Curiosity
Narrated by Geoffrey A. Landis
by Geoffrey A. Landis
We are curious creatures,
born to wonder,
ever wanting to know what is over
the ridge, the horizon, across the ocean.
What lies
beyond the sky?
Behind the moon?
We yearn to fly.
We are curious creatures,
born to wander,
yearning to know
where the path wends,
where the forest ends,
What is beyond the curve of the world?
What lies beyond the river’s bends?
We are curious creatures,
born to be builders,
to build towers, and clockworks,
build spaceships and robots
to send us out faster
to let us see farther
to probe the dark,
to pierce the sky.
We are wandering creatures,
our sails unfurled.
What monsters lie past
the edge of the world?
“I want to see!” is always our cry.
We have no wings, but yet we still fly
AUTHOR BIO: Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science-fiction writer. He is the author of eighty published short stories and novelettes, and just under fifty poems. His novel Mars Crossing appeared from Tor Books, and a short story collection Impact Parameter (and other quantum realities) from Golden Gryphon. In 1990 his story “Ripples in the Dirac Sea” won the Nebula award for best short story; in 1992 his short story “A Walk in the Sun” won the Hugo award; and in 2003 his short story “Falling Onto Mars” won the Hugo. His novel Mars Crossing won the Locus Award for best first novel of 2000. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages.
Dr. Landis is a scientist with the N.A.S.A. John Glenn Research Center and has published 400 scientific papers in the fields of photovoltaics and astronautics, holds seven patents on photovoltaic device designs, has written dozens of articles about model rocket technology, and has worked on a number of space missions, including his current assignment on the Mars Exploration Rovers.
He is the recipient of the prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Award (the ceremony will be at the Balticon, May 2014).
Find more about Geoff here: http://www.geoffreylandis.com/
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