Mare Tranquilis by Thea

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Fandom: Farscape
Pairing: John/Aeryn
Author on LJ: thassalia
Why this must be read: Few works of science fiction deal with the pure wonder of manned space flight. To experience that, you have to watch documentaries, or dramas based on fact like Apollo 13. But Thea here reminds us that the Earth of Farscape's universe is not so different or far off from our own; she reminds us that they, too, are less than fifty years from a world in which space flight was not possible. John Crichton long ago lost the wonder of space flight, and by necessity; but he recaptures it a little here, if only to try to make his friends understand Earth and it's inhabitants. Many stories in the Farscape fandom deal with humanity's technological deficiencies; for a group of people to whom space flight has been a part of everday life for thousands of years, landing on the moon is nothing.

It's not nothing for us, and deep down, John never forgets it.

Mare Tranquilis by Thea

Comments

[cofax7]

I'm loving watching you decide what to rec. It's great fun.

And nice job here -- this is a lovely story.