A Mobile Utopid Asterome was a settlement in space, circling the earth at Libration Point 5, a quarter of a million miles behind the moon’s position, equidistant from earth and moon. The tourist screen at the end of the shuttle aisle showed a diagram: The screen switched to an occasional view of ...
The wood and frosted glass door rattled gently. She waited for an answer. She looked to her right and left and listened, but the entire floor was quiet at a few minutes past noon, as she had hoped it would be; city workers took their lunchtime seriously, but the higher-ups often went out later. Sh...