
Vegvísir by David Goodman (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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The Sun and the Sun - A Brief History of the Solar System
The early settlers were convinced they saw things out where no people should be, figures and forms in the dark. And of course, you don't import five thousand icelandic go thermal engineers without bringing a few sagas and myths along with them. When i was growing up, my grandmother went out every morning in her patched up old suit to wipe the solars and see the sunrise. She told me she never got tired of living so close to the martian equator, no months of darkness like back home. But for now, they're mostly black, sticky slime that is a massive pane to get off your visor.
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