(long exposure, walked tripod desat & tint.) This month a book by an anonymous author in Ashburton has been reprinted for the first time since 1881. May not be a good read but key points: -relates human colonization of other planets -describes space craft, space suits, airlocks, the need for heat control when entering another planets atmosphere, zero gravity conditions and the need for exercise on long space flights. -impact of human beings on allien culture. -and... the tabloid reviews say "free love" and "sex with aliens"!!! In 1881 Ashburton in the mid canterbury plains was swamp being drained for pasture -flax and cabbage trees as shown here. "the great romance" by "the inhabitant" Published as a series, two volumes extant, there may have been another.
Down the road 21 tears later, in 1902, a year before The Wright Brothers made history at KittyHawk, New Zealander Richard Pearse was the first man to fly. In a bamboo craft just in from Timaru, about a hundred ks south of Ashburton. :) online text here (may be just ist volume): http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/documents/inhabita.htm
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