZ2dnUVZ_sKqnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Jack Tingle  <wjtingle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>I also haven't seen any straightforward 'Conquest of the Solar System' 
>>>novels recently. No Singularity, no wacky post-humans building 
>>>incomprehensible structures out of the remains of Jupiter, no FTL; just

>>>get on with the job of bringing human presence to all 11 planets with 
>>>really good computers, ion drives, and laser coms.
>>>
>>	Well, there is Bova's Grand Tour series.
>>
>>	Paul McAuley's THE QUIET WAR and THE OUTER DARK are coming
>>out soon and I think both are set in a non-Singularity tainted Solar
>>System. 
>
>Charlie Stross's _Saturn's Children_ comes to mind also as including
>Earthling presence on all the solar system's planets.

	I would not recommend that to scratch the itch specified. Don't
get me wrong: I am looking forward to the flamewars that it will cause
but it's not what the OP is looking for. 
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