tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5076462762117834629..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: SCOTLAND’S INDEPENDENT SPACE PROGRAM by John A. A. LoganKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81034157539542919312014-08-12T17:10:32.501+01:002014-08-12T17:10:32.501+01:00I'm in a poignant mood today. Rereading Unicor...I'm in a poignant mood today. Rereading Unicorn One has emphasised that feeling.<br /><br />"Did I really wish to abort Unicorn One’s Mission? I moved the mouse over the Yes option. Then I shifted it over to the No option. I looked out the window. I looked back at the computer ...my finger shaking...<br /> Almost immediately, I felt Unicorn One slow down. The internal lights seemed to dim and flicker. I heard a sound coming from her nuclear core that was like a low moan, I had never heard it before. It sounded like her heart was breaking.”<br /><br />Such beautiful sadness, especially today.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25348835654777051212014-08-11T12:08:18.234+01:002014-08-11T12:08:18.234+01:00Each story in Storm Damage has its own cogent obse...Each story in Storm Damage has its own cogent observations such as this unlikely astronaut in UNICORN ONE, traveling through the universe with only Angus the toy cat for company, describing the intense loneliness; the universal face; the restlessness and seething nature of the hearts of space. Independent Scotland may have a space program some day, but it will never have an Orange Pig which is my very favorite story in Storm Damage!Áinenoreply@blogger.com