Station
Similar stations in Gliese 3258
Surface Port - 381 Ls
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Murphy Depot
Surface Port - 381 Ls
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Gaultier de Varennes Survey
Surface Port - 383 Ls
Gliese 3258 Empire Pact
Tsiolkovsky Ring
Starport (Orbis) - 651 Ls
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Wirtanen Gateway
Starport (Orbis) - 651 Ls
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Lemaitre Station
Outpost (Civilian) - 1,209 Ls
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Wild Terminal
Outpost (Civilian) - 419,126 Ls
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Michael's Folly
Surface Port - 419,519 Ls
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Hind Ring
Starport (Orbis) - 419,760 Ls
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Syromyatnikov Vision
Starport (Orbis) - 419,762 Ls
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Kempf Beacon
Surface Port - 419,879 Ls
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Marc Stiegler
Marc Stiegler (born 1 August 1954) is a science fiction author and software developer. He co-authored Valentina: Soul in Sapphire with Joseph H. Delaney. The computer program, Valentina, was one of science fiction's earliest examples of sentient computer software, completely unlike mainframe AI's such as HAL and Colossus.
Stiegler also wrote the short story, "The Gentle Seduction" based on Vinge's ideas about a technological "singularity," the exponential growth of future technology that will drastically affect the human condition. The story's characters are augmented with molecular nanotechnology. The 'seducer' is the technology itself, and perhaps the programmers of the technology. He realized the majority of mankind is more willing to swallow a pill that fixes one's back (this happens in the story) than take a pill that installs a computer in one's forehead (also from the story). He also realized that many humans do not have the mental fortitude to survive the Technological singularity. The heroine of "The Gentle Seduction" is a normal woman whose very elemental connection with her own identity is key in soothing humanity's jarring experience of finally meeting an alien mind.
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