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Paul Levinson<\/a> has been putting together a really fantastic volume which will be called Touching the Face of the Cosmos<\/em>. He has shared a provisional list of contributors<\/a>, and also\u00a0 a podcast of an interview with John Glenn<\/a>, the transcript of which will appear in the book.<\/p>\n

I am really excited, not only because my contribution will appear alongside authors like Levinson, Robert J. Sawyer, David Brin, and\u00a0Guy Consolmagno, but also because my contribution is a short story rather than an academic essay, and so this will be my first published work of science fiction.<\/p>\n

I will let you know more details as they become available, but for now, I thought I would share my excitement by directing you to the list of contributors and podcast which are already online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"