“I am off to the launch site at the end of the week, to the tall towers and runways that will lead ultimately, two years hence, to our destination — Saturn lunar space. That I am to be part of that mission still strikes me as remarkable. Not bad for a kid who left school without a diploma of any kind.”

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The voyage described in these letters is very much a personal odyssey, a fictional journey from the Earth to the outer reaches of the solar system. I knew from an early age that the only way I would ever travel in space was through my imagination, hence this collection of interrelated short stories. 

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The stories are written from the viewpoint of an ordinary man undertaking an extraordinary journey, and are hopefully a realistic depiction of the nature of human spaceflight.

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Some years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet the real-life astronaut Richard Garriott. My yardstick in writing these short stories has always been the hope that he would find them both entertaining and true to life.

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Feedback on the stories is welcome via my website or directly to me at markdestewart@btinternet.com

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